Golf putter

• US 4,010,958 A
• Filed: 11/19/1973
• Issued: 03/08/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Steven K. Long
• Original Assignee: Steven K. Long
• Inventors: Long, Steven K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US05/416,969
• Time in Patent Office: 1,205 Days
• Field of Search: 273/77 R, 273/80 C, 273/164, 273/167-175, 273/80.2-80.8, D34/5 GC, D34/5 GH
• US Class Current: 473/341
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence

Abstract

A golf putter in which mass is disposed at the corners of the club head to increase the effective hitting area of the face of the club head. The effective hitting area is not only increased in the longitudinal or horizontal direction of the face of the club head, but also in the vertical or transverse direction of the face of the club head. In addition, the density at the corners of the club head is greater than the density about the center of the mass to increase the inertia of rotation of the club head.

Claims

1. A golf club comprising:

A. a club shaft;

B. a club head carried by the lower end of said club shaft, said club head having a substantially right-angled polygonal configuration in the plan view, said club head comprising;

a. a first weighting means located at the front heel corner of the club head,

b. a second weighting means spaced from said first weighting means in the toe-heel direction of said club head and located at the front toe corner of said club head,

c. a club face extending in the toe-heel direction,

d. a third weighting means spaced from said first weighting means in the aft direction of said club head and located at the rear heel corner of said club head,

e. a fourth weighting means spaced from said second weighting means in the aft direction of said club head and spaced from said third weighting means in the toe-heel direction of said club head and located at the rear toe corner of said club head,

f. shaft support means, to connect said shaft to said club head,

g. means connecting the weighting means to each other,

h. said weighting means having a greater mass than said shaft support means and said connecting means.

2. A golf club according to claim 1 wherein said connecting means includes a first strut interconnecting said first and third weighting means and a second strut interconnecting said second and fourth means, and with said club face extending between said first and second weighting means.

3. A golf clup according to claim 2 wherein said first and second struts are in parallel relation and perpendicular to the toe-heel direction of said club head.

4. A golf club according to claim 2 wherein said shaft support means includes an upwardly extending member fixedly secured to the lower end of said shaft.

5. A golf club according to claim 4 wherein said shaft support means includes a third strut interconnecting said third weighting means and said upwardly extending member and a fourth strut interconnecting said fourth weighting means and said upwardly extending member.

6. A golf club according to claim 5 wherein said shaft support means includes a fifth strut interconnecting said club face and said upwardly extending member.

7. A golf club according to claim 6 wherein said said connecting means includes a sixth strut interconnecting said third and fourth weighting means.

8. A golf club according to claim 2 wherein said shaft support locating means includes an upwardly extending member fixedly secured to the lower end of said shaft, and with said shaft support means being connected to said first, second, third and fourth weighting means and said upwardly extending member for supporting said upwardly extending member from said club head.

9. A golf club according to claim 8 wherein said shaft support means includes a third strut extending diagonally between said first and fourth weighting means and a fourth strut extending diagonally between said second and third weighting means and intersecting said third strut, said upwardly extending member being fixed to said third and fourth struts at the intersection thereof.

10. A golf club according to claim 9 wherein said connecting means includes a fifth strut interconnecting said third and fourth weighting means.

11. A golf club according to claim 2 wherein said shaft support means includes a third strut extending between said first and second struts.

12. A golf club according to claim 11 wherein said connecting means includes a fourth strut interconnecting said third and fourth weighting means,

13. A golf club according to claim 12 wherein said shaft support locating means includes an upwardly extending member fixedly secured to the lower end of said shaft and to said third strut.

14. A golf club according to claim 2 wherein said connecting means includes a third strut interconnecting said third and fourth weighting means.

15. A golf club according to claim 1 wherein said connecting means includes a first strut interconnecting said first and third weighting means and a second strut interconnecting said second and fourth weighting means, and with said club face extending between said first and second struts.

16. A golf club according to claim 1 wherein said connecting means and said shaft support means is in the form of a block and wherein said club face is the ball contact surface of said block.