Golf club with directional based graphic

• US 9,302,167 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cobra Golf Company (Puma SE)
• Original Assignee: Cobra Golf Company (Puma SE)
• Inventors: Roach, Ryan L., Soracco, Peter L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US13/973,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20130337929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 473219-257
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/00 Golf clubs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0441 with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3632 Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3685 Putters or attachments on putters, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B44F 1/10 Changing, amusing, or secret pictures
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0037 characterized by the distribution or form of lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/14 displaying different signs depending upon the view-point of the observer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/02 the advertising matter being displayed by the operation of the article

Abstract

A golf club having at least one directional based graphic on the golf club it disclosed. More specifically, the golf club in accordance with the present invention will have at least one directional based graphic that will only be visible when the golf club is oriented in a desirable direction while staying invisible in all other undesirable directions.

Claims

1. A golf club comprising:

a golf club head,

a shaft extending from the head,

a grip disposed on the shaft distal from the head,

a controllable graphic disposed on a crown of the head, and

an accelerometer mounted on the golf club and operable to detect a waggle at address, wherein the graphic is controlled by the waggle detected by the accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer is operable to respond to the waggle by making the controllable graphic disappear, and further wherein the controllable graphic is, once activated, visible when the club head is misaligned and not visible when the club head is aligned.