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Golf club adjustable hosel assembly

  • US 9,358,429 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2014
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adjustable assembly comprising:

  • a golf club shaft having a tip portion;

    a golf club head including a body having a crown, a sole, a striking plate and a hosel portion, the hosel portion defining an upper hosel opening;

    a hosel insert secured to the hosel portion, the hosel insert including a base element and at least one inwardly extending pawl having a distal end;

    a shaft adapter extending about a first longitudinal axis, the shaft adapter defining a shaft opening for engaging the tip portion of the shaft;

    the shaft adapter including a plurality of outwardly projecting teeth aligned with the hosel insert, each tooth including a leading surface and a trailing surface, the leading surface shaped to enable rotational movement of the shaft adapter about the first longitudinal axis with respect to the hosel insert in a first rotational direction, the trailing surface shaped to selectively engage the distal end of the pawl to inhibit rotational movement of the shaft adapter with respect to the hosel insert in a second rotation direction, opposite the first rotational direction; and

    a fastener releasably coupled to the club head and the shaft adapter, wherein the assembly is adjustable between a plurality of locked positions, each of the plurality of locked positions defining at least one separate loft position, lie position, face angle position, or any combination thereof of the club head with respect to the shaft, wherein the assembly is adjustable between the plurality of locked positions by loosening the fastener, rotating the shaft adapter in a first rotational direction without removing the plurality of teeth of the shaft adapter from the hosel insert, and tightening the fastener.

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