Putter head

• US 7,169,061 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2004
• Issued: 01/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Original Assignee: FU Sheng Industrial Company Limited (Cooperative Valiant APO Global UA)
• Inventors: Hou, Wen-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Gorden; Raeann
• Application Number:
  US10/759,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20050159241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 473/341, 473/340, 473334-339
• US Class Current: 473/341
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A putter head includes a body and a light insert. The body includes a face portion, two mass portions, and a connecting portion. The face portion is located on a front side of the body, the mass portions are located on two sides of the body, and the connecting portion is formed between the mass portions for connecting the mass portions, with a compartment being defined between the mass portion and the connecting portion. The light insert is securely mounted in the compartment of the body. The light insert includes at least one aiming mark on a top face thereof. Further, the club head has a center of gravity positioned within the light insert.

Claims

1. A putter-type club head, comprising:

a body including a face portion, two mass portions, and a connecting portion, the face portion being located on a front side of the body, the mass portions being located on two sides of the body, the connecting portion being formed between the mass portions for connecting the mass portions, with a compartment being defined between the mass portion and the connecting portion; and

a light insert securely mounted in the compartment of the body and made of a material having a density smaller than that of the body, said material selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber, polyurethane, epoxy, rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, and high molecular polymers, the light insert including at least one aiming mark on a top face thereof, the club head having a center of gravity positioned within the light insert.

2. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting portion has a thickness smaller than 2 mm.

3. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one aiming mark is one of rectilinear, arrow-shaped, circular, oval, and triangular.

4. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting portion includes an extension extending rearward therefrom.

5. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 4, wherein the extension includes an aft-mass portion on a rear end thereof.

6. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body has a width greater than a length of the body.

7. The putter-type dub head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the compartment of the body has a rear open end.

9. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 1, wherein the face portion between the mass portions has a thickness smaller than 2 mm.

8. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim , wherein the compartment of the body has a rear end extending upward.

10. A putter-type club head, comprising:

a body including a face portion, two mass portions, and a connecting portion, the face portion being located on a front side of the body, the mass portions being located on two sides of the body, the connecting portion being formed between the mass portions for connecting the mass portions, with a compartment being defined between the mass portion and the connecting portion; and

a light insert securely mounted in the compartment of the body, the light insert including at least one aiming mark on a top face thereof, the club head having a center of gravity positioned within the light insert;

wherein one of the connecting portion and the face portion between the mass portions has a thickness smaller man 2 mm.

11. The puffer-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein said at least one aiming mark is one of rectilinear, arrow-shaped, circular, oval, and triangular.

12. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein the connecting portion includes an extension extending rearward therefrom.

13. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 12, wherein the extension includes an aft-mass portion on a rear end thereof.

14. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein the body has a width greater than a length of the body.

15. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein the compartment of the body has a rear open end.

16. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein the compartment of the body has a rear end extending upward.

17. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 10, wherein the light insert is made of a material having a density smaller than that of the body.

18. The putter-type club head as claimed in claim 17, wherein the material of the light insert is selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber, polyurethane, epoxy, rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, and high molecular polymers.