Golf club
AssigneeDunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
InventorAkio YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
A golf club gc includes a head hd, a shaft sf, a sleeve sv, and a screw sc. The sleeve sv is secured to a tip part of the shaft sf. The sleeve sv includes a plurality of engaging projections sv6 and non-engaging surfaces sv7, each of the non-engaging surfaces sv7 positioned between the engaging projections sv6 adjacent to each other. A hosel 10 of the head hd includes an engaging recess 10a extending downward from a hosel end face 10b, and a hosel hole h1. Rotation of the sleeve sv to the head hd is regulated by engagement between the engaging projection sv6 and the engaging recess 10a. A space is formed between an inner surface of the hosel hole h1 and the non-engaging surface sv7 in the connected state.
Claims9
A golf club comprising:
- a head;
- a shaft;
- a sleeve;
- and a screw,
- wherein the sleeve is secured to a tip part of the shaft;
- the sleeve includes a plurality of engaging projections and non-engaging surfaces, each of the non-engaging surfaces positioned between the engaging projections adjacent to each other;
- the head includes a hosel;
- the hosel includes a hosel end face, an engaging recess extending downward from the hosel end face, and a hosel hole;
- rotation of the sleeve to the head is regulated by engagement between the engaging projection and the engaging recess;
- disengagement of the sleeve from the head is regulated by connection between the sleeve and the screw;
- a connected state where the screw is connected to the sleeve and a disconnected state where the screw is removed from the sleeve can be mutually shifted;
- and
- a space is formed between an inner surface of the hosel hole and the non-engaging surface in the connected state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.