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US 5,630,764 AGranted
Illuminated golf club head
OwnerRhett McNairinventor
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Abstract
An illuminated golf club head defines a cavity and includes a top surface and a face for impacting a golf ball during a swing. A light is mounted at the top surface, and a power source for energizing the light is disposed within the cavity and electrically connected to the light. A switch is mounted within the cavity and electrically connected to the light and battery to form an electrical circuit. In an embodiment, the switch closes, completing the circuit and momentarily illuminating the light, upon impact of the face with a golf ball. In another embodiment, the switch closes to momentarily illuminate the light upon impact of a golf ball at approximately the center of the face.
Claims17
A golf club head for a golf club, comprising:
- a) an outer wall including a top surface and a face and defining a cavity;
- b) a light mounted to said outer wall;
- c) a power source disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light;
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- d) switch means disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light and said power source to form an electrical circuit, wherein said switch means comprises a body mounted to an interior surface of said face, said body defining a chamber and comprising an end wall having an interior concave region, a pair of electrical conductors disposed in said chamber adjacent said end wall, a volume of mercury movable in said chamber, said volume of mercury naturally forming a droplet smaller than the distance between said pair of electrical conductors and in said natural form unable to simultaneously contact each of said electrical conductors regardless of the orientation of said switch, whereby upon an impact of said face of said golf club head with a golf ball, said volume of mercury collides against said concave region of said end wall and flattens sufficiently against said concave region of said end wall wherein said volume of mercury simultaneously contacts each of said electrical conductors and said switch means closes to complete said electrical circuit and momentarily illuminate said light.
2 more elements
A golf club, comprising:
- a) a shaft;
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- b) a golf club head attached to an end of said shaft, said golf club head comprising:
- i) an outer wall including a top surface and a face and defining a cavity;
- ii) a light mounted to said outer wall;
- iii) a power source disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light;
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- iv) switch means disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light and said power source to form an electrical circuit, wherein said switch means comprises a body mounted to an interior surface of said face, said body defining a chamber and comprising an end wall having an interior concave region, a pair of electrical conductors disposed in said chamber adjacent said end wall, a volume of mercury movable in said chamber, said volume of mercury naturally forming a droplet smaller than the distance between said pair of electrical conductors and in said natural form unable to simultaneously contact each of said electrical conductors regardless of the orientation of said switch, whereby upon an impact of said face of said golf club head with a golf ball, said volume of mercury collides against said concave region of said end wall and flattens sufficiently against said concave region of said end wall wherein said volume of mercury simultaneously contacts each of said electrical conductors and said switch means closes to complete said electrical circuit and illuminate said light.
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A golf club head for a golf club, comprising:
- a) an outer wall including a top surface and a face and defining a cavity;
- b) a light mounted to said outer wall;
- c) a power source disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light;
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- d) switch means disposed within said cavity and electrically connected to said light and said power source to form an electrical circuit, wherein said switch means comprises a first and second switch, said first switch normally in an open condition and adapted to close upon impact of a golf ball at substantially any location on said face, said first switch comprising a body mounted to an interior surface of said face, said body defining a chamber and comprising an end wall having an interior concave region, a pair of electrical conductors disposed in said chamber adjacent said end wall, a volume of mercury movable in said chamber, said volume of mercury naturally forming a droplet smaller than the distance between said pair of electrical conductors and in said natural form unable to simultaneously contact each of said electrical conductors regardless of the orientation of said first switch, said second switch normally in a closed condition and adapted to open upon impact of a golf ball at an approximately off-center location on said face, said second switch comprising a leaf switch, whereby upon an impact of said face of said golf club head with a golf ball at approximately the center of said face, said volume of mercury collides against said concave region of said end wall and flattens sufficiently against said concave region of said end wall wherein said volume of mercury simultaneously contacts each of said electrical conductors and said first switch closes and said second switch remains closed to complete said electrical circuit and momentarily illuminate said light.
2 more elements
A switch for use in a golf club head having a face for impacting a golf ball during a swing, said switch comprising:
- a) a body defining a chamber and comprising an end wall having an interior concave region said end wall adaptable for mounting to an interior surface of said face of said golf club head;
- b) a pair of electrical conductors disposed in said chamber adjacent said end wall;
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- c) a volume of mercury movable in said chamber, said volume of mercury naturally forming a droplet smaller than the distance between said pair of electrical conductors and in said natural form unable to simultaneously contact each of said electrical conductors regardless of the orientation of said switch, whereby upon impact of said face of said golf club head with a golf ball, said volume of mercury collides against said face concave region of said end wall and flattens sufficiently against said concave region of said end wall wherein said volume of mercury simultaneously contacts each of said electrical conductors to momentarily close said switch.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.