Putter

• US 5,632,694 A
• Filed: 03/12/1996
• Issued: 05/27/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Doo-Pyung Lee
• Original Assignee: Doo-Pyung Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Doo-Pyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/614,109
• Time in Patent Office: 441 Days
• Field of Search: 473/334, 473/335, 473/336, 473/337, 473/338, 473/339, 473/340, 473/341
• US Class Current: 473/336
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0495 moving on impact, slidable, spring or otherwise elastically biased
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/08 with special arrangements for obtaining a variable impact

Abstract

A structurally improved putter is disclosed. The putter has a cylindrical head suitable to easily knock the central portion of a golf ball regardless of the putting postures of a golfer while putting. The head is provided with an internal cavity suitable to transmit the putting impact and vibrations of the head to the golfer'"'"'s hands through the grip without failure. The cavity also allows the golfer to precisely feel both the putting senses and rolling directions of the ball thereby improving the putting precision of the golfer. The above putter head is provided with weights installed in the cavity. The weight of the above putter is easily adjusted by changing the number of weights.

Claims

1. A putter comprising:

a head including;

a cylindrical hollow head body having a cavity, said cavity being divided into parts by a pair of circular fixed integral vertical spaced partitions, each partition having a threaded hole;

a pair of hollow caps screw-fitted into both ends of said cylindrical head body thereby closing the cavity of the head body;

a threaded rod axially extending from the center of an inside surface of each cap and threaded into respective ones of the threaded holes;

at least one weight fitted over each of said rods inside said cavity and between an interior surface of each cap and an outwardly facing surface of a respective spaced partition for adjusting the weight of said head; and

biasing means fitted over said rods in order to prevent said weights from moving inside said cavity.

2. The putter according to claim 1, wherein said cylindrical head body has a diameter of 35-45 mm.

3. The putter according to claim 1, wherein said cavity has a cylindrical cross-section.

4. The putter according to claim 1, wherein each of said caps has a hemispherical configuration.

5. The putter according to claim 1 or 4, wherein said rod of each cap is externally threaded.

6. The putter according to claim 1, wherein said biasing means is a coil spring.

7. The putter according to claim 1, wherein an O-ring is interposed between said head and each cap.

8. The putter according to claim 1, wherein said at least one weight has a weight of 5-50 g.