Claims
- 1. A method for producing a golf club head composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the method comprising:creating a face component composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the face component having a striking plate portion and a return portion; creating a crown component composed of plies of pre-preg sheets; creating a sole component composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the sole component having a ribbon and a bottom portion; assembling the face component, the crown component and the sole component to create an assembled unit with an inflatable bladder within a hollow interior of the assembled unit; pre-compacting the assembled unit to create a pre-compacted unit; and bladder molding the pre-compacted unit to create a molded golf club head.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the face component is composed of 20 to 70 plies of pre-preg sheets.
- 3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the sole component is composed of 4 to 20 plies of pre-preg sheets and a plurality of weighting members.
- 4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the crown component is composed of 4 to 20 plies of pre-preg sheets.
- 5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the club head has a volume ranging from 175 cubic centimeters to 600 cubic centimeters.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/877,652, filed on Jun. 8, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,440,008, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/474,670, filed on Dec. 29, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,248,025, which is continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/958,723, filed on Oct. 23, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,010,411.
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