US 5,308,068 AGranted

Golf putter

OwnerAllan M. Strandinventor

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Abstract

A golf putter including a hosel offset rearwardly of the ball striking surface such that the entire ball striking surface is visible from above when addressing a golf ball. Further, the golf shaft is angled above and forwardly of an imaginary plane defined by the ball striking surface such that the golfer can keep their hands ahead of the putter head through impact, creating a pulling action to produce overspin on the ball and to allow the face of the putter to remain square to the intended line through impact. The shaft has an extended length to provide stability of the putter head while putting. The golf head includes both heel and toe weighting to provide both statically and dynamically balanced putter head. The head is comprised of stainless steel with a black coated sole plate and hosel such that the polished stainless steel ball striking plate is clearly visible and distinctive in contrast to the remaining head.

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Dependent claims

A golf putter, comprising:

(a) a putter head having a front member including a lower portion and a front plate having a front ball striking surface, said putter head further including a generally horizontally oriented elongated sole plate rigidly secured to said front member lower portion and extending rearwardly of said front member, said sole plate having a heel and a toe portion with an intermediate portion extending therebetween, wherein the thickness of both said heel and toe portions is greater than said intermediate portion to define a heel and toe weight, respectively;
(b) a hosel rigidly secured at a first securing point to said sole plate heel portion and extending upwardly therefrom, said first securing point offset a preselected distance rearward of said front member ball striking surface;
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(c) a shaft rigidly secured to an upper portion of said hosel and extending upward therefrom at a first angle with respect to a vertical reference, said shaft characterized in having a bend defined a predetermined distance above said hosel wherein a portion of the shaft defined above said bend is angled forwardly and intersects an imaginary vertical plane extending upwardly from said front member ball striking surface.

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