Putter club

• US 6,062,986 A
• Filed: 05/19/1998
• Issued: 05/16/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yukihiro Kaise
• Original Assignee: Yukihiro Kaise
• Inventors: Kaise, Yukihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US09/081,121
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 473/252, 473/242, 473/238, 473/244, 473/219, 473/231, 473/250, 473/251, 473/268, 473/254, 473/253
• US Class Current: 473/242
• 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 60/50 with through-holes A63B60/18 takes precedence; for stringing purposes A63B49/00

Abstract

The habits of the golfer can be determined during the address from the coincidence status between a reference line 4 and a center line 8 or the plus or minus graduation (judgement) lines 9 or 10 by providing the reference line 4 on the upper face 2 of head 1, providing a view window 6 at the backward of this reference line 4, and by providing the center line 8 and the plus and minus graduation lines 9 and 10 downward the view window 6. Further, more than two parallel lines 11 can be provided on the upper face 2 of head 1. Moreover, the graphics 14 of the club (pole side) and graphics 15 of the ball (head side) are completed when the setting has been made correctly. The graphics 14 is provided on the upper face 2 of head and the pole 12. In addition, the judgement line 7 shall be previously provided to the heel or toe side.

Claims

1. A putter club, comprising:

a putter club head with a hitting face having a hitting face plane and an upper surface;

a reference line on said upper surface of said club head at a right angle with the face plane provided to designate the position of sweet spot;

a putter head extension extending away from a club head main portion on a side of said putter head opposite said hitting face, said putter head extension having an upper surface which is downwardly with respect to said putter club head upper surface;

a plurality of judgement lines provided on said putter head extension upper surface parallel with respect to said reference line, provided downwardly with respect to said reference line;

a plate with a view window disposed rearwardly of said reference line extending above said putter head extension upper surface, said plurality of judgement lines being provided downwardly of said view window, one or more of said plurality of judgement lines being viewable through said view window.

2. A putter club according to claim 1, further comprising:

a center line coinciding with said reference line when viewed from directly above, said center line being provided on said putter head base extension upper surface, said plurality of judgement lines being disposed fore and aft of said center line.

3. A putter club, comprising:

a putter club head with club head main portion having a hitting face, a club head main portion upper surface, a putter head extension extending away from said club head main portion on a side of said putter head opposite said hitting face, said putter head extension having an upper surface which is vertically downwardly disposed with respect to said putter club head upper surface;

a reference line on said upper surface of said club head at a right angle with respect to said hitting face;

a plurality of lines disposed on said putter head extension upper surface, said plurality of lines including a center line coinciding with said reference line when viewed from directly above and judgement lines being disposed fore and aft of said center line, said plurality of lines being provided on said putter head extension upper surface parallel with respect to said reference line;

a plate with a view window disposed rearwardly of said reference line extending above said putter head extension upper surface, said plurality of judgement lines being provided downwardly of said view window, one or more of said plurality of judgement lines being viewable through said view window.