Golf putter head

Abstract

A golf putter has a head provided with spaced, upper and lower leading edges and a toe and heel presenting a club face for striking a golf ball. The face extends linearly substantially from the toe to the heel, and extends between the upper and lower edges of the head along an arc having a radius of approximately eighteen inches to provide consistent and predictable ball rolling characteristics.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of a prior filed, co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 010,388, filed Jan. 8, 2008, entitled TALL FACE PUTTER, and is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 12 / 349,212 filed Jan. 6, 2009.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a golf club putter head having a face or ball striking area geometrically configured to assist the golfer in accurate putting.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Putters used in the game of golf are available in various configurations and styles. A putter may have a degree of loft so as to lift the ball slightly off of the putting surface and send it rolling toward the intended target. Other putter heads may be configured to locate the strike zone at slightly above the equator of the ball so as to impart overspin or reduce or eliminate backspin. There are many configurations and styles, thereby providing the golfer with many choices of putter configurat...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]In another aspect of the invention, the putter head presents a club face extending linearly from the toe to the heel of the face, and extending between upper and lower edges of the face along an arc having a radius of from approximately 9 to 35 inches, thereby providing consistent and predictable ball rolling characteristics.

[0007]In another aspect of the invention, the face of the putter is tall in that its vertical height may be equal, or substantially so, to the diameter of a golf ball and thus is at least approximately one and three / eighths inches in height to thereby improve the probability that the putt will be struck on or close to the equator of the ball regardless of reasonable variations of swing arc, variation in the grass putting surface or the position of the hands either forward or rearward of the ball.

[0008]A further aspect of the present invention is to provide a head of a putter with a face that extends linearly from the toe to the heel of the putter head or along a substantial portion thereof, and extends between upper and lower edges of the face along an arc having a preferred radius of approximately 18 inches from the top to the bottom of the ball-striking face, and an overall height of the face approximately equal to the diameter of the ball, resulting in a higher probability that the putt will be struck on or very close to the equator of the ball regardless of variations in the golfer's swing or hand position.

Problems solved by technology

If the ball if contacted with the hands ahead or forward of the ball during a stroke thereby causing a steeper angle of contact between the face of the putter and the ball, substantial backspin may be imparted to the ball and cause it to skip and possibly skew off of the intended line.

If the ball is contacted with the hands behind the ball or the putter has passed the bottom of its arc, loft may be imparted to the ball causing it to hop or skip as a result of backspin, resulting in inconsistent distance control.

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