Golf club for putting

• US 5,890,969 A
• Filed: 09/03/1997
• Issued: 04/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jurgen Bechler
• Original Assignee: Jurgen Bechler
• Inventors: Bechler, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kien T.
• Application Number:
  US08/922,355
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 473/251, 473/255, 473/340, 473/341, 473/349, 473/350, 473/345, 473/347, 473/348, 473/313, 473/314, 473/312
• US Class Current: 473/255
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/007 Putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/02 Joint structures between the head and the shaft
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A golf club, in particular for putting, with a club shaft, a club grip and a putting slide, wherein the putting slide (4) consists of a base body (5), which in a view from above, is embodied to be T-shaped and has a transverse leg (6), a putting face (S) and a longitudinal leg (7) having a metal core (8) with a shaft base (9) for the club shaft (2) which is fastened in the longitudinal leg (7), and wherein the upper area (10) of the shaft base (9) and the club shaft (2) with the club grip (3) are at an angle (α) of between 10° and 20° in relation to a vertical plane.

Claims

1. A golf club for putting comprising a club shaft (2) with a club grip (3) and a putting slide (4), wherein the putting slide consists of a base body (5), which in a view from above is embodied to be T-shaped and has a transverse leg (6) with a putting face (S) and a longitudinal leg (7), said longitudinal leg has an upper side surface (U), circumferential in cross section, which is followed by two curves (W_L, W_Q) on an underside surface;

a metal core (8) with a shaft base (9) for the club for the club shaft (2) which is fastened in the longitudinal leg (7), and the upper area (10) of the shaft base (9) and the club shaft (2) with the club grip (3) are at an angle (α

) of between 10° and

20°

in relation to a vertical plane (A--A).

2. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, the putting face (S) of the transverse leg (6) is wider than the length of the longitudinal leg (7).

3. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the underside surface of the longitudinal leg is embodied as a curve (W_L, W_Q) in the longitudinal and transversal plane.

4. The golf club in accordance with claim 3, wherein at the end of the longitudinal leg the curve (W_L) in the longitudinal plane makes a transition into a curved termination area (W_A), which essentially extends as far as the top of the base body (5).

5. The golf club in accordance with claim 1 wherein the circumferential surface (U) is provided with a recess (18), rectangular in cross section, for receiving the metal core (8).

6. The golf club in accordance with claim 5, wherein the front and rear of the recess (18) has partial surfaces (11, 12), which correspond to the lateral walls of the metal core (8).

7. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the metal core (8) is embodied in one piece with the sleeve-shaped shaft base (9).

8. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the metal core (8) is glued or screwed inside the recess (18) of the longitudinal leg (7).

9. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the length (L) of the putting slide (4) is approximately 100 mm, the width (B) of the putting face (S) is approximately 130 mm, and the width (b) of the longitudinal leg (7) of the T-shaped base body (5) is approximately 40 to 45 mm.

10. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the putting face (S) is curved on the underside.

11. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein a lower area (10'"'"') of the shaft base (9) is parallel with a longitudinal axis (L--L) of the longitudinal leg (7) and is angled at an angle (β

) in respect to the horizontal plane.

12. The golf club in accordance with claim 1 the base body (5) and the metal core (8) are made of two different materials.

13. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base body (5) is made of plastic and the metal core (8) with the shaft base (9) is made of brass.

14. The golf club in accordance with claim 1, wherein the circumferential surface (U) is provided with a recess (18), rectangular in cross section, for receiving the metal core (8).

15. The golf club in accordance with claim 14, wherein the front and rear of the recess (18) has wedge surfaces (11, 12) which correspond to the lateral walls of the metal core (8).

16. The golf club of claim 1, wherein at least one chamber (14, 15) is provided in the interior of the metal core (8) for receiving weights.

19. The golf club in accordance with claim 14, wherein the angle (β

) is between 40° and

50°

.

17. A golf club for putting comprising a club shaft (2) with a club grip (3) and a putting slide, wherein the putting slide consists of a base body (5), which in a view from above is embodied to be T-shaped and has a transverse leg (6) with a putting face (S) and a longitudinal leg (7), a metal core (8) with a shaft base (9) for the club shaft (2) fastened in the longitudinal leg (7);

an upper area (10) of the shaft base (9) and the club shaft (2) with the club grip (3) are at an angle (α

) of between 10° and

20°

in relation to a vertical plane (A--A); and

the interior of the metal core (8) includes at least one chamber (14,

     15) for receiving weights.

18. A golf club for putting comprising a club shaft with a club grip and a putting slide, wherein

the putting slide (4) consists of a base body (5), which in a view from above is embodied to be T-shaped and has a transverse leg (6) with a putting face (S) and a longitudinal leg (7),

a metal core (8) with a shaft base (9) for the club shaft (2) is fastened in the longitudinal leg (7), and

the upper area (10) of the shaft base (9) and the club shaft (2) with the club grip (3) are at an angle (α

) of between 10° and

20°

in relation to a vertical plane (A--A),

at the end of the longitudinal leg a curve (W_L) in the longitudinal plane makes a transition into a curved termination area (W_A), which extends as far as the top of the base body (5), and

the lower area (10'"'"') of the shaft base (9) is parallel with the longitudinal axis (L--L) of the longitudinal leg (7) which is angled at an angle (β

) in respect to the horizontal plane.

20. The golf club in accordance with claim 18, wherein the angle (β

) is in the range of 40° and

50°

.