Golf putter
OwnerRussell McCrackeninventor
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Abstract
A golf putter has a head and a shaft connected to the head at a toe end. The head has an L-shaped cross section and a lower edge of a putting surface is smoothly curved with a lowermost point at an approximate midpoint between the toe and a heel of the head. The head has a hosel thereon that is integral with the head for receiving the shaft at a fixed angle. The shaft is straight.
Claims24
A putter for use by a user in putting a golf ball on a putting surface, said putter comprising a shaft and a head, said shaft having a handle and a lower end, said head having a ball striking surface with a sweet spot on said surface, said head having a base extending rear-ward from a lower edge of said ball striking surface, said ball striking surface being located on a front wall that is less than half as thick as a distance from a front to a rear of said base through a center of said sweet spot, said head having a generally L-shaped cross-section through said center of said sweet spot, a lower end of said shaft being affixed to said head at a location that is beyond said center of said sweet spot at or near said toe.
A putter for use by a user in putting a golf ball on a putting surface, said putter comprising a shaft and a head, said shaft having a handle and a lower end, said head having a ball striking surface with a sweet spot on said surface, said shaft being straight between said handle and said head and being connected to said head at a location that is at or near said toe, said shaft being located at angle of less than ninety degrees to said putting surface when said head is located approximately equidistant from said heel and said toe above said putting surface.
A putter for use by a user in putting a golf ball on a putting surface, said putter comprising a shaft and a head, said shaft having an upper end and a lower end, said head having a ball striking surface with a sweet spot on said surface, said shaft being connected to said head at a location that is at or near said toe, said ball striking surface being smoothly curved from a heel to a toe with a lowest point at an approximate mid point between said heel and toe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.