# US 7,744,483 B2 · Electronically traceable golf club incorporating a programmable transponder

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- Number: US 7,744,483 B2
- Document ID: US7744483B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/328,634
- Filed: 2006-01-10
- Published: 2006-06-08
- Granted: 2010-06-29
- Earliest claimed: 1999-06-14
- Inventors: Blaine L. Konow
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744483B2

## CPC

- A63B 53/04: Heads
- A63B 60/00: Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
- A63B 53/047: {iron-type}
- G01S 5/0295: {Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals}
- A63B 53/00: Golf clubs
- A63B 53/0466: {wood-type}
- A63B 53/0487: {for putters (A63B53/065 takes precedence)}
- A63B 57/00: Golfing accessories
- A63B 60/54: with means for damping vibrations
- A63B 2055/402: {Warning devices for indicating missing golf clubs}
- A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
- G01S 2205/08: Sport
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

A golf club is provided with a transponder that will transmit a coded signal when polled. The transmitter is small enough to fit into the golf club and does not need an external power supply. A data base associated with the coded signal is a depository of information related to the golf club.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cavity back golf club registration and tracking system comprising:
the golf club provided with a head portion having a recessed area defined by a perimeter;
a non-metallic onlay inside the recessed area;
a programmable transponder located between the onlay and the surface of the recessed area, the transponder programmed with identification indicia, the transponder transmitting a signal corresponding to the identification indicia;
a plurality of sensing stations, each located proximate a tee on a golf course, the sensing stations being a transmitted signal reader wherein each of the sensing stations communicates with a computer physically located at the golf course, the signal corresponding to the identification indicia transmitted by the transponder is read at each sensing station and the identification indicia is entered into the computer and the progression of the golf club from one sensing station to a second sensing station is recorded and capable of being displayed on the computer at the golf course; and
whereby each of the sensing stations may record the presence of a particular golf club having specific identification indicia at a specific sensing station at a specific tee on the golf course.