Golf putter head
OwnerJerry L. Norman, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A golf club putter head has a unique, geometric configuration that is advantageous for achieving consistently accurate putting shots. The golf putter head of the invention is characterized by a convex complexly contoured ball impact surface and by a high bridge that extends lengthwise at the face of the putter to join the heel and toe. The end extremities of both the putter heel and toe are curved with a complex and unique geometric curvature. Vertical, tapped, chamfered bores are defined in both the putter toe and the putter heel to receive externally threaded inserts. The inserts may be hollow so as to accommodate a variable number of disc-shaped weights, the number of which is individually selected by each golfer. Alternatively, the inserts may be solid structures of a weight suitable to the individual golfer.
Claims16
A golf putter head comprising a body formed with a sole, a heel, a toe, and a ball impact face and said ball impact face has a convex, forwardly facing surface curvature and said heel and said toe both have opposing convex outwardly facing curved end surface configurations, and said end surface configurations of said toe and said heel are curved convex outwardly considered both in a horizontal plane parallel to said sole and in a vertical plane perpendicular to said sole and bisecting said heel and said toe, and wherein said body is further comprised of a bridge located above and extending between said heel and said toe and above said sole over a distance of about 1.278 inches, and said bridge has a convex, curved, forwardly facing surface that forms the upper portion of said ball impact face.
A golf ball putter head comprising a body formed with a flat, horizontal sole, a heel, a toe, a ball impact face, and a hosel socket, and said heel and toe have oppositely facing end surfaces, and said ball impact face is a convex, curved, forwardly facing surface and said end surfaces of said toe and said heel are both curved convex outwardly considered both in a horizontal plane parallel to said sole and in a vertical plane perpendicular to said sole and bisecting said heel and said toe, and wherein said body is further comprised of a bridge located above and extending between said heel and said toe and from said sole over a distance of about 1.278 inches, and said bridge has a convex, curved, forwardly facing surface that forms the upper portion of said ball impact face.
A golf ball putter head comprising a body formed with a heel, a toe, a ball impact face, a hosel socket, and an elevated bridge with a flat, horizontal upper surface extending across the upper portion of said ball impact face and above and between said heel and said toe, and said ball impact face is curved convex forward, wherein said heel and said toe both have end surfaces that are curved convex outwardly in opposite directions considered both in a horizontal plane and in a vertical plane passing through the center of said body and bisecting said heel and said toe, and said bridge forms the upper portion of said ball impact face and projects above said sole a distance of about 1.27 inches.
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