# US 5,700,207 A · Golf putter with counterbalanced putter head

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- Number: US 5,700,207 A
- Document ID: US5700207A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/675,057
- Filed: 1996-07-03
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1996-07-03
- Inventors: Dale Guthrie; Tom Bennett
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700207A

## CPC

- A63B 53/0487: {for putters (A63B53/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A golf putter having a counterbalanced head is provided. The head originates from a section of railway track and comprises a rectangular striking surface. A counterbalancing section is formed at the rear of the putter head and is interconnected to the front of the head by means of a web. An elongate shaft is mounted on said web at substantially the centre of gravity of the putter head.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf putter counterbalanced about the base of the putter shaft which comprises:
a putter head, said putter head having a forward striking section with a striking surface thereon and a counterbalancing rearward section at the rear thereof, said forward and rearward sections being interconnected by a web to thereby form an integral putter head wherein said web is joined to said striking section at an apex of said striking section;
an elongate shaft mounted in association with said web at substantially the centre of gravity of said putter head;
a lower edge of said striking section being curved in both vertical and horizontal planes when said putter is in a use position; and
said forward striking section having a triangular cross section and said rearward counterbalancing section being generally rectangular in cross section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The golf putter defined in claim 1 wherein said web has a height that is essentially equal to the height of said striking section and said counterbalancing section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The golf putter defined in claim 2 further including a hosel in said web.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The golf putter defined in claim 2 wherein the thickness of said web is less than the thickness of said counterbalancing section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The golf putter defined in claim 4 wherein the thickness of said web is less than the thickness of said striking surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The golf putter defined in claim 1 wherein said putter head is one piece.