Ball pickup aid putter
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorThomas J. Morris
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.
Claims10
A putter head comprising:
- a putter body defining a heel region, a toe region formed opposite the heel region, a strike face, a back region formed opposite the strike face, a sole region, and a crown region formed opposite the sole region;
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- an interior perimeter formed along the back region of the putter head, the interior perimeter defining a retention cavity forming a lateral opening between a first end point and a second end point of the interior perimeter, the retention cavity being configured to receive and retain a golf ball within the interior perimeter;
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- a top edge, a bottom edge, and a rounded peripheral surface defined between the top edge and the bottom edge collectively form the interior perimeter of the retention cavity, where the top edge and the bottom edge define a rounded configuration;
- wherein the interior perimeter defines a square-shaped configuration;
- wherein the rounded peripheral surface extends inwardly toward a geographic center of the retention cavity and defines at least one contact surface for engaging and retaining the golf ball;
- wherein the top edge and the bottom edge extend away from the rounded peripheral surface and form a portion of the interior perimeter that extends outwardly from the retention cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.