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US 2019/0240557 A1Published application
Putter With Alignment Aid
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsThomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
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Abstract
A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
Claims20
A putter head comprising:
- a body portion comprising a striking face, a rear surface opposite the striking face, an upper portion, a lower portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, a heel side, a toe side, and an aft edge spaced from the striking face;
- first and second support bars extending from the body portion towards the aft edge;
- an alignment ring suspended between the first and second support bars by at least one stem;
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- an alignment structure affixed to the upper surface of the lower portion and vertically aligned with the alignment ring along a vertical Z axis,
- wherein the alignment structure does not make direct contact with the first support bar, the second support bar, or the alignment ring, and
- wherein the alignment ring is spaced from, and does not make direct contact with, any portion of the body portion.
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A putter head comprising:
- a body portion comprising a striking face, a rear surface opposite the striking face, an upper portion, a lower portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, a heel side, a toe side, an aft edge spaced from the striking face, and a recess in the striking face;
- first and second support bars extending from the body portion towards the aft edge;
- a face insert;
- an alignment ring;
- a first stem extending from a rearmost end of the first support bar to the alignment ring;
- a second stem extending from a rearmost end of the second support bar to the alignment ring;
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- an alignment sphere removably affixed to the upper surface of the lower portion and vertically aligned with the alignment ring along a vertical Z axis,
- wherein the face insert is disposed within the recess in the striking face,
- wherein the first and second support bars extend approximately perpendicular to the body portion and parallel with one another,
- wherein the alignment structure does not make direct contact with the first support bar, the second support bar, or the alignment ring, and
- wherein the alignment ring is spaced from, and does not make direct contact with, any portion of the body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.