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US 2018/0021635 A1Published application
Golf putter
OwnerCharles W. Lewisinventor
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Abstract
A golf putter and more specifically a putter head is configured to retrieve a golf ball from a cup on a putting green or to pick up a golf ball from any surface upon which the golf ball is resting. The putter head has a generally C-shaped configuration and defines a centrally located cylindrical channel sized to engage a golf ball and retain the golf ball at a lower end of the channel until removed by hand.
Claims30
A putter, comprising:
- a putter head comprising:
- a front face;
- a pair of opposing and rearwardly extending flanges extending from said front face and having a generally cylindrical shape with an effective diameter that is less than an inside diameter of a cup, the pair of rearwardly extending flanges defining a partially cylindrical aperture positioned behind the front face and extending from a top surface of the putter head to a sole of the putter head, the aperture having a first partially cylindrical portion having an effective diameter that is slightly less than a diameter of a golf ball configured to retrieve a golf ball from a surface;
- a shaft coupled to said putter head;
- and
- a grip attached to a proximal end of the shaft.
3 more elements
A putter head, comprising:
- a generally C-shaped head defining a putter face, a pair of rearwardly extending flanges depending from the putter face, the pair of rearwardly extending flanges defining a central aperture having a diameter configured for partially wedging a golf ball therein, at least two recesses, each formed in a bottom surface of one of the pair of flanges;
- and
- at least two weights, each configured to be received within one of the at least two recesses, the at least two weights, each having a crescent shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.