Golf putter

• US 20020032075A1
• Filed: 09/10/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marlo K. Vatsvog
• Original Assignee: Marlo K. Vatsvog
• Inventors: Vatsvog, Marlo K.
• Application Number:
  US09/953,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20020032075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0462 characterised by tapering thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/065 for putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A golf putter includes a head supported by a generally straight shaft or a somewhat curved shaft. The head defines toe and heal cavities which may contain weight units or filler units. The weights and fillers may be rearranged to vary the overall weight of the head, and to vary the distribution of the weight front-to-back and side-to-side. A plurality of differently shaped solid faces and frame-type faces are available for attachment to the front portion of the head. The frame-type faces have inserts which vary in the shape of the impact surface and hardness of the material from which the face plate is made. An eye chart, used in conjunction with a laser mounted on the head of the putter, and a method of use provide information to the golfer about the suggested arrangement of the weights in the head of the club.

Claims

1. A kit of parts for putting a golf ball, comprising:

(A) a putter having a head carried by a shaft, the head defining toe and heal cavities;

(B) at least one solid face sized for attachment to a front surface of the head;

(C) a plurality of weights and a plurality of fillers, each weight and each filler sized to be carried within the toe and heal cavities defined in the head of the putter; and

(D) an eye chart having a chart surface, the chart surface having a center point of the eye chart flanked to the left and right by graduations.

2. The kit of parts for putting a golf ball of claim 1, further comprising:

(A) at least one frame-type face sized for attachment to the front surface of the head.

3. The kit of parts for putting a golf ball of claim 1, further comprising:

(A) a tool for replacing the faces on the head.

4. The kit of parts for putting a golf ball of claim 1, further comprising:

(A) a pouch sized to contain the at least two solid and the at least two frame-type faces, the plurality of weights, the plurality of fillers and the tool for replacing the faces on the head.

5. A kit of parts for putting a golf ball, comprising:

(A) a putter having a head carried by a shaft, the head defining toe and heal cavities and an indentation defined in the top and back portion of the head;

(B) at least two solid faces sized for attachment to a front surface of the head, at least one of the at least two solid faces having a flat impact surface and at least one of the at least two solid faces having a convex impact surface;

(C) at least two frame-type faces sized for attachment to the front surface of the head, at least one of the at least two frame type faces having an insert having a flat impact surface and at least one of the at least two frame type faces having an insert having a concave impact surface;

(D) a plurality of weights and a plurality of fillers, each weight and each filler having a cylindrical shape sized to be carried within the toe and heal cavities defined in the head of the putter;

(E) an eye chart having an A-frame support and a chart surface, the chart surface having a center point of the eye chart flanked to the left and right by graduations;

(F) a tool for replacing the faces on the head; and

(G) a pouch sized to contain the at least two solid and the at least two frame-type faces, the plurality of weights, the plurality of fillers and the tool for replacing the faces on the head.

6. A golf putter, comprising:

(A) a head carried by a shaft, the head defining a cavity;

(B) a solid face, attached to a front surface of the head, the solid face having an impact surface; and

(C) a weight carried within the cavity defined in the head of the golf putter.