Golf club with head having exchangeable face plates

Claim 1

A golf club head having exchangeable face plates comprising; a body having a face portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a sole portion, and a hosel portion, a recessed surface formed on said face portion having a plurality of bores extending inwardly a distance into the body, a plurality of face plates removably securable on said recessed surface and having respective face plate striking surfaces configured to impart predetermined flight characteristics to the ball corresponding to clubs ranging from U.S.G.A. #1 through #14, each said face plate having a flat rear surface with a plurality of projections extending outwardly therefrom to be received in said bores and a front ball striking surface which is configured to impart predetermined flight characteristics to the ball when struck thereby, said one or more bores in said recessed surface comprising a central tapered bore and a pair of second bores, one spaced laterally to each side of the first bore extending inwardly from said recessed surface to receive said projections, said one or more projections on said face plate rear surface comprise a tapered projection extending outwardly from the center of the rear surface of said face plate and a pair of smaller dowels extending outwardly from the rear surface, one spaced laterally to each side of the tapered projection and corresponding axially to the spacing of said bores, and means for securing removably and replaceably said face plate non-rotatably on said body face portion extending from said body sole portion and releaseably engaging said tapered projection to secure said face plate on said recessed surface, and comprising a set screw threadedly received in a threaded bore extending from the sole portion of said body and at a right angle to and operatively engaging said tapered projection of said face plate and a clamping member comprising a small cylindrical plunger slidably received in the threaded bore and moved into engagement with said tapered projection by said set screw, the taper on said projection being effective to move said plunger back into said threaded bore on insertion into said tapered bore.