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US 8,523,698 B2Granted
Golf putter
AssigneeProduct Insight, Inc.
InventorsBryan R. Hotaling, James R. Varney
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Abstract
A golf putter head includes a metal back body adapted to be secured to a golf club shaft and a metal face body including a golf ball contact surface. The metal back body and the metal face body have non-planar, inter-fitting surfaces facing one another without contact across a gap defined by the inter-fitting surfaces. The golf putter head further includes a vibration dampening intermediate body filling the gap to isolate the metal face body from the metal back body. Other embodiments of golf putters and golf putter heads are further disclosed.
Claims19
A golf putter head comprising:
- a back body adapted to be secured to a golf club shaft;
- a face body including a planar golf ball contact surface and an at least partially non-planar rear surface opposite the contact surface, the face body including an entirety of the contact surface such that an outermost perimeter of the face body defines an outermost perimeter of the golf putter head;
- the back body and the face body having non-planar surfaces without contact across a gap defined by the non-planar surfaces;
- and
- a vibration dampening intermediate body filling the gap to isolate the face body from the back body by completely separating the back body and the face body from one another, the intermediate body being permanently affixed to the back body and the face body, the intermediate body extending to and forming portions of multiple outer surfaces of the putter head excluding the contact surface in a continuous manner.
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A golf putter comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a head including
- a back body adapted to be secured to the shaft,
- a face body including a golf ball planar contact surface and an at least partially non-planar rear surface opposite the contact surface, the face body including an entirety of the contact surface such that an outermost perimeter of the face body defines an outermost perimeter of the golf putter head,
- the back body and the face body having non-planar surfaces without contact across a gap defined by the non-planar surfaces, and
- a vibration dampening intermediate body filling the gap to isolate the back body from the face body by completely separating the back body and the face body from one another, the intermediate body being permanently affixed to the back body and the face body, the intermediate body extending to and forming portions of multiple outer surfaces of the putter head excluding the contact surface in a continuous manner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.