Golf club
OwnerKeith Parsickinventor
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Abstract
A golf club including a golf club shaft having a cylindrical shaft portion with a first end and a second end. The first end of the cylindrical shaft portion may be attached to a golf club head. The golf club shaft also includes a flattened handle portion in the vicinity of the second end of the cylindrical shaft portion and integral with the cylindrical shaft portion. The flattened handle portion is flattened in a plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction faced by a golfer addressing a golf ball to be hit by the golf club. The flattened handle portion has a thickness in a direction parallel to the plane at least three times the thickness of the flattened handle portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane. A golf club head is attached to the golf club shaft in the vicinity of the first end of the cylindrical shaft portion.
Claims15
A golf club, comprising:
- a golf club shaft including:
- a cylindrical shaft portion having a first end and a second end, said first end including means for attaching a golf club head to said cylindrical shaft portion, and
- a flattened handle portion in the vicinity of said second end of said cylindrical shaft portion and integral with said cylindrical shaft portion, said flattened handle portion being flattened in a plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction faced by a golfer addressing a golf ball to be hit by said golf club, said flattened handle portion having a thickness in a direction parallel to said plane at least three times a thickness of said flattened handle portion in a direction perpendicular to said plane;
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- a golf club head attached in the vicinity of said first end of said cylindrical shaft portion.
A golf club shaft, comprising:
- a cylindrical shaft portion having a first end and a second end, said first end including means for attaching a golf club head to said cylindrical shaft portion;
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- a flattened handle portion in the vicinity of said second end of said cylindrical shaft portion and integral with said cylindrical shaft portion, said flattened handle portion being flattened in a plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction faced by a golfer addressing a golf ball to be hit by said golf club, said flattened handle portion having a thickness in a direction parallel to said plane at least three times a thickness of said flattened handle portion in a direction perpendicular to said plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.