Golf putter with sighting device

• US 4,902,014 A
• Filed: 06/30/1988
• Issued: 02/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Go Fore Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Anthony J. Bontomase, David A. Bontomase
• Inventors: Bontomase, Anthony J., Bontomase, David A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US07/213,366
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 273/162 B, 273/171, 273/167 J, 273/186 A, 273/172, 273/173, 273/174, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/167 H, 273/193 R, 273/194 R, 273/194 A, 273/194 B
• US Class Current: 473/241
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3685 Putters or attachments on putters, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence

Abstract

A golf putter with sighting device comprising a putter blade attached to a standard shaft and handle. The blade includes an essentially planar surface with a circular threaded cavity which is of sufficient depth to receive a cylindrical threaded core of substantially the same cross dimensions as said cavity including two essentially planar ends, one of such ends including a circular liquid level. The core may be invertedly threaded into the cavity such that either end of the core may be exposed upon the blade surface. It is intended that the level containing end be exposed for practice play and then invertedly threaded back into the cavity such that it is now embedded within the cavity and now qualified for regulation play with no depreciable effect to the putter, such as a shift in weight.

Claims

1. A golf putter including a sighting device comprising, in combination:

(a) a golf putter blade having an essentially planar upper surface attached to an elongated shaft with handle portion;

(b) a circular, internallly threaded cavity extending into said blade upper planar surface;

(c) a cylindrical, externally threaded core of substantially the same diameter as said said cavity and including two essentially planar end surfaces; and

(d) a circular liquid level of substantially the same diameter as, and affixed to one of said end surfaces of, said core.

2. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said circular threaded cavity is of sufficient depth to receive said threaded core such that said core is substantially flush with said blade planar surface.

3. The invention according to claim 2 wherein said cavity is of sufficient depth to receive an additional predetermined amount of circular weight slugs before the receival of said core.

4. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said golf putter blade includes a protruding sweet-spot portion on said blade'"'"'s hitting face, the edge to edge length of which approximately equals the diameter of a standard golf ball.

5. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said core is manually threaded into said cavity with said core liquid level surface exposed upon said blade planar surface for practice play.

6. The invention according to claim 5 wherein said core may be manually unthreaded and invertedly threaded back into said cavity such that said level containing surface is embedded within said cavity thereby qualifying said putter for regulation play.

7. The invention according to claim 1 wherein said circular liquid level includes an inscribed target-circle at the center such that the bubble in the liquid will appear in said target circle when said putter blade is lined up in a horizontal plane with the blade'"'"'s front face arranged in a plane normal to the target line of initial travel of the ball.