ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,316, issued on March 17, was assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf club having an adjustable weight assembly" was invented by Richard Sanchez (Temecula, Calif.), Doug M. Takehara (Encinitas, Calif.), Ronald K. Hettinger (Oceanside, Calif.), Sang Yi (Carlsbad, Calif.), Richard L. Cleghorn (Oceanside, Calif.) and Thomas Orrin Bennett (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head includes: a body having an outer surface; a recessed channel formed in the outer surface; and a weight assembly including: a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel and configured to move therein, the...