Customized putter

• US 4,073,492 A
• Filed: 04/29/1976
• Issued: 02/14/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David L. Taylor
• Original Assignee: David L. Taylor
• Inventors: Taylor, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Application Number:
  US05/681,542
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 273/77 R, 273/79, 273/80 C, 273/80.1-80.8, 273/164, 273/167-175
• US Class Current: 473/409
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/007 Putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/022 allowing adjustable positioning of the head with respect to the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/023 adjustable angular orientation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/0081 Substantially flexible shafts; Hinged shafts

Abstract

A customized putter including a shaft bent adjacent the head with a reverse curve, and a head to which the shaft is mounted with a ball and socket joint so that the shaft may be moved orbitally relative to the head to secure the precise position or attitude which is best suited to the stance, address, and other features individual to the owner, face balancing the club in its determined attitude by rotation of the shaft on its own axis in its horizontal balanced position until the striking face is parallel to the ground, such that the center of gravity of the head is below the plane of the longitudinal axis of the shaft in the horizontal balanced position, and then irreversibly securing the head and shaft in the combined attitude and face balanced position. The club is not ready for United States Golf Association play unless and until it is irreversibly locked in the combined attitude and balanced position.

Claims

1. The method of customizing a golf club used for putting, having a shaft and a head with a striking face, comprising the following steps, preparing said head with a movable joint for mounting said shaft, said movable joint extending from the top surface thereof, bending the shaft to provide a configuration with reverse curves at the lower end thereof adjacent the point of juncture with said head and a straight portion there above, said curves lying in the same axial plane of said shaft, permanently attaching said shaft on to the said movable joint of said head, moving the shaft and its movable joint as a unit with respect to said head to the adjusted attitude indicated by the desires of the user, balancing said club at its conventional balancing point adjacent the club head above said curves in the desired attitude adjusted position, axially rotating the permanently attached shaft and movable joint as a unit in the adjusted position until the said striking face of the head is face up and parallel to the ground establishing both the adjusted and balanced positions, and irreversibly securing the movable joint in the club head in the adjusted and balanced position.

2. The method of claim 1 the steps of providing a ball and socket as the adjustable mounting means for the shaft and providing a radial stub projection extending from the ball for permanently mounting the shaft.

3. The putter of claim 1 wherein the step of irreversibly positioning the shaft with respect to the head includes providing a jam nut having an axial longitudinal opening for receiving an Allen wrench, an hexagonal bushing for closely fitting into said axial opening, having an axial bore therethrough and also providing a roll pin longer than said axial bore to be received therein and driving said pin through said axial base into the substance of the movable joint means.

4. The method of adjusting a club head and shaft of a golf club for approved competitive use comprising the following steps, providing the head of said club with movable means for mounting a shaft, said means having a projection positioned to extend above the upper surface of said head and adapted to receive the end of shaft, permanently securing said shaft to said projection on said movable mounting means, moving the shaft and movable mounting means to a unit to an adjusted angular position of said shaft with respect to said head to meet the attitude needs and requirements of the user, and irreversibly securing the movable joint of the club head in the adjusted position.

5. The method of adjusting and balancing a club head and shaft of a golf club for approved competitive use comprising the following steps, providing the head of said club with movable means for mounting a shaft, said means having a projection positioned to extend above the upper surface of said head and adapted to receive the end of shaft, permanently securing said shaft to said projection on said movable mounting means, moving the shaft and movable mounting means as a unit to an adjusted angular position of said shaft with respect to said head to meet the attitude needs and requirements of the user, balancing the club longitudinally at its conventional balance point adjacent the head, maintaining the attitude adjusted position, axially rotating the permanently attached shaft and mounting means while maintaining the attitude position until the striking face of the head is face up and parallel to the ground, and irreversibly securing the mounting means in said head in the adjusted and balanced position.

6. The method of claim 5 including the steps of applying mechanical pressure against the mounting means as positioned in said head, and driving a pin into the substance of the mounting means to irreversibly secure the mounting means in said head in the adjusted attitude and balanced position.