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Putter with ball marker

  • US 8,313,393 B1
  • Filed: 08/06/2010
  • Issued: 11/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A golf club with compartment for holding a ball marker comprising:

  • a head of a golf club having a flat bottom side, a top side, and a front side, a rear side, a contiguous left side between the front side and the rear side, and a contiguous right side between the front side and the rear side;

    a longitudinal U-shaped compartment in the bottom side of the golf club head, the compartment having an opening through the rear side of the head next to the bottom side, and the compartment having closed side walls with a concave curved front wall, a closed flat upper wall, and a U-shaped opening under the compartment through the bottom side of the golf club head, the closed flat upper wall of the longitudinal U-shaped compartment being parallel to the flat bottom side of the golf club head;

    track slots along both of the side walls of the compartment extending from the opening in the rear side of the head to the curved front wall of the compartment;

    a first magnet mounted in the upper wall of the U-shaped compartment, the magnet being closer to the concave curved front wall than to the opening to the compartment; and

    a disc shaped metal ball marker that is slid into and out of the opening in the rear side of the club head into the compartment by the track slots, so that the ball marker is held within the compartment by both the first magnet and track slots;

    an opening in at least one side of the head having a second magnet for attaching a removable indicia plate to the opening.

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