Putter with alignment system
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsDonald T. Cameron, William B. Lacy
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Abstract
A method of aligning a putter, including the steps of providing a putter having a head, a heel, a toe, and a planar striking face including a removable reflecting surface for receiving and reflecting incident light; providing a light source separate from the putter head; directing light from the light source towards the reflecting surface such that the reflective surface is illuminated with and reflects a portion of the light; and detecting the reflected light with a reference device.
Claims20
A method of aligning a putter, comprising the steps of:
- providing a putter having a head, a heel, a toe, and a planar striking face comprising a removable reflecting surface for receiving and reflecting incident light;
- providing a light source separate from the putter head;
- directing light from the light source towards the reflecting surface such that the reflective surface is illuminated with and reflects a portion of the light;
- and
- detecting the reflected light with a reference device.
A method of aligning a putter, comprising the steps of:
- providing a putter having a head, a heel, a toe, and a planar striking face having a loft of about 4 degrees and comprising a reflecting surface for receiving and reflecting incident light, the reflecting surface being oriented vertically by a shim or a spacer;
- providing a light source separate from the putter head;
- directing light from the light source towards the reflecting surface such that the reflective surface is illuminated with and reflects a portion of the light;
- detecting the reflected light with a reference device;
- and
- comparing the reflected light to a central location on the reference device so that a golfer may determine the orientation of the putter head.
A system for aligning a putter, comprising:
- a putter comprising a head, a heel, a toe, and a planar striking face comprising a removable reflecting surface for receiving and reflecting incident light;
- a light source for providing the incident light, the light source being separate from and directed towards the reflecting surface;
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- a reference device for receiving reflected light from the reflecting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.