Golf putter with trailing weighting/aiming members
First Claim
1. A golf putter head comprising a laterally elongated body having an upper wall surface, a lower, sole surface, a front face for impacting a golf ball, a first, outer longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a toe end portion of said body, a second, inner longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a heel end portion of said body, a rear wall surface, and at least a first trailing member removably attachable to said body by keyed fastening means which enable said member to be attached to said body only in a predetermined fixed orientation with respect to said body, said member protruding rearwardly of said rear wall surface of said body, said trailing member having a longitudinally directed visual feature viewable from above said body.
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Abstract
A golf putter which aids a golfer in aiming a putt and avoiding twisting of the shaft in the hand during a swing includes a head provided with a pair of laterally spaced apart trailing members which protrude rearwardly of the rear surface of the head and function cooperatively as weighting/aiming members. The trailing members are preferably located equidistant from a vertical center plane through the sweet spot of the head and have in plan view longitudinally directed visual features perpendicular to the front ball-impacting face of the head, which assist a golfer in visually framing an intended initial ball trajectory to a target hole on a golf green, along with a ball impact vector perpendicular to the center of percussion or sweet spot of the head. Each of the trailing members is preferably laterally symmetric, and may include a longitudinal index line marked on the upper surface of the member, to facilitate visual framing of a putt. Each of the trailing weighting/aiming members is preferably removably fastenable in a pre-determined position to the rear surface of the putter head, and may consist of a hollow shell which contains a core weighting member which may be selected from a variety of weights, thereby affording means to adjust the heel-to-toe weight distribution characteristics of the putter to suit a golfer'"'"'s preference.
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- 1. A golf putter head comprising a laterally elongated body having an upper wall surface, a lower, sole surface, a front face for impacting a golf ball, a first, outer longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a toe end portion of said body, a second, inner longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a heel end portion of said body, a rear wall surface, and at least a first trailing member removably attachable to said body by keyed fastening means which enable said member to be attached to said body only in a predetermined fixed orientation with respect to said body, said member protruding rearwardly of said rear wall surface of said body, said trailing member having a longitudinally directed visual feature viewable from above said body.
- 12. A golf putter head comprising a laterally elongated body having an upper wall surface, a front face for impacting a golf ball, a first, outer longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a toe end portion of said body, a second, inner longitudinally disposed side wall defining adjacent thereto a heel end portion of said body, a rear wall surface, and a pair of laterally spaced apart trailing members each protruding rearwardly of said rear wall surface of said body, each of said trailing members being separately removably attachable to said body by first and second keyed fastening means which enable said members to be attached to said body only in a predetermined fixed orientation with respect to said body, each of said trailing members including a visual feature directed perpendicularly towards said front face of said body and viewable from above said body.
- 23. In a golf putter head comprising a laterally elongated body having an upper wall surface, a front face for impacting a golf ball, a first longitudinally disposed, outer side wall defining inwardly thereof a toe end portion of said body, a second, inner longitudinally disposed side wall defining inwardly thereof a heel portion of said body, and a rear wall surface, the improvement comprising a pair of laterally spaced apart trailing members each protruding rearwardly of said rear wall surface of said body, each of said trailing members being separately removably attachable to said body by first and second keyed fastening means which enable said members to be attached to said body only in a predetermined orientation with respect to said body, said trailing members including a visual feature directed perpendicularly towards said front face of said body and viewable from above said body.
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