ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,340, issued on July 28, was assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Golf club head having supported striking face" was invented by Sang Yi (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Kyle Carr (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head includes: a striking face; a top portion; a sole extending; a support bar protruding rearwardly from the striking face; an intermediate wall extending between the sole and the support bar; and a front cavity between the striking face and the intermediate wall, wherein, when the golf club head is in an address position on a ground plane, a greatest cavity height distance in a cross-sectional...