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US 12,011,640 B2Granted
Self-balancing golf club with rearward leaning shaft
AssigneeL.A.B. Golf Company LLC
InventorsBill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
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Abstract
A self-balancing golf club with rearward lean. The self-balancing golf putter includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The self-balancing golf putter also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis, wherein the center axis converges with a balance point configured to make the club face seek square when making contact with the golf ball.
Claims11
A self-balancing golf putter comprising:
- a club head having:
- a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball;
- a body on which the clubface is configured having:
- a center of mass that is defined to be the point of intersection between an x-axis and a y-axis wherein the y-axis is parallel to the clubface and wherein the x-axis and the y-axis are in an x-y plane;
- a lie angle radian defined to be through the center of mass, at an angle α1 from the x-axis and having a measurable value greater than zero;
- a lie angle axis that intersects the lie angle radian and is offset from and parallel to the x-axis;
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- a radian plane parallel to the x-y plane;
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- a shaft attached to the club head having:
- a first end on which a grip is placed, a second end and a center axis running through the length of the shaft wherein the x-axis runs through the clubface at a negative x location on the x-axis and wherein the shaft is rearward leaning in a (−x, +y) quadrant of the x-y plane;
- wherein the second end is attached to the body of the club head such that the center axis intersects the lie angle radian forming a balance point, and the center axis and the lie angle axis both lie in a lie angle plane;
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- further wherein the lie angle plane and the radian plane form a lie angle α2 that is approximately equal to the angle α1.
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A self-balancing golf putter comprising:
- a club head having:
- a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball;
- and
- a body on which the clubface is configured having:
- a center of mass that is defined to be the point of intersection between an x-axis and a y-axis wherein the y-axis is parallel to the clubface and wherein the x-axis and the y-axis are in an x-y plane;
- a lie angle radian defined to be through the center of mass, at an angle α1 from the x-axis and having a measurable distance greater than zero;
- a lie angle axis that intersects the lie angle radian and is offset from and parallel to the x-axis;
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- a radian plane parallel to the x-y plane;
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- a shaft attached to the club head having a center axis, wherein the center axis converges with a balance point formed at an intersection of an end point of the lie angle radian and the lie angle axis wherein the center axis and the lie angle axis both lie in a lie angle plane and the lie angle plane and the radian plane form a lie angle α2 that is approximately equal to the angle α1 wherein the x-axis runs through the clubface at a negative x location on the x-axis and wherein the shaft is rearward leaning in a (−x, +y) quadrant of the x-y plane.
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