Interchangeable shaft and club head connection system
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsThomas Orrin Bennett, Michael Scott Burnett, Noah De La Cruz, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Scott A. Knutson, Stephen S. Murphy, Kenneth C. Scott, Daniel S. Callinan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head.
Claims16
A golf club comprising a shaft, a club head and a connection system releasably connecting the shaft to the club head, said connection system comprises a two-part hosel, wherein a first hosel part, distinct from the shaft wherein the shaft passes through, is connected to the shaft and a second hosel part, distinct from the club head wherein the shaft passes through, is connected to the club head, wherein a hosel insert, distinct from the first and second hosel part, is disposed between the two hosel parts to alter the loft or lie angle of the golf club, wherein the hosel insert is askew.
A golf club comprising a shaft, a club head, and a connection system releasably connecting the shaft to the club head;
- said connection system comprises a two-part hosel;
- a first hosel part, having a substantially tubular shape, is connected to the shaft, and
- a second hosel part, also having a substantially tubular shape, is connected to the club head;
- wherein a hosel insert, also having a substantially tubular shape, is disposed between the first and second hosel parts to alter the loft or lie angle of the golf club;
- wherein the hosel insert is askew;
- and
- wherein the first hosel part further comprises a first serrated surface located near a bottom of the first hosel part;
- the second hosel part further comprises a second serrated surface located near a top of the second hosel part,
- the hosel insert further comprises a third serrated surface located near a top of the hosel insert and a fourth serrated surface located near a bottom of the hosel insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.