Golf clubs with adjustable club faces and shafts

• US 5,385,346 A
• Filed: 12/02/1993
• Issued: 01/31/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kathlyn A. Carroll, Wilbert E. Carroll
• Original Assignee: Kathlyn A. Carroll, Wilbert E. Carroll
• Inventors: Carroll, Wilbert E., Carroll, Kathlyn A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/160,664
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 273/77 R, 273/79, 273/168, 273/162 R, 273/162 C, 273/162 D, 273/162 F, 273/80 R, 273/81 R, 273/75, 273/32 R, 273/32 A, 273/32 B, 273/32 D, 273/80 D , 273/162 A
• US Class Current: 473/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/026 loft angle only, i.e. relative angular adjustment between the shaft and the club head about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the intended line of play when the club is in its normal address position
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/0085 Telescopic shafts

Abstract

A golf club with adjustment capabilities comprising, in combination, a head formed of a support plate having a hosel at its upper end for receiving a shaft and having a horizontal aperture adjacent to the lower end for use in coupling with a face plate, and a face plate having a striking surface with an aperture parallel with the striking surface at the lower extent thereof positionable in axial alignment with the hole in the support plate and a bolt extending through the aperture and hole to couple the face plate at any one of the plurality of angles with respect to the support plate with means on the support plate adjacent to the adjacent edge of the face plate to indicate the angle of the face plate.

Claims

1. A golf club with adjustment capabilities comprising, in combination:

a head formed of a support plate in a generally V-shaped configuration having a hosel at an upper end for receiving a shaft and having a horizontal aperture adjacent to a lower end for use in coupling with a face plate;

a face plate having a striking surface with an aperture parallel with the striking surface at a lower extent thereof positionable in axial alignment with the horizontal aperture in the support plate and a bolt extending through both said apertures to couple the face plate at any one of a plurality of angles with respect to the support plate with means on the support plate adjacent to the adjacent edge of an face plate to indicate the angle of the face plate;

a shaft having an upper end with a handle and a lower end coupled to the hosel, the shaft having an upper portion with an upper end and a lower end and having a lower portion with an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the lower portion positionable within the lower end of the upper portion and secured means therebetween comprising a collar having threads mateable with external threads at the lower end of the upper portion and a compression washer located between the collar and the lower end of the upper portion whereby tightening of the collar will securely couple the lower portion in a predetermined orientation and further including indicia on the lower portion adjacent to the collar to indicate the length of the club;

projections extending outwardly from the support surface and a projection on the adjacent edge of the face plate whereby when coupled together rotational movement therebetween is precluded and further including a coil spring and associated washer resiliently urging together the face plate to the support plate; and

an opening located in the upper portion of the shaft adapted to receive therein a rolled up score pad and pencil with tees positioned thereadjacent to the opening with a grip located over the handle of the shaft to close the opening.