Golf club weight training device

• US 7,048,640 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2004
• Issued: 05/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bag Boy Company LLC (Dynamic Brands)
• Original Assignee: Albert James Light
• Inventors: Light, Albert James
• Primary Examiner(s): Legesse, Nini F.
• Application Number:
  US10/835,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20050245324A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 473/219, 473/231, 473220-226, 473/437, 473/256, 482/109, 273/DIG.30
• US Class Current: 473/256
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3638 Normal golf clubs with directly attached weights

Abstract

A weighting device for removably attaching to a golf club. The device has a mass with a bore formed therethrough and an access slot in open communication with the bore. The slot provides an entrance opening in the mass that is transverse to the bore for attaching the device to a shaft of a golf club.

Claims

1. A weight device for releasable attachment to any selected location on a shaft of a golf club, the device comprising:

a weight having a central bore sized for tightly engaging a shaft of a golf club;

a plurality of annular ribs circumscribing said central bore for preventing said weight from sliding on the shaft;

a slot-shaped opening extending across the weight transverse to and intersecting the central bore;

a first slice extending from one end of the slot-shaped opening to a first end of the weight and intersecting the central bore;

a second slice extending from another end of the slot-shaped opening to a second end of the weight and intersecting the central bore oppositely from the first slice, whereby the weight is placed on the golf club shaft by positioning the shaft in the slot-shaped opening and rotating the weight about ninety degrees such that the shaft passes through the first and second slices to enter the central bore.

2. The weight device of claim 1 wherein the central bore is tapered to conform to tapering of the golf club shaft.

3. The weight device of claim 2 wherein said weight device is generally football shaped.

4. The weight device of claim 3 wherein the device has a weight of about 8 ounces.

5. The weight device of claim 3 wherein the device is about 4 inches in length and 2 inches in diameter.

6. The weight device of claim 1 wherein the central bore is rounded to conform to a shape of the golf club shaft.

7. The weight device of claim 6 wherein the device is formed from an elastomeric material.

8. The weight device of claim 7 wherein each of the first and second slices creates corresponding deflectable segments of the device that are deflected during rotation of the device to allow the club shaft to enter the central bore of the device.

9. The weight device of claim 1 wherein the slot has a width of at least a largest diameter of a golf club shaft.