Inside weight system for golf mallets or blades

• US 7,309,297 B1
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ray Solari
• Original Assignee: Ray Solari
• Inventors: Solari, Ray
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti; Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US11/607,214
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 473334-339, 473/256, 473/409
• US Class Current: 473/334
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A weight system for a golf club. The golf club has an impact head, which is swung by a golfer to strike a golf ball. The weight system has at least one cavity within the impact head of the golf club; a plurality of weights, shaped and dimensioned to slidingly fit within the cavity; and a top plate on an upper surface of the impact head, the top plate covering the cavity to prevent the weights from dislodging from the cavity. The top plate is removable to provide access to the cavity for the insertion or removal of the weights.

Claims

1. A weight system for a golf implement swung by a golfer to hit a golf ball, the golf implement having a blade head, the blade head having a centerline, a bottom side and a top side, the weight system comprising:

(a) a plurality of cylindrical, smooth-walled cavities internal to the blade head of the golf implement;

(b) a plurality of cylindrical, smooth-surfaced weights, each shaped and dimensioned to slidingly fit within at least one of the plurality of cylindrical cavities;

(c) the blade head having a top plate located at the top side of the blade head, the top plate being attached to the blade head by a single fastener, the top plate covering the plurality of cavities to prevent the plurality of weights from dislodging from the plurality of cavities, the top plate being removable to provide access to the plurality of cavities for the insertion or removal of the weights, the single fastener comprising a threaded screw installed into a beveled hole central the bottom side of the blade head;

wherein at least two of the plurality of cavities are located along the centerline of the blade head of the golf implement, the centerline being generally parallel to a direction of travel of the blade head when swung by the golfer and being generally in line with a location on the blade head that impacts the golf ball; and

wherein each of the plurality of cylindrical weights are removable and interchangeable to provide an adjustable weight distribution within the blade head of the golf implement.

2. The weight system of claim 1, the plurality of cylindrical weights comprising a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, brass, steel, and tungsten.

3. A weight system for a golf club, the golf club having a mallet impact head, the mallet impact head having an upper surface, the mallet impact head being attached to a handle and swung by a golfer to strike a golf ball, the weight system comprising:

(a) a plurality of cylindrical, smooth-walled cavities within the mallet impact head of the golf club;

(b) a plurality of smooth-surfaced weights, each shaped and dimensioned to slidingly fit within at least one of the plurality of smooth-walled cavities;

(c) a top plate on the upper surface of the mallet impact head, the top plate covering the plurality of smooth-walled cavities to prevent the smooth-surfaced weights from dislodging from the cavities, the top plate being removable to provide access to at least one of the plurality of smooth-walled cavities for the insertion or removal of the smooth-surfaced weights;

(d) the mallet impact head having a centerline, the centerline being generally parallel to a direction of travel of the mallet impact head when swung by the golfer and being generally in line with a location on the mallet impact head that impacts the golf ball, wherein at least two of the plurality of cavities are along the centerline of the golf club; and

(e) the top plate being secured to the mallet impact head by a single fastener, the single fastener comprising a threaded screw installed into a beveled hole central a bottom side of the mallet impact head.

4. The weight system of claim 3, each of the plurality of cavities being congruently shaped and dimensioned.

5. The weight system of claim 4, each of the plurality of smooth-surfaced weights being congruently shaped and dimensioned, the smooth-surfaced weights thereby being insertable into any of the plurality of cavities.

6. The weight system of claim 3, the plurality of smooth-surfaced weights being made from aluminum, brass, steel, or tungsten.

7. A method of providing an adjustable weight distribution within a golf putter, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a golf putter having a plurality of smooth-walled cavities within an impact head of the golf putter and having an access plate, the access plate being located at an upper surface of the impact head, the access plate covering and providing access to at least one of the smooth-walled cavities;

(b) providing a plurality of smooth-surfaced weights, each shaped and dimensioned to individually fit within at least one of the smooth-walled cavities;

(c) selecting one or more of the plurality of smooth-surfaced weights for insertion into at least one of the smooth-walled cavities;

(d) removing the access plate to provide access to the smooth-walled cavities by unfastening a single fastener, the single fastener comprising a threaded screw installed into a beveled hole central a lower surface of the impact head;

(e) sliding the selected one or more of the plurality of smooth-surfaced weights into at least one of the smooth-walled cavities; and

(f) replacing the access plate to cover the smooth-walled cavities and prevent the selected one or more of the plurality of smooth-surfaced weights from dislodging from the smooth-walled cavities.

8. The method of claim 7, the provided plurality of smooth-surfaced weights including weights of different masses.