Golf club swing weight

• US 7,588,500 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frank J. Hoeckl, Walter J. Hoeckl
• Original Assignee: Frank J. Hoeckl, Walter J. Hoeckl
• Inventors: Hoeckl, Walter J., Hoeckl, Frank J.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGESSE, NINI F
• Application Number:
  US12/022,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191978A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 473/219, 473/226, 473/228, 473/256, 473/437, 473/457, 482/92, 482/105, 273/DIG.30
• US Class Current: 473/256
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3638 Normal golf clubs with directly attached weights

Abstract

A golf club swing weight apparatus. The apparatus has a first weight and a second weight each having a pair of apertures formed therein, and adapted to be secured against a club shaft of a golf club. A strap having a length sufficient to extend through the pairs of apertures, and around the first and second weights when the first and second weights are positioned adjacent one another on said club shaft, is used to secure the first and second weights to the club shaft. The strap may include a loop element affixed to a first end thereof, and a first hook and loop type fastener material at the first end. A second end of the strap may include a stop component fixedly secured to the strap. The stop prevents the second end from being completely pulled through said loop element. Thus, the weights may not be inadvertently separated from the strap while the apparatus is affixed to a club shaft and an individual is swinging the golf club. The hook and loop type fastener materials enable the weights to be quickly and easily secured to (and removed from) the club shaft without the need for any external tools or complex procedures.

Claims

1. A golf club swing weight apparatus comprising:

a weight having an aperture formed therein;

a strap having a length sufficient to extend through the aperture, around the weight and around a club shaft of a golf club so that the strap secures the weight to the club shaft;

said strap including a loop element affixed to a first end thereof, and a first hook and loop type fastener material at said first end,

a second end of said strap including a safety stop component fixedly secured to said strap, said safety stop component having dimensions such that said safety stop component prevents said second end from being completely pulled through said loop element; and

said second end including a second hook and loop type fastener material secured at said second end that is engageable with said first hook and loop type fastener material; and

wherein when said first and second hook and loop type fastener materials are engaged around said weight and said club shaft, said weight is securely held to said club shaft, and said safety stop component and said loop element cooperatively prevent said weight and said strap from being inadvertently released from said club shaft while swinging said golf club, and said safety stop component prevents the second end of the strap from being drawn through the loon element even if the first hook and loop type fastener material loop becomes detached from the second hook and loop type fastener material while swinging the golf club, to thus prevent releasing said weight from said club shaft while swinging the golf club.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said weight includes a pair of said apertures disposed adjacent to one another, through which said strap extends.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said strap includes a stretchable portion and a non-stretchable portion, with said second hook and loop type fastener material being secured to said stretchable portion.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said weight includes a slip resistant, resilient material on an inner surface thereof that contacts said club shaft when said weight is positioned against said club shaft and tends to prevent slippage of said weight on said club shaft while swinging said golf club.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said slip resistant, resilient material comprises a layer of neoprene.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an additional weight having an aperture, said weight and said additional weight adapted to be secured by said strap securely to said club shaft.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said weight comprises an arcuate shape.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said weight includes a cutout section adapted to function as a bottle cap opener.

9. A golf club swing weight apparatus comprising:

a first weight having a first pair of apertures formed therein, and adapted to be secured against a club shaft of a golf club;

a second weight having a second pair of apertures formed therein and adapted to be secured around said club shaft of said golf club;

a strap having a length sufficient to extend through the first and second pairs of apertures, and around the first and second weights when the first and second weights are positioned adjacent one another on said club shaft, to thus secure said first and second weights to the club shaft;

said strap including a loop element affixed to a first end thereof, and a first hook and loop type fastener material at said first end,

a second end of said strap including a safety stop component fixedly secured to said strap, said safety stop component having dimensions such that said safety stop component prevents said second end from being completely pulled through said loop element; and

said second end including a second hook and loop type fastener material secured at said end that is engageable with said first hook and loop type fastener material; and

wherein when said first and second hook and loop type fastener materials are engaged with each other, with said strap extending around said weights and said club shaft, said weights are securely held to said club shaft, and said safety stop component and said loop element cooperatively prevent said weights and said strap from being inadvertently released from said club shaft while swinging said golf club even if said first and second loop type fastener materials become detached from one another while swinging said golf club.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said strap includes a stretchable portion and a non-stretchable portion, with said second hook and loop type fastener material being secured to said stretchable portion.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said weights each include a slip resistant, resilient material on an inner surface thereof that contacts said club shaft when said weights are positioned against said club shaft and tends to prevent slippage of said weights on said club shaft while swinging said golf club.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said slip resistant, resilient material comprises neoprene.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of said weights comprises an arcuate shape.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein one of said weights includes a cutout section adapted to function as a bottle cap removal tool.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a third weight adapted to be positioned against said club shaft and to engage with a portion of said strap, such that said third weight is also held securely to said club shaft while swinging said golf club.

16. A golf club swing weight apparatus comprising:

a first arcuately shaped weight having a first pair of apertures formed therein, and adapted to be secured against a club shaft of a golf club;

a second arcuately shaped weight having a second pair of apertures formed therein and adapted to be secured around said club shaft of said golf club;

a strap having a length sufficient to extend through the first and second pairs of apertures, and around the first and second arcuately shaped weights when the first and second arcuately shaped weights are positioned adjacent one another on said club shaft, to thus secure said first and second arcuately shaped weights to the club shaft;

said strap including a loop element affixed to a first end thereof, and a first hook and loop type fastener material at said first end,

a second end of said strap including a safety stop component fixedly secured to said strap, said safety stop component having dimensions such that said safety stop component prevents said second end from being completely pulled through said loop element; and

said second end including a second hoop hook and loop type fastener material secured at said second end that is engageable with said first hook and loop type fastener material so that said strap secures said first and second arcuately shaped weights to said club shaft; and

wherein when said first and second hook and loop type fastener materials are engaged with each other, and said strap extends around said arcuately shaped weights and said club shaft, said arcuately shaped weights are securely held to said club shaft, and said safety stop component and said loop element prevent said arcuately shaped weights and said strap from being inadvertently released from said club shaft while swinging said golf club in the event said first and second hook and loon type fastening materials become detached from one another while swinging said golf club.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one of said weights includes a cutout section adapted to function as a bottle cap removal tool.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein each of said weights includes an inner surface having a layer of neoprene.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a third, arcuately shaped weight having a third pair of apertures, said strap adapted to extend through said third pair of apertures so that said third arcuately shaped weight is held against said club shaft adjacent said first and second arcuately shaped weights.

20. The apparatus 16, wherein said strap includes a stretchable portion and a non-stretchable portion, with said stretchable portion including said second hook and loop type fastener material.