Putter head

• US 7,018,304 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2004
• Issued: 03/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stagecoach Putters LLC
• Original Assignee: Brent W. Bradford
• Inventors: Bradford, Brent W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US10/849,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20050261080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473340-341, 473/328, 473251-255, D21736-746
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/065 for putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

Abstract

A golf putter head includes a primary body member having a striking face with a toe end and a heel end, a top surface and sole. The primary body member includes a toe wing extending back and away from the toe end of the striking face and a heel wing extending back and away from the heel end of the striking. The golf putter head also includes a first weight member extending from the toe wing and a second weight member extending from the heel wing.

Claims

1. A golf putter head, comprising:

a primary body member having a striking face with a toe end and a heel end, a top surface and sole;

the primary body member including a toe wing extending back and away from the toe end of the striking face at an oblique angle beyond the toe end;

the primary body member also including a heel wing extending back and away from the heel end of the striking at an oblique angle beyond the heel end;

a first weight member extending from the toe wing and a second weight member extending from the heel wing.

2. The golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the primary body member further includes a central wing extending rearwardly from a center of the striking face between the heel end and the toe end, and the central wing includes a first end adjacent to the striking face and a free second end extending away from the striking face.

3. The golf putter head according to claim 2, wherein a third weight member extends from the second end of the central wing.

4. The golf putter head according to claim 3, wherein the first, second and third weight members are selectively coupled to the primary body member.

5. The golf putter head according to claim 2, wherein the first weight member and the second weight member are made from a material having a higher density than the primary body member.

6. The golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the first and second weight members are selectively coupled to the primary body member.

7. The golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the putter body includes a horizontal central plane, the horizontal central plane is considered to be a horizontal plane extending through the putter body and equal distance from both an uppermost surface of the upper surface of the primary body member and a lowermost surface of the sole, wherein the first and second weight members are coupled to the primary body member such that a majority of their mass is positioned above the horizontal center line.

8. The golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the putter body includes a horizontal central plane, the horizontal central plane is considered to be a horizontal plane extending through the putter body and equal distance from both an uppermost surface of the upper surface of the primary body member and a lowermost surface of the sole, and a majority of their mass is positioned above the horizontal center line.

9. The golf putter head according to claim 6, wherein approximately at least 70% of the total putter head mass is positioned above the horizontal center plane.

10. The golf putter head according to claim 9, wherein between approximately 55% and approximately 75% of the total putter head mass is positioned above the horizontal center plane.

11. A golf putter head, comprising:

a primary body member having a striking face with a toe end and a heel end, a top surface and sole;

the primary body member including a toe wing extending back and away from the toe end of the striking face;

the primary body member also including a heel wing extending back and away from the heel end of the striking;

a first weight member extending from the toe wing and a second weight member extending from the heel wing;

the primary body member also includes a central wing extending rearwardly from a center of the striking face between the heel end and the toe end, and the central wing includes a first end adjacent to the striking face and a free second end extending away from the striking face; and

wherein the sole adjacent the second end of the central wing is contoured with both concave and convex surfaces.

12. The golf putter head according to claim 11, wherein sole adjacent the second end of the central wing has a radius of curvature as the central wing extends rearwardly creating a convex surface.

13. The golf putter head according to claim 12, wherein the sole adjacent the second end of the central wing has a concave surface which extends laterally across the central wing along the convex surface.

14. A golf putter head, comprising:

a primary body member having a striking face with a toe end and a heel end, a top surface and sole;

the putter body further including a central wing extending rearwardly from a center of the striking face between the heel end and the toe end, wherein the central wing includes a first end adjacent to the striking face and a free second end extending away from the striking face, and the sole adjacent the second end is contoured with both a concave surface with a radius of curvature as viewed from a rear of the putter head and a convex surfaces with a radius of curvature as viewed in cross-section through said central wing from a toe end;

the radius of curvature of each of the convex and the concave surfaces generally not extending more than midway between the top surface and the sole.

15. The golf putter head according to claim 14, wherein the second end of the central wing has a radius of curvature as the central wing extends rearwardly creating a convex surface.

16. The golf putter head according to claim 15, wherein the second end of the central wing has a concave surface which extends laterally across the central wing along the convex surface.