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US 6,663,496 B2Granted
Putter with alignment system
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsDonald T. Cameron, William B. Lacy
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Abstract
A putter, comprising a head comprising an offset hosel; a heel; a toe; and a planar striking face; wherein the head comprises a first reference line is spaced from and parallel to said planar striking face; and a ladder comprised of a plurality of second reference lines, wherein the ladder is located substantially between the hosel and the heel and the second reference lines are perpendicular to the striking face.
Claims20
A putter, comprising:
- a head comprising an offset hosel;
- a heel;
- a toe;
- and
- a planar striking face;
- wherein the head comprises:
- a top surface;
- a first reference line is spaced from and parallel to said planar striking face;
- and
- a ladder comprised of a plurality of second reference lines, wherein the ladder is located on the top surface between the hosel and the heel and the second reference lines are perpendicular to the striking face, such that the hosel, when the putter is held by a golfer, obscures some, all, or none of the second reference lines.
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A putter, comprising:
- a) a hollow grip comprising a first end having a first aperture, a second end comprising a second aperture and a collimated light source;
- b) a hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and
- c) a head comprising:
- i) an offset hosel having a third aperture;
- ii) a heel;
- iii) a toe;
- iv) a planar striking face;
- and
- v) a semi-transmitting member removably attached to the striking face;
- wherein the first end of the grip is attached to the proximal end of the shaft and the distal end of the shaft is connected to the hosel, such that light emanating from the collimated light source is directed through the second and third apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.