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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128505 | Golf putter head including a cantilevered alignment aid A putter head including a fore body and an aft body. The fore body includes a planar front strike face, heel and toe side walls, a rear wall, a top surface and a generally planar sole. The top surface includes a sight line. The sight line extends along a first plane... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123626 | Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8012034 | Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end an... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7955180 | Golf putter with aiming apparatus The present invention relates to an improved golf club with line markings on the head of the putter that facilitate a precise and accurate motion of the club. One of these markings, the aiming line, runs parallel to the club face across the top of the club and is in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934999 | Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end an... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7905793 | Golf club A golf club comprising: a shaft; a head affixed to a distal end of the shaft and having a ball striking face, the head comprising spaced apart lower and upper portions which have respectively: lower and upper primary alignment guides extending substantially perpendi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7857706 | Peripheral target stand training system A system of training a golf swing including the steps of providing a positional apparatus that provides the golfer with variable impact heights and variable rotational positions to enable them to learn the correct swing, and also includes various additional training... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7846033 | Iron type golf club head An iron type golf club head has a toe inclination visually recognizing part and a heel inclination visually recognizing part. The toe inclination visually recognizing part, which is provided on a toe side of a face surface, formed by a visible boundary between a toe... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837576 | Two-faced golf putter The two-faced golf putter includes a putter head having a putting face and a chipping face disposed on at least one side of the putter head, an angled toe, an angled heel and a bottom sole. Both the angled toe and heel include a respective setup guide to assist the ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7677987 | Putter head A putter-type club head (20) having a main body (25) and a removable aft member (30) is disclosed herein. The putter-type club head (20) has a main body (25) that is preferably composed of an aluminum alloy. The removable aft membe... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7611419 | Golf club A golf club comprising: a shaft; a head affixed to a distal end of the shaft and having a ball striking face, the head comprising spaced apart lower and upper portions which have respectively: lower and upper primary alignment guides extending substantially perpendi... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7431659 | Golf club head Exemplary embodiments described herein are directed to golf club heads and golf clubs including a golf club head, including a body having a generally vertical planar face, a means for aligning the planar face with a golf ball, wherein the means is positioned behind ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7371184 | Putter head The present invention provides a putter head which includes a putter head body which has a portion thereof connected to a distal end of a putter shaft; a laterally extending putter face which is formed on a front portion of the putter head body; a strip-like longitu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364514 | Golf putter head The present invention is a golf putter head wherein the second moment among the three inertial moments described below shows a maximum value in a state in which the head is placed on a horizontal plane at a specified lie angle and loft angle: First moment: in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364513 | Golf club head with inserts for impact face A striking face for golf clubs, such as a driver, iron or putter comprising a plurality of bars retained in the club head body and forming the striking surface. The bars which comprise the striking face according to the invention may be designed and arranged to prov... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351164 | Iron-type golf club head The present invention provides an iron-type golf club head comprising a primary cavity that is approximately parallel to the ground when the club head is resting at normal address. A secondary cavity, positioned within the primary cavity, has a bottom wall that is a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347794 | Method of manufacturing a face plate for a golf club head A golf club is manufactured by machining away a portion of the rear surface of a club face blank to form an elliptical central thickened region that tapers through a transition region to a thinner peripheral region. The elliptical central thickened region, transitio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347793 | Weight-balanced golf putter head A golf putter head is generally triangular, when viewed from the top, with a flat, front face and a trailing, central tail. When viewed from the side, the head has a generally straight front face and a flat or slightly curved or rounded bottom surface. The shaft for... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341526 | Golf putter having alignment aid for aligning a golfer's head in at least four axes A golf putter having an alignment aid for aligning the player's head relative to the ball and the putter head. In addition to providing alignment along the usual X and Y axes, the alignment aid of the invention allows precise and repeatable head positioning in the f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335112 | Adjustable head for a golf putter An adjustable putter head for a golf putter is designed having an elongated line of sight marking on a top surface of the putter head to aid in aligning the putter head in a putting direction toward a target point, and a putter face which is pivotally connected to t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322891 | Golf putting training device A golf putting training device is provided which comprises a pair of alignment guides extending from the club face to provide a visual means of reference for the golfer during the putting stroke. The training device provides a means for the golfer to improve his acc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316623 | Golf club head A golf club head has a head main body, an elastic body, and a lid body. The head main body has a back surface and a sole surface, and defines a recess portion depressed from one of the back surface and the sole surface. The elastic body is fixed in the recess portio... