Golf club head weight modification apparatus

• US 5,121,922 A
• Filed: 06/14/1991
• Issued: 06/16/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald L. Harsh Sr
• Original Assignee: Ronald L. Harsh Sr
• Inventors: Harsh, Ronald L. Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US07/715,688
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167-175, 273/77 R, 273/164, 273/193 R, 273/194 B, 273/183 D, 273/186 A, 273/194 R
• US Class Current: 473/251
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club head includes a rearwardly extending head portion, with a rear face spaced from a forward face of the golf club head, with the rear face including a bore projected therefrom into the golf club head, with the bore accommodating weight members therewithin to effect modification of an associated golf club head. A modification of the invention includes selective displacement of a single or plurality of weights within the golf club head and bore to effect modification of a center of gravity defined by the golf club head.

Claims

1. A golf club head weight apparatus, comprising in combination,

a golf club head, the golf club head including a striker face, and

a first bottom wall oriented coextensively relative to the striker face and positioned therebelow, with a second bottom wall extending rearwardly from the first bottom wall, and

the second bottom wall being inclined and oriented above a plane containing the first bottom wall, and

a rear wall, the rear wall oriented at a rear terminal edge of the second bottom wall and spaced from the striker face, and

a top wall coextensively directed from the striker face to the rear wall, and

a club shaft integrally mounted to the club head through the top wall, and

a rear cavity bore directed into the club head originating from the rear wall and extending to a bore forward end positioned adjacent and in a spaced relationship relative to the striker face within the club head, and

the bore including an internally threaded bore portion extending into the bore from the rear wall a predetermined second axial length, and

an externally threaded bore plug threadedly receivable within the internally threaded bore portion defined by a first axial length, and

the second axial length being greater than the first axial length, and at least one weight member receivable within the bore between the bore plug and the bore forward end, and

a spring member positioned between the weight member and the bore forward end to permit the externally threaded bore plug to be selectively threaded into the internally threaded bore portion by the second axial length.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein a flexible container is mounted between the weight member and the bore plug within the bore, and the flexible container includes a compressible fluid to accommodate impact upon the striker face impacting with a golf ball.

3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the top wall includes a transparent indicator lens mounted within the top wall overlying the bore.

4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 including a gradation gauge imposed upon the top wall adjacent to and coextensive with the transparent indicator lens.

5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 4 including an indicator plug mounted to the top wall orthogonally oriented to and medially intersecting the striker face.