Interchangable Golf Shaft Adapters
OwnerBarry Lyn Holtzmaninventor
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Abstract
Golf shaft adapters of two different types, a skewed shim shaft adapter and an elemental shaft adapter, are interchangeable in their connection to a head. These interchangeable shaft adapters are particularly useful in retrofitting the elemental shaft adapter to a head which is manufactured to be fitted with the skewed shim shaft adapter. An assemblage, comprising the head, the skewed shim shaft adapter, and the elemental shaft adapter, provides a technician a choice between a skewed shim shaft adapter and head assembly comprising the head and the skewed shim shaft adapter, or an elemental shaft adapter and head assembly comprising the head and the elemental shaft adapter. This assemblage allows the technician to choose the shaft adapter which is more beneficial to his customer.
Claims20
A golf club head assembly comprising:
- a head,
- and an elemental shaft adapter,
- wherein the head comprises a neck which embodies a neck indexing structure,
- wherein the head is manufactured to be fitted with a skewed shim shaft adapter comprising a skewed shim which embodies a shim indexing structure,
- wherein the shim indexing structure is engageable with the neck indexing structure, thereby providing for the skewed shim to be restrained from rotation with respect to the neck,
- wherein the elemental shaft adapter comprises an elemental shaft adapter fitting which embodies an elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure,
- wherein the elemental shaft adapter is retrofitted to the head with the elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure engaged with the neck indexing structure to restrain rotation of the elemental shaft adapter fitting with respect to the neck,
- whereby the golf club head assembly, by having the elemental shaft adapter retrofitted to the head rather than having the skewed shim shaft adapter fitted to the head, employs the elemental shaft adapter to secure a shaft to the head rather than employing the skewed shim shaft adapter.
An assemblage which provides for a golf club head assembly, the assemblage comprising:
- a head,
- a skewed shim shaft adapter,
- and an elemental shaft adapter,
- wherein the head comprises a neck which embodies a neck indexing structure,
- wherein the skewed shim shaft adapter comprises a skewed shim which embodies a shim indexing structure,
- wherein the elemental shaft adapter comprises an elemental shaft adapter fitting which embodies an elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure,
- wherein the assemblage provides for the golf club head assembly to be a first golf club head assembly which is absent the elemental shaft adapter but comprises the head and the skewed shim shaft adapter, and the skewed shim shaft adapter is secured to the head with the shim indexing structure engaged with the neck indexing structure to restrain rotation of the skewed shim with respect to the neck,
- and wherein the assemblage also provides for the golf club head assembly to be a second golf club head assembly which is absent the skewed shim shaft adapter but which comprises the head and the elemental shaft adapter, and the elemental shaft adapter is secured to the head with the elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure engaged with the neck indexing structure to restrain rotation of the elemental shaft adapter fitting with respect to the neck,
- whereby the assemblage allows a technician to choose between the skewed shim shaft adapter and the elemental shaft adapter for securing a shaft to the head.
In a golf club head to which a skewed shim shaft adapter is finable, an elemental shaft adapter which is retrofittable to the golf club head, the elemental shaft adapter comprising;
- an elemental shaft adapter fitting,
- and an elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure which is embodied in the elemental shaft adapter fitting,
- wherein the golf club head embodies a head indexing structure,
- wherein the skewed shim shaft adapter comprises a skewed shim,
- wherein the skewed shim embodies a shim indexing structure which is engageable with the head indexing structure to restrain their relative rotation,
- and wherein the elemental shaft adapter fitting indexing structure is engageable with the head indexing structure to restrain their relative rotation,
- whereby, in providing for shaft attachment to the golf club head, the elemental shaft adapter is interchangeable with the skewed shim shaft adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.