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7255653 | Metal wood club A golf club having a metal wood club head including a toe, a heel, a club face, a sole, a rear profile, and a top profile shape. The club head is shaped to increase the moment of inertia of the club head. In one embodiment, a rear portion of the club head is truncat... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255650 | Golf club head with alignment guide A golf club head has a cavity for receiving an alignment guide or insert having parallel grooves separated by parallel ridges. The club head includes a face member with a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball. The insert is oriented such that the parallel... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250005 | Golf club length fitting system A method and apparatus for prescribing overall club length for iron-type golf clubs for an individual player wherein the method comprises measuring the erect height (PH) of a player to be fitted, providing the player with a fitting ball club (FBC) having a spherical... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247102 | Golf club with optical indicating system A golf club with optical indicating system includes a head having an elongate planar face defining the hitting surface of the golf club. Above the hitting surface, at least a pair of spaced-parallel forwardly protruding guides are located extending perpendicularly t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235023 | Iron type golf club set The present invention provides an iron type golf club set of n (n: an integer equal to or more than three) numbers of iron type golf clubs having different head loft angles, wherein the head comprises a face plate, and a head main body provided with a face receiving... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207900 | Golf club head weight adjustment member The present invention relates to certain weight adjustment members that can be used in connection with iron-type golf clubs. The weight adjustment members of the present invention comprise a relatively uniform and/or symmetrically configured width. In addition, the ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186185 | Gold club with customizable alignment sighting and weighting device A customizable alignment sighting device for a golf club is mounted to an upper surface of the head of the golf club with a sighting element providing the user a visual target indicator for desired alignment of the club head with the user's line of sight. The sighti... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172513 | Tool for determining optimal putter characteristics A tool has an adjustable lie angle, face angle, weight, and shaft length and is used by a golfer to adjust a putter to the optimal lie angle, face angle, weight and shaft length for that golfer. The tool head has a face plate and a sole disposed normal to one anothe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169061 | Putter head A putter head includes a body and a light insert. The body includes a face portion, two mass portions, and a connecting portion. The face portion is located on a front side of the body, the mass portions are located on two sides of the body, and the connecting porti... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166039 | Putterhead with dual milled face pattern A putter-head (20) with a body (22) having a striking face (24) is disclosed herein. The striking face (24) has a dual milled pattern thereon. Preferably, a central area (40) has a first milled pattern and a periphery region (42... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166036 | Golf club A putter (100) having a club head (20) having a central aperture (32) with a rearward center of gravity is disclosed herein. The club head (20) has a body (22) that is preferably composed of stainless steel. The body (22) ha... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163469 | Rear, perimeter, and face weighted putter support A golf putter head has a main body frame that is rear, perimeter and face weighted. A first weighting member weights the main body frame in the front and a second weighting member weights the rear and perimeter of the main body frame providing a dynamically balanced... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160203 | Rear, perimeter, and face weighted putter support A golf putter head has a main body frame that is rear, perimeter and face weighted. A first weighting member weights the main body frame in the front and a second weighting member weights the rear and perimeter of the main body frame providing a dynamically balanced... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156752 | Gyroscopic golf club heads This invention creates a new and truly scientifically advanced design and structuring of golf club heads based on Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion. A very precise and controlled path of inertial swing is then developed by this gyroscopic club head. This is acc... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7115043 | Golf swing training device and method A golf swing training aid includes a shaft having two sliding elements which are moved from initially coupled positions on the shaft to impact positions during the backswing and downswing make distinctive sounds at impact positions to aid in setting the club and hin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101288 | Golf club having an alignment device thereon A golf club, and particularly a putter, is provided with an alignment line which extends along a length of the putter shaft and a length of the putter head. The alignment line is disposed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft and parallel to the face of ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090589 | Golf swing trainer A golf swing trainer comprises a shaft having a grip end and a head end, and a weighted filling inside the shaft. The weighted filling comprises lead shot, tungsten powder, and polyurethane resin to give the trainer the feel of a regular golf club. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077758 | Golf putter with improved moment of inertia, aim and feel A golf putter in which most of the clubhead mass is distributed at three or more individual or one or more arcuate locations within a “Mass Ring” approximately equidistant from, and as remote as possible from, the clubhead planar center of mass with the clubshaf... | 07/18/2006 |
