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US 6,203,445 B1Granted
Golf putter head
AssigneeVertex, Inc.
InventorsBobby R. Rhodes, James P. Niedermeyer
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Abstract
A golf putter incorporating an inclined alignment face located behind and angularly displaced from a golf putter striking face. A first face, the putter striking face, makes actual contact with the golf ball while a second face, the inclined alignment face, aides the golfer in aligning the putter with the intended path that the golf ball will take after being struck by the putter.
Claims6
A golf club having a golf putter head, which head comprises:
- a striking surface substantially vertically oriented to a base;
- an inclined sighting surface adjacent to and facing toward said vertically oriented striking surface, said inclined sighting surface incremented with a plurality of notches, each notch generally parallel with said base or said striking surface, wherein a plane formed by said striking surface and a plane formed by said inclined sighting surface form an acute angle with a range between 1° and 89°.
A golf club having a shaft and a putter head, which head comprises:
- a striking surface having a first plane;
- a base or bottom having a second plane wherein an intersection of said first and said second planes form a first angle;
- an inclined sighting surface adjacent to and facing toward said striking surface having a third plane which extends from said first or second planes and forms a second, acute angle less than said first angle;
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- said inclined sighting surface is incremented with a plurality of notches wherein each notch is generally parallel with said base or said striking surface.
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