ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,905, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club head with flexible sole" was invented by Joshua B. Matthews (Phoenix), Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.), Erik M. Henrikson (Phoenix) and Travis D. Milleman (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads with flexible soles. In one embodiment, the golf club head includes a body having a crown opposite a sole, a toe opposite a heel, a back end opposite a front end, and a hosel. The golf club head also includes a sole curvature profile comprising a radius of curvature that varies as the sole curvat...