US Patent Issued to Karsten Manufacturing on Jan. 27 for "Club heads having reinforced club head faces and related methods" (Arizona, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,558, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Club heads having reinforced club head faces and related methods" was invented by Joshua B. Matthews (Phoenix), Evan R. Greer (Phoenix), Jacob T. Clarke (Apex, N.C.), Ryan M. Stokke (Anthem, Ariz.), Cory S. Bacon (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Eric J. Morales (Laveen, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include hollow body club heads having reinforced club head faces. In one example, the club face comprises a reinforcement element such as a looped rib positioned on a rear surface of the club face to provide reinforcement. The club head defines ...