Spread heel/toe weighted golf club

• US 6,652,390 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2001
• Issued: 11/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stagecoach Putters LLC
• Original Assignee: Brent W. Bradford
• Inventors: Bradford, Brent W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUONG, THANH P
• Application Number:
  US09/904,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20030013546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 473/340, 473/334, 473/335, 473/341, 473/342, 473/346, 473/347, 473/349, 473/350
• US Class Current: 473/341
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention provides an extreme heel and toe weighted golf putter head wherein the weight is spread along the length of the head and outside of the effective hitting area. The putter includes a head having a front surface shaped and dimensioned for contacting a golf ball and a back surface shaped and dimensioned for placing the weight of the club at a relatively large distance from the striking face. The back surface has a toe wing, a shaft connection, and a heel wing, with the wings angling back beyond and away from the centered shaft connection on either side. More specifically, the putter includes a toe section having a toe wing extending back and away from the striking face toward the toe section of the putter. The heel section having a heel wing extending back and away from the striking face toward the heel section of the putter. A recess formed in the body, the toe wing, and the heel wing and a light weight insert material filling the recess formed in the body, toe wing and heel wing.

Claims

1. A putter type golf club head including a body having a heel section, toe section, upper surface, lower surface and striking face terminating with toe and heel edges, further comprising:

a toe wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the toe section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face toe edge;

a heel wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the heel section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face heel edge;

a recess formed in the body, the toe wing, and the heel wing and extending from said body into a portion of each wing beyond the extent of the edges of the striking face, wherein the recess reduces the weight of the body and a portion of each wing; and

a shaft connection located between said wings.

2. A golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein an insert material fills the entire recess and is planar with the striking face.

3. A golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein an insert material fills the entire recess and is located behind the striking face of said head.

4. A golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the recess is filled with a light weight insert material.

5. A golf putter head according to claim 1, wherein the wings are weighted beyond the extent of the edges of the striking face, thereby spreading the putter head weight.

6. A golf putter head according to claim 5, wherein the weight of the wings extending laterally beyond the extent of the edges of the striking face is greater than the weight of the body.

7. A golf putter head according to claim 2, wherein the insert is one continuous piece of poured elastomeric material.

8. A golf putter head according to claim 3, wherein the insert is inserted into the head through the lower surface.

9. A putter type golf club head including a body having a heel section, toe section, upper surface, lower surface and striking face terminating with toe and heel lateral edges, further comprising:

a toe wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the toe section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face toe lateral edge;

a heel wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the heel section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face heel lateral edge;

a shaft connection located between said wings;

spread weighting of the head such that greater than twenty-five percent of the total head weight extends beyond the lateral edges of the striking face; and

wherein a first portion of the toe and heel wings approximate the tips thereof are made from a first material and the remainder of the wings are made from a second lighter material.

10. A golf putter head according to claim 9, wherein the first material is tungsten.

11. A golf putter head according to claim 9, wherein the second lighter material is aluminum.

12. A golf putter head according to claim 10, wherein the second lighter material is aluminum.

13. A putter type golf club head including a body having a heel section, toe section, upper surface, lower surface and striking face terminating with toe and heel lateral edges, further comprising:

a toe wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the toe section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face toe lateral edge and is made from a first material;

a heel wing extending back and away from said striking face toward the heel section of said head, wherein the wing extends laterally beyond the striking face heel lateral edge and is made from a first material;

a shaft connection located between said wings; and

wherein the remainder of the putter head is made from a second material lighter than said first material and weighting of the head is spread such that a greater portion of the total head weight extends beyond the lateral edges of the striking face.

14. A golf putter head according to claim 13, wherein the first material is tungsten.

15. A golf putter head according to claim 13, wherein the second lighter material is aluminum.