US Patent Issued to Karsten Manufacturing on Dec. 2 for "Golf club head or other ball striking device having one or more face channels" (Oregon, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,322, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Golf club head or other ball striking device having one or more face channels" was invented by John T. Stites (Sallisaw, Okla.), Andrew G.V. Oldknow (Beaverton, Ore.) and Philip J. Hatton (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having a ball-striking surface configured for striking a ball, a body connected to the face, and at least one channel in the ball-striking surface of the face. The region of highest COR response of the face is directionally enlarged toward the channel. De...