Angle adjustable golf club

• US 6,676,533 B1
• Filed: 11/07/2002
• Issued: 01/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Ching Hsien
• Original Assignee: Chih-Ching Hsien
• Inventors: Hsien, Chih-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/289,275
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 473/244, 473/245, 473/246, 473/247
• US Class Current: 473/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/005 Club sets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/02 Joint structures between the head and the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/026 loft angle only, i.e. relative angular adjustment between the shaft and the club head about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the intended line of play when the club is in its normal address position
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club includes a shaft and a neck is connected to an end of the shaft. A connection rod extends from the neck. A club head has a connection member at an end thereof and the connection rod is rotatably inserted in the connection member. A positioning assembly extends in the connection member from a side of the connection member and contacts the connection rod which is fixed at a pre-selected angle relative to a vertical plane by the positioning assembly.

Claims

1. A golf club comprising:

a shaft and a neck connected to an end of the shaft, a connection rod extending from the neck, the connection rod includes a plurality of recesses defined in an outer periphery thereof, and

a club head having a connection member located at an end thereof and the connection rod rotatably inserted in the connection member, a positioning assembly extending in the connection member from a side of the connection member and including a pin biased by a spring, the pin inserted in one of the recesses.

2. The golf club as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a positioning pin extending through the connection member and engaged with a positioning hole defined in a distal end of the connection rod.

3. A golf club comprising:

a shaft and a neck connected to an end of the shaft, a connection rod extending from the neck;

a club head having a connection member located at an end thereof and the connection rod rotatably inserted in the connection member, a positioning assembly extending in the connection member from a side of the connection member and contacting the connection rod, and

a positioning pin extending through the connection member and engaged with a positioning hole defined in a distal end of the connection rod.

4. The golf club as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connection rod includes a plurality of recesses defined in an outer periphery thereof and the positioning assembly includes a pin biased by a spring, the pin inserted in one of the recesses.