Legal-for-play long and belly length putter shaft fitment system
OwnerWilliam Drossosinventor
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Abstract
A long and belly length putter fitment system includes a lower shaft section, an upper shaft section, and a coupler to join the upper and lower sections to form one singular putter. The upper and lower sections are selected from a selection having various lengths. Upper sections, each of differing length, may be combined in various combinations with lower sections, each of different overall length and/or lower section grip height, according to a fitment table. All upper shaft sections are compatible with all lower shaft sections through the use of the shaft coupler. Lower shaft sections can utilize shafts of various specifications with any number of putterhead styles or models affixed to the distal end of the lower shaft section.
Claims20
A legal-for-play long and belly length putter shaft fitment system comprising:
- (a) an upper shaft selected from a group of upper shafts,
- (b) a lower shaft selected from a group of lower shafts,
- (c) a universal coupler for fitting each said upper shaft of said group of upper shafts onto each said lower shaft of said group of lower shafts into interchangeable releasable mating engagement thereon wherein any one said upper shaft of said group of upper shafts is mated onto any one said lower shaft of said group of lower shafts,
- said coupler comprising first and second sections, said first sections mounted to said group of upper shafts, said second sections mounted to said group of lower shafts,
- said first and second sections non-rotatably mountable to each other by a male correspondingly shaped non circular annular flange on one of said sections slidably mating along a longitudinal axis of said upper and lower shafts into a female non circular flange relief in the other of said sections, locking means for releasably locking said flange into said flange relief,
- wherein said groups of upper and lower shafts include respectively upper and lower shafts of different lengths.
A legal-for-play long and belly length putter shaft fitment method comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting an upper shaft from a group of upper shafts,
- (b) selecting a lower shaft from a group of lower shafts,
- (c) providing a universal coupler and fitting one said upper shaft of said group of upper shafts onto one said lower shaft of said group of lower shafts into interchangeable releasable mating engagement thereon wherein any one said upper shaft of said group of upper shafts is mated onto any one said lower shaft of said group of lower shafts,
- wherein said coupler comprises first and second sections, said first sections mounted to said group of upper shafts, said second sections mounted to said group of lower shafts,
- said first and second sections non-rotatably mountable to each other by a non circular annular flange on one of said sections slidably mating along a longitudinal axis of said upper and lower shafts into a female flange relief in the other of said sections, locking means for releasably locking said flange into said flange relief,
- wherein said groups of upper and lower shafts include respectively upper and lower shafts of different lengths.
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