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Mass balanced golf club

a golf club and mass balance technology, applied in the field of golf clubs, can solve the problems of not designing golf clubs as they are presently configured, and achieve the effect of reducing the torque that the hands impart and smoothing the motion of the golf club

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-29
PITBLADDO RICHARD B
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The patent describes a golf club modification that reduces the amount of force and torque that the golfer's hands and arms apply to the club, making it easier to swing and hit the ball. This is achieved by adding a balance weight to the club and extending the shaft, which helps to smoothly move the club and reduce the strain on the golfer's body. The result is a more effective and consistent swing.

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Golf putters as presently configured are not designed considering the static balance of the golf club.

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[0016]Although descriptions herein are generally for golf clubs, principles of the invention are most relevant to a golf putter, but may be applicable to other types of golf clubs, including, but not limited to, pitching clubs and short irons.

[0017]FIG. 1 shows the most common type of conventional golf putter (10) with a putter head (11), a putter hand grip (13), and a putter shaft (12), which connects the putter head (11) to the putter hand grip (13). There are many swing styles; however, most are variations of a pendulum motion about a point (19) between the putter grip (13) and the shoulder of the golfer, the pendulum being of length (14) plus length (15).

[0018]FIG. 2 shows a prior art golf putter (20) termed a “belly putter”. The top end of the putter shaft (22) is anchored at approximately the player's belt line (29). Thus location (29) is the anchor point for a pendulum of length (24) plus length (25) in the pendulum motion of the putter (20), whereby the hands apply a substan...

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Abstract

A modification to a golf club including a shaft extension and a balance weight provides a significant modification of the golf club mass distribution to affect the combination of forces and torques that the body, via the arms and hands, must exert on the golf club grip in order to impart motion to the golf ball towards the cup. A preferred design reduces the torque that the hands impart on the golf club grip to move the golf club through its controlled arc motion to strike the golf ball. The distributed weight of the golf club shaft contributes to a smoother motion of the golf club.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims one or more inventions which were disclosed in Provisional Application No. 61 / 730,625, filed Nov. 28, 2012, entitled “MASS BALANCED PUTTER”. The benefit under 35 USC §119(e) of the United States provisional application is hereby claimed, and the aforementioned application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The invention pertains to the field of golf clubs. More particularly, the invention preferably pertains primarily to golf putters and to a lesser extent to golf pitching clubs and short irons.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]Golf putters as presently configured are not designed considering the static balance of the golf club. Both torque and linear force must be imparted to the golf club grip to effect its arc motion to strike the golf ball. Belly putters and long putters are attempts to improve on conventional golf putters but such designs...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B53/00A63B59/00
CPCA63B59/0074A63B53/00A63B53/08A63B53/14A63B53/047A63B53/0487A63B60/22A63B60/24Y10T29/49826A63B60/00
Inventor PITBLADDO, RICHARD B.
Owner PITBLADDO RICHARD B
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