Weight holder attachable to golf club head

• US 6,461,249 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2001
• Issued: 10/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Swing Sock, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Swing Sock, Inc.
• Inventors: Liberatore, Raymond A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US09/801,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20020123388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 473/256, 473/231, 473/242, 473/219, 473/206
• US Class Current: 473/256
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3638 Normal golf clubs with directly attached weights

Abstract

A weighting device for use on a golf club head as during swinging of the club, comprising in combination, a receptacle having an opening via which the club head is received into thpe receptacle, a retainer carried on the receptacle to be fastened in a position for retaining the receptacle in fitting relation to the club head, and weighting structure carried by the receptacle to add substantial weight to the club head weight, for use as in club head swinging.

Claims

1. A weighting device for use on a golf club head as during swinging of the club, the club head having a toe and a top edge angled downwardly and toward the head hosel, comprising in combination:

a) a receptacle having an opening via which the club head is received into the receptacle,

b) a retainer carried on the receptacle to be fastened in a position for retaining the receptacle in generally fitting relation to the club head,

c) and weighting structure carried by the receptacle to add substantial weight to the club head, for providing enhanced momentum in the direction of head swinging, and for use as in club swinging,

d) said receptacle having a front portion, a bottom portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a back portion, and a top portion, and said weighting structure located proximate at least one of said portions,

e) said retainer comprising a flap connected to the receptacle to fold at least partly over said opening, said fold angled to extend substantially lengthwise of said head top edge as it approaches the hosel so that the folded flap extends downwardly, and forwardly and toward said toe portion, thereby to bring a side of the flap into position for releasable attachment to the receptacle below the level of said receptacle top portion.

2. The combination of claim 1 including hook and pile fastening material for fastening said retainer in said position.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein one of said hook and pile materials is carried on the flap, and the other of said hook and pile materials is carried on a side of the receptacle and has greater vertical extent between the receptacle top and bottom portions than the vertical vertical extent of said one material on the flap, enabling flap position adjustability.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said flap has said releasable attachment to the receptacle at a locus in alignment with said receptacle back portion.

5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said receptacle has at least two of the following:

i) a wall portion to extend adjacent the front face of the club head

ii) a wall portion to extend adjacent the rear side of the club head

iii) a wall portion to extend adjacent the bottom surface of the club head

iv) a wall portion to extend adjacent the toe of the club head

v) a wall portion to extend adjacent the heel of the club head

vi) a wall portion to extend adjacent the top edge of the club head;

and said weighting structure is located at or proximate at least one of said wall portions.

6. The combination of claim 5 wherein said weighting structure is located at or proximate one of the following:

vii) at least one of said wall portions;

viii) at least two of said wall portions

ix) at least three of said wall portions

x) at least four of said wall portions.

7. The combination of claim 1 wherein said weighting structure includes metallic material.

8. The combination of claim 7 wherein said material is concealed by said receptacle.

9. The combination of claim 6 wherein said weighting structure includes separate local metallic portions.

10. The combination of claim 7 wherein said material is held in a pocket or pockets provided by the receptacle.

11. The combination of claim 7 including a club head received in the receptacle, and wherein said material is received in pockets at opposite sides of said club head.

12. The combination of claim 1 including a striker at a front side of the receptacle, for striking impact with a ball, during swinging of the club.

13. The combination of claim 7 wherein said material is received in a pocket provided by the receptacle, the pocket sized to enable adjustment of the position of the material, relative to the pocket.

14. The combination of claim 7 wherein the material is received in a pocket or pockets provided by the receptacle, to enable selective use of the pocket or pockets of the material.

15. A weighting device for use on a golf club head as during swinging of the club, comprising in combination:

a) a receptacle having an opening via which the club head is received into the receptacle,

b) a retainer carried on the receptacle to be fastened in a position for retaining the receptacle in generally fitting relation to the club head,

c) and weighting structure carried by the receptacle to add substantial weight to the club head, for providing enhanced momentum in the direction of head swinging, and for use as in club swinging,

d) and including a scuff protector at a periphery or peripheries of the receptacle to protect said periphery or peripheries against scuffing in the event of contact with an external surface as during swinging of the club,

e) said retainer being foldable and having a free end portion folded downwardly and forwardly, generally toward said scuff protector.

16. The combination of claim 15 wherein said scuff protector extends at one of the following:

x₁) a lowermost extent of the receptacle

x₂) a toe portion of the receptacle

x₃) a lower heel portion of the receptacle.

17. A weighting device for use on a golf club head as during swinging of the club, comprising in combination:

a) a receptacle having an opening via which the club head is received into the receptacle,

b) a retainer carried on the receptacle to be fastened in a position for retaining the receptacle in generally fitting relation to the club head,

c) and weighting structure carried by the receptacle to add substantial weight to the club head, for providing enhanced momentum in the direction of head swinging, and for use as in club swinging,

d) there being a striker at a front side of the receptacle for striking impact with a ball, during swinging of the club,

e) and wherein said striker comprises a plate.

18. A weighting device for use on a golf club head as during swinging of the club, comprising in combination:

a) a receptacle having an opening via which the club head is received into the receptacle,

a) a retainer carried on the receptacle to be fastened in a position for retaining the receptacle in generally fitting relation to the club head,

c) and weighting structure carried by the receptacle to add substantial weight to the club head, for providing enhanced momentum in the direction of head swinging, and for use as in club swinging,

d) and wherein said weighting structure is sized and snugly positioned and retained proximate at least one of the relatively angled front and rear sides of a club head received in the receptacle,

e) said retainer being foldable and having a free end porting folded downwardly and forwardly, generally away from said receptacle heel portion.