ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,450, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).
"Golf club head with sole rails" was invented by Anthony Munson (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Dan Nivanh (Tustin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club head, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a striking face; a top portion; and a sole portion opposite the top portion. The sole portion includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, at least one sole rail generally elongate in a front-to-rear direction, and a sole contact point located on the at least one sole rail. In a virtual vertical plane extending in the front-to-rear direc...