Golf putter
First Claim
1. A golf putter comprising a putter head having a body with a flat, forwardly facing, striking face that is substantially vertically oriented upon impact with a golf ball, a flat horizontally oriented bottom face disposed substantially normal to said striking face, and a neck extending from said body and rising up above the level of said striking face and projecting laterally therefrom a distance of at least about one inch and above the level of said bottom face a distance of at least about one inch and which defines therewithin a shaft socket substantially perpendicular to the plane of said bottom face, and a shaft disposed to reside in a substantially vertical orientation at impact of said putter head with a golf ball, wherein said shaft is connected to and seated in said shaft socket.
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Abstract
A golf putter is provided with a putter head having a unique configuration. This configuration allows the putter shaft to be disposed in a substantially vertical orientation when the putter head impacts a golf ball. The putter head has a body with a flat, forwardly facing, vertically oriented striking face and a flat, horizontally oriented bottom face disposed substantially normal to the striking face. At the body of the putter a neck is formed that extends upwardly and rises above the level of the striking face of the putter body. The neck projects laterally from the body a distance of at least about one inch and above the level of the bottom face of the body a distance of at least about one inch. The neck of the putter head defines a shaft socket that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of the bottom face of the putter head. The shaft is thereby connected to and seated in the shaft socket. By utilizing the putter of the invention, a golfer is able to stand virtually upright in a relaxed position with arms tucked in against his or her sides. The putter can be swung in the manner of a pendulum. The curvature of the neck and the lateral inside surface of the body of the putter head provides clearance to allow the toe of the golfer'"'"'s shoe to be positioned roughly adjacent to the ball and directly beneath the putter shaft.
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- 1. A golf putter comprising a putter head having a body with a flat, forwardly facing, striking face that is substantially vertically oriented upon impact with a golf ball, a flat horizontally oriented bottom face disposed substantially normal to said striking face, and a neck extending from said body and rising up above the level of said striking face and projecting laterally therefrom a distance of at least about one inch and above the level of said bottom face a distance of at least about one inch and which defines therewithin a shaft socket substantially perpendicular to the plane of said bottom face, and a shaft disposed to reside in a substantially vertical orientation at impact of said putter head with a golf ball, wherein said shaft is connected to and seated in said shaft socket.
- 7. A golf putter head comprising a body formed with a substantially planar ball impact face, a substantially planar bottom face located adjacent to said ball impact face and oriented substantially perpendicular to said ball impact face, a top surface located above said bottom face and adjacent to said ball impact face, and a putter neck extending away from said bottom face toward said top surface and therebeyond in a direction parallel to said ball impact face and laterally away from said ball impact face and terminating at a golf club shaft socket oriented substantially perpendicular to said bottom face at a location above said top surface and laterally offset from said impact face.
- 12. A golf putter head formed with a body residing within an imaginary enclosure shaped as a rectangular prism and having opposing, mutually parallel planar top and bottom surfaces, opposing, mutually parallel planar front and back surfaces orthogonally disposed relative to said top and bottom surfaces, and opposing, mutually parallel planar inside and outside surfaces orthogonally disposed relative to said front, back, top, and bottom surface, wherein said body has a ball impact face lying substantially within said front surface of said imaginary enclosure, a bottom lying substantially within said bottom surface of said imaginary enclosure and an inner lateral side rising from said bottom and extending to said top surface and to said inside surface of said imaginary enclosure, and a putter neck extending from said inner lateral side of said putter body beyond said top and inside surfaces of said imaginary enclosure and defining a putter shaft axis located beyond said inside surface of said imaginary enclosure and oriented perpendicular to the planes of said top and bottom surfaces of said imaginary enclosure.
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