Wheeled putter
OwnerCraig Blanchardinventor
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Abstract
The wheeled putter is a putter using a shrink fit process to secure the putter head to wheels in order to provide a training putter that ensures a uniform putting height above ground. The wheeled putter includes a putting head and a pair of wheels mounted onto the putting head. The wheels each have a bearing assembly mounted in the wheel hubs. The putter head is cooled, thus shrinking the putter head, which is then pressed into the bearing assembly. When returned to room temperature, the putter head is secured directly against the bearing assemblies of the wheel by expansion of the axle shaft against the bearing assembly.
Claims10
A wheeled putter, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a putting head connected to the shaft, the putting head having an elongated, flat body portion and a pair of axles extending from opposing ends of the body portion;
- and
- a pair of wheels, each of the wheels having a hub and a bearing assembly mounted in the hub of the wheels, one of the wheels being mounted onto each of the axles, respectively.
A wheeled putter, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a putting head connected to the shaft, the putting head having an elongated, flat body portion and an axle extending from opposing ends of the body portion;
- and
- a pair of wheels of equal diameter, each of the wheels having a hub and a bearing assembly mounted in the hub, each of the bearing assemblies being shrink fit onto one of the corresponding opposing axles, respectively.
A method of attaching a pair of wheels to a putter, comprising the steps of:
- cooling a putting head having an elongated, flat body portion and a pair of axles extending from opposing ends of the body portion;
- pressing a wheel onto each of the axles, each of the wheels having a hub and a bearing assembly mounted in the hub of the wheels;
- and
- waiting a sufficient period of time to allow the cooled putting head to reheat to room temperature, thereby allowing the axles to expand in diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.