Sand wedge golf club

Claim 1

A SAND WEDGE GOLF CLUB COMPRISING A SHAFT, A METAL HEAD INCLUDING A HOSEL AND A BLADE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE HOSEL, SAID HEAD BEING SECURED TO THE SHAFT WITH THE SHAFT AND HOSEL IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID BLADE HAVING A REAR SURFACE AND A GENERALLY FLAT FRONT FACE INCLUDING A BALL STRIKING PORTION, WHICH FRONT FACE IS INCLINED UPWARDLY TO THE REAR AND DOWNWARDLY TO THE FRONT EDGE THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO A PLANE CONTAINING THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BLADE, THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BLADE, INCLUDING A MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA THEREOF, BEING OF RELATIVELY UNIFORM THICKNESS, SAID BLADE ALSO INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL WEIGHT PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY ALONG THE BOTTOM MARGIN THEREOF, WHICH WEIGHT PORTION HAS A SOLE SURFACE INCLUDING A MID-REGION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT IN SECTION AND WHICH EXTENDS 5* TO 10* TO THE HORIZONTAL DOWNWARDLY AND TO THE REAR WHEN SAID PLANE CONTAINING THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT IS VERTICALLY DISPOSED, SAID SOLE SURFACE AND SAID FLAT FRONT FACE BEING JOINED THROUGH MEANS PROVIDING A RELATIVELY SHARP SAND CUTTING EDGE THEREBETWEEN, AND THERE BEING A RECESS OF CONCAVELY CURVED DEPTH LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BLADE AND HAVING MAXIMUM DEPTH AT THE LONGITUDINAL MID-REGION OF THE WEIGHT PORTION AND MINIMUM DEPTHS AT OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL ENDS FOR EFFECTING AN EXTENSION OF THE PORTION OF THE BLADE WHICH IS OF RELATIVELY UNIFORM THICKNESS AND A REDUCTION OF THE MARGINAL AREA OF THE BLADE WHICH IS BACKED BY THE WEIGHT PORTION.