Golfer's putter with weight raised to center of ball

• US 5,211,401 A
• Filed: 07/14/1992
• Issued: 05/18/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Melvin F. Hainey
• Original Assignee: Melvin F. Hainey
• Inventors: Hainey, Melvin F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US07/913,155
• Time in Patent Office: 308 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/167 A, 273/167 B, 273/167 F, 273/167 H, 273/169, 273/164.1
• US Class Current: 473/340
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence

Abstract

A putter head designed so that, during a normal stroke, the bulk of the weight of the head, not the center of weight, but the weight itself, will be concentrated about a horizontal plane through the center of the ball, thus yielding a very solid shot and one that feels solid. By using a thick upper plate and thin face and sole plates, this unique design feature is accomplished while retaining a conventional ball striking face and a solid sole plate, and at the same time providing a putter head that is pleasing to the eye and easy to align because of its clean straight lines.

Claims

1. In a golfing putterhead for striking a golf ball defining a ball striking front face, a bottom surface, a top surface, a rear surface, a heel and a toe, and a hosel for connecting the putter head to a shaft,

(a) said top surface comprised of an upper surface element joined to the hosel, said upper surface element having a weighted means for substantially concentrating the weight of the putter head along a horizontal plane, wherein said horizontal plane bisects said upper surface element and coincides with a horizontal plane through the center of a golf ball when the putter head strikes the golf ball,

(b) said ball striking front face comprised of a thin, elongate, light-weight face plate and joined to said upper surface element, and,

(c) said bottom surface comprised of a thin sole plate substantially parallel to said upper surface element and joined to said ball striking front face, said sole plate having an upwardly bent rear end joined to said upper surface element.