Counterweighted golf club
OwnerJames Pierce Bloom JR.inventor
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Abstract
A conventional length golf club with a grip including a heavy counterweight, the mass of which is sufficient to cause the center of gravity of the whole golf club to be located within the boundaries of the grip. The counterweight may be an elongated member with a bore through its interior, and in order to achieve the object of placing the center of gravity within the boundaries of the grip, it must have a substantially larger cross-section than the standard-diameter shaft of a golf club. The grip may include a lower support section made of a substantially less massive material than the counterweight. In a preferred embodiment, the grip has an elliptical cross section with the major axis of the ellipse perpendicular to the face of the club head.
Claims1
A golf club about 30 to 40 inches in length, said club comprising:
- a shaft with a lower head end and an upper handle end;
- a club head attached to the head end;
- a grip attached to the handle end comprising
- an elongate counterweight having a longitudinal bore through its interior corresponding to and fitting on the handle end of the shaft;
- and
- an elongate lower support, being less dense than the counterweight, below the counterweight;
- the counterweight having sufficient mass such that the center of gravity of the golf club lies within the grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.