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US 5,961,399 AGranted
Modified putter
OwnerJames T. Boyleinventor
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Abstract
A modified putter is provided including an elongated shaft. Coupled to the shaft is a club including an upper extent and a lower extent extending downwardly from the upper extent. The lower extent comprises a pair of protrusions which are situated adjacent to opposed sides of the upper extent.
Claims1
A modified putter comprising, in combination:
- an elongated shaft with a grip mounted adjacent to a top of the shaft and an offset portion mounted adjacent to a bottom of the shaft, the offset portion remaining in parallel with a remaining portion of the shaft;
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- a club including an upper extent having a planar rectangular front face, a planar rectangular rear face and a periphery formed therebetween defined by a rectangular top face, a rectangular bottom face and a pair of side faces extending perpendicularly between the top and bottom faces of the upper extent, the club having a predetermined length and width, the top face of the club being coupled to the bottom end of the shaft such that the shaft defines an acute angle with the top face of the club, the club further including a lower extent defined by a pair of semi-circular portions integrally coupled to the bottom face of the periphery of the upper extent and extending downwardly therefrom in coplanar relationship therewith, each semi-circular portion of the lower extent having a diameter approximately equal to the predetermined width and approximately 1/4 the predetermined length, a first of the side faces being tangential to an end of a first of the semi-circular portions, a second of the side faces being tangential to an end of a second of the semi-circular portions;
- the semi-circular portions each having planar front and back faces, the front faces of the semi-circular portions being coplanar with the front face of the upper extent, the back faces of the semi-circular portions being coplanar with the rear face of the upper extent, wherein a thickness of each semi-circular portion of the lower extent is constant, uniform and equal to that of the upper extent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.