Putter head design
AssigneeOhio Precision, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Boord
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Abstract
A golf club preferably in the form of a golf putter includes a hard stainless steel club head having a striking surface for contacting a golf ball with a recess formed therein. A softer brass plate and an advertising insert closely fit within the recess, and are covered by transparent epoxy which hardens to form a portion of the striking surface through which advertising printed on the insert is visible. The club head further includes a rear recess behind the front recess, between which is defined a thin perforated wall. The stainless steel body, the brass plate, the transparent epoxy, and the perforated wall provide a golf putter which has a large sweet spot and which provides for advertising.
Claims19
A putter head for a golf putter of the type having an elongate shaft with a hand grip connected to a gripping end thereof and a putter head attachment end, comprising:
- an elongate body having a heel adapted for attachment to the putter attachment end, a toe, a golf ball striking face extending along the body, and a front recess formed in the striking face, the recess having a bottom surface;
- a transparent plastic insert of mating configuration to the front recess disposed in the front recess and having an outside surface which is substantially coplanar with the striking face to form a golf ball striking surface;
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- an advertising insert containing advertising indicia which is visible through the plastic insert.
A putter head for a golf putter of the type having an elongate shaft with a hand grip connected to a gripping end thereof and a putter head attachment end, comprising:
- an elongate body having a heel adapted for attachment to the putter attachment end, a toe, a golf ball striking face extending along the body, and a front recess formed in the striking face, the recess having a bottom surface;
- a transparent plastic insert of mating configuration to the front recess disposed in the front recess and having an outside surface which is substantially coplanar with the striking face to form a golf ball striking surface;
- a metal plate of mating configuration to the front recess being disposed in said front recess between the bottom surface of said front recess and the plastic insert;
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- an advertising insert containing advertising indicia which is visible through the plastic insert.
A golf club for advertising, comprising:
- an elongate shaft having a gripping end and a club head attachment end;
- a hand grip connected to the gripping end of the shaft;
- a club head comprising:
- a body having a heel adapted for attachment to the club head attachment end, a toe, a golf ball striking face extending along the body, and a front recess formed in the striking face, the recess having a bottom surface;
- a transparent plastic insert of mating configuration to the front recess disposed in the front recess and having an outside surface which is substantially coplanar with the striking face to form a golf ball striking surface;
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- an advertising insert containing advertising indicia which is visible through the plastic insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.