Golf Club Crown Alignment, Aiming and Shot Shaping Aid

• US 20170197118A1
• Filed: 12/27/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Charles T. Antku
• Original Assignee: Charles T. Antku
• Inventors: Antku, Charles T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,962,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type

Abstract

A golf club head of a non-putter golf club comprising a crown and a sole located opposite the crown, a heel end and a toe end located opposite the heel end, a striking surface, and a design applied to the crown, which design comprises: a vertical line parallel to the striking surface, and a first set of diagonal lines consisting of one or more entirely straight lines, wherein: a) none of the lines of the first set of diagonal lines is parallel or perpendicular to the vertical line, b) no two lines of the first set of diagonal lines are parallel or perpendicular to each other, c) each line of the first set of diagonal lines forms an acute angle with a plane parallel to the striking surface, which plane passes through the endpoint of said line located nearer to the striking surface, and d) the lines of the first set of diagonal lines converge towards the heel end, and diverge towards the toe end.

Claims

1. A golf club head of a non-putter golf club comprising a crown and a sole located opposite the crown, a heel end and a toe end located opposite the heel end, a striking surface, and a design applied to the crown, which design comprises:

a vertical line parallel to the striking surface, and

a first set of diagonal lines consisting of one or more entirely straight lines, wherein;

a) none of the lines of the first set of diagonal lines is parallel or perpendicular to the vertical line,

b) no two lines of the first set of diagonal lines are parallel or perpendicular to each other,

c) each line of the first set of diagonal lines forms an acute angle with a plane parallel to the striking surface, which plane passes through the endpoint of said line located nearer to the striking surface, and

d) the lines of the first set of diagonal lines converge towards the heel end, and diverge towards the toe end.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club is a driver, a fairway wood, a rescue club or a utility club.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the first set of diagonal lines comprises at least 2 lines.

4. The golf club head of claim 3, wherein the first set of diagonal lines comprises at least 3 lines.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the vertical line and all lines of the first set of diagonal lines intersect at or near a single point.

6. The golf club head of claim 5, wherein the vertical line and all lines of the first set of diagonal lines intersect at a single point.

7. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein each acute angle is open to the toe end.

8. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein each acute angle is about 3°

to about 6°

.

9. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the vertical line has a thickness which varies along its length.

10. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein each line of the first set of diagonal lines has a thickness which varies along its length.

11. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the vertical line has a color which differ from colors of each line of the first set of diagonal lines.

12. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein each line of the first set of diagonal lines has a color that differs from each other line of the first set of diagonal lines.

13. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the design applied to the crown consists of the vertical line and the first set of diagonal lines.

14. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising a second set of diagonal lines, said second set of diagonal lines consists of one or more entirely straight lines configured such that each line of the second set of diagonal lines is perpendicular to either the vertical line or to a line of the first set of diagonal lines.

15. The golf club head of claim 14, wherein each line of the second set of diagonal lines has a thickness which varies along its length.

16. The golf club head of claim 14, wherein each line of the second set of diagonal lines has a color that differs from each other line of the second set of diagonal lines.

17. The golf club head of claim 14, wherein the design applied to the crown consists of the vertical line, the first set of diagonal lines and the second set of diagonal lines.

18. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the design consists of two-dimensional elements.

19. A non-putter golf club comprising the golf club head of claim 1.

20. A kit comprising:

a) a plurality of lines for application to a non-putter golf club head, and

b) instructions for applying said plurality of lines to a crown of the golf club head to obtain the golf club head of claim 1.