Golf club having integrally formed face and sole plate with weight means

Claim 1

A golf club having a head provided with a bottom sole surface and a front face surface extending at an angle relative to each other, a one piece metal angle bracket secured to said head and including sole and front face plates engaging the respective sole and front face surfaces of said head, at least one elongate internally threaded tube carried by and projecting inwardly from one of said plates substantially perpendicular thereto and being embedded in said head, externally threaded weight means adjustably positioned within said tube, said tube having an internally outwardly tapered outer end portion communicating with the outer surface of said one of said plates, frustoconically headed screws threadably received in the outer end portion of said tube for closing the same, said tube having means along its length on the outer surface thereof for aiding in securing the tube firmly embedded in the head, said head having an upwardly extending hosel thereon, a shaft having a lower portion positioned in said hosel, an upwardly extending projection on and integral with the rear portion of said sole plate and embedded in said head, and said projection serving as a lower hosel portion and having a threaded cavity therein in which a threaded lower end of said shaft is secured.