Golf club head alignment apparatus

• US 4,231,576 A
• Filed: 02/21/1979
• Issued: 11/04/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sonnie J. Perkins
• Original Assignee: Sonnie J. Perkins
• Inventors: Perkins, Sonnie J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US06/013,028
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 273/183 D, 273/183 E, 273/163 R, 273/163 A, 273/164, 273/77 A, 273/162 R, 35/29 A
• US Class Current: 473/242
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3632 Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00

Abstract

A golf club head incorporates:

(a) multiple indicia of different configurations on a lower portion of the head rear side, said indicia being spaced apart in two directions and presented upwardly for viewing by the player, and

(b) an alignment marker on the head above the level of said indicia and adapted to be brought into visual alignment with a selected one of said indicia in response to adjustment shifting of the player relative to the club head.

Claims

1. In combination with a golf club having a head defining a toe, heel, upright front face and rear side, the improvement combination comprising

(a) multiple indicia on a lower portion of the head rear side, said indicia presented upwardly for viewing by the player, and

(b) an alignment marker on the club above the level of said indicia and adapted to be brought into visual alignment with a selected one of said indicia in response to adjustment shifting of the player relative to the club head,

(c) the indicia on said lower portion of the head rear side being discrete and separate from one another, and also spaced apart both in a first direction extending generally between the toe and heel, and also in a second and forward direction extending generally toward the front face, different of said indicia having at least two different configurations.

2. The improvement combination of claim 1 wherein said club comprises an iron with said head having a recess sunk therein from said rear side toward said front face, the lower extent of the recess bounded by an upwardly facing ledge defined by the head, said indicia located on said ledge.

3. The improvement combination of claim 1 wherein said marker overlies said lower portion and is located on an upper portion of the head rear side.

4. The improvement combination of claim 1 wherein the marker is located on the club shaft at the rear side thereof.

5. The improvement combination of claim 1 wherein the indicia are located proximate the heel of the head.