GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH WEIGHT ADJUSTING MEANS

• US 3,610,630 A
• Filed: 10/21/1969
• Issued: 10/05/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cecil C. Glover
• Original Assignee: Cecil C. Glover
• Inventors: Glover, Cecil C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US04/868,001
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 273/77,80.2-80.8,167-174,193,194
• US Class Current: 473/338
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/08 with special arrangements for obtaining a variable impact

Abstract

A golf club having provision for adjusting the swing weight and balance of the club. The club head includes a cavity adapted to removably receive a module mounting one or more threaded shafts. The shafts are threadedly retained in the module and may be withdrawn therefrom to receive a plurality of threaded nuts or weights. The nuts may then be rotatably translated along the shaft or shafts to provide a finite adjustment of the swing weight and/or balance.

Claims

1. A golf club comprising, an enlarged, substantially solid head including a relatively flat base surface and a transversely extending striking face, and having a cavity communicating with said base surface, a removable module positioned within said cavity, said module including opposed walls extending substantially parallel to said striking face, at least one externally threaded member mounted on said opposed walls, and at least one internally threaded member threadedly positioned on said externally threaded member, said internally threaded member adapted to be selectively translated along the length of said externally threaded member by rotation thereof to adjust the distribution of weight in said head, and a soleplate closing said cavity and providing access to said module therein.

2. The golf club as defined in claim 1 wherein said externally threaded member is removably mounted on said opposed walls whereby a plurality of internally threaded members may be selectively positioned on said externally threaded member to vary the swing weight of said golf club.

3. The golf club as defined in claim 2 wherein said externally threaded member is mounted along an axis substantially perpendicular to said striking face.

4. The golf club as defined in claim 2 wherein said cavity is elongate and has a lengthwise dimension substantially parallel to said base surface.

5. The golf club as defined in claim 2 wherein said cavity is elongate and has a lengthwise dimension substantially perpendicular to said base surface.

6. The golf club as defined in claim 2 wherein the outer periphery of said module substantially conforms to the configuration of said cavity.