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US 9,427,638 B2Granted
Golf club configured for multiple adjustability
AssigneeBrainstorm Golf, Inc.
InventorsVikash Sanyal, David Stuart Cooper, Jr., Jeffrey D. Sheets
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an adjustable putter includes a club body defining a substantially planar face for striking a golf ball, and a hosel including a hosel neck and a hosel adapter configured to be received within a hosel chamber defined by the club body. The hosel adapter defines an interior channel. The adjustable putter also includes a shaft attachable to the hosel neck, and a housing column. The hosel adapter is configured to rotate about the housing column so as to adjust a lie angle of the hosel neck, and the hosel chamber is configured to prevent rotation of the hosel adapter from increasing the lie angle beyond a predetermined value.
Claims27
An adjustable golf club head comprising:
- a face unit including a face on a front side thereof and at least one guide rail extending in a rearward direction opposite the face and substantially perpendicular to the face;
- a hosel comprising:
- a hosel neck, and
- a hosel adapter coupled to the hosel neck, the hosel adapter defining an interior channel;
- at least one bushing, the at least one bushing defining an interior channel;
- a club body comprising:
- a heel portion,
- a toe portion opposite the heel portion,
- a sole portion connecting the toe and heel portions,
- a hosel housing coupled to an upper surface of the sole portion, the hosel housing defining a hosel chamber configured to accept the hosel adapter and the at least one bushing, the hosel housing further defining a housing face on a front side of the hosel housing, and
- a housing column coupled to a back side of the housing face, the housing column at least partially contained within the hosel chamber, the housing column being configured to be accepted into the interior channels of the hosel adapter and the at least one bushing to couple the hosel, the at least one bushing and the club body;
- wherein
- the guide rail and the sole portion of the club body are configured to be coupled via one or more fasteners at a plurality of relative positions to adjust a loft angle of the face of the face unit,
- the hosel adapter is configured to rotate about the housing column to adjust a lie angle of the hosel neck, and
- relative positions, on the housing column, of the at least one bushing and the hosel adapter are reconfigurable to adjust an offset of the hosel relative to the face of the face unit.
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An adjustable golf club head comprising:
- a hosel comprising:
- a hosel neck, and
- a hosel adapter coupled to the hosel neck, the hosel adapter defining an interior channel;
- a club body comprising:
- a heel portion,
- a toe portion opposite the heel portion,
- a sole portion connecting the toe and heel portions,
- a hosel housing coupled to an upper surface of the sole portion, the hosel housing defining a hosel chamber configured to accept the hosel adapter, the hosel housing further defining a housing face on a front side of the hosel housing, and
- a housing column coupled to a back side of the housing face, the housing column at least partially contained within the hosel chamber, the housing column being configured to be accepted into the interior channel of the hosel adapter to couple the hosel and the club body;
- a face unit including a face on a front side thereof and at least one guide rail extending in a rearward direction opposite the face and substantially perpendicular to the face;
- wherein the guide rail and the sole portion of the club body are configured to be coupled via one or more fasteners at a plurality of relative positions to adjust a loft of the face of the face unit;
- wherein
- the hosel adapter is configured to rotate about the housing column to adjust a lie angle of the hosel neck and the hosel housing is configured to prevent rotation the hosel adapter to keep the lie angle of the hosel neck below a maximum value.
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An adjustable golf club head comprising:
- a hosel comprising:
- a hosel neck, and
- a hosel adapter coupled to the hosel neck, the hosel adapter defining an interior channel;
- at least one bushing;
- a club body comprising:
- a heel portion,
- a toe portion opposite the heel portion,
- a sole portion connecting the toe and heel portions,
- a hosel housing coupled to an upper surface of the sole portion, the hosel housing defining a hosel chamber configured to accept the hosel adapter and the at least one bushing, the hosel housing further defining a housing face on a front side of the hosel housing,
- a housing column coupled to a back side of the housing face, the housing column at least partially contained within the hosel chamber, the housing column being configured to be accepted into the interior channel of the hosel adapter and the at least one bushing to couple the hosel, the at least one bushing and the club body;
- and
- a face unit including a face on a front side thereof and at least one guide rail extending in a rearward direction opposite the face and substantially perpendicular to the face;
- wherein the guide rail and the sole portion of the club body are configured to be coupled via one or more fasteners at a plurality of relative positions to adjust a loft of the face of the face unit and wherein relative positions, on the housing column, of the at least one bushing and the hosel adapter are reconfigurable to adjust an offset of the hosel relative to the housing face.
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An adjustable golf club head, comprising:
- a face unit defining a substantially planar face for striking a golf ball and at least one guide rail extending in a rearward direction opposite the face, the guide rail having a convex surface characterized by a radius of rotation about an axis substantially parallel to a plane of the face;
- and
- a club body including a sole portion having a concave surface configured to receive the convex surface of the at least one guide rail;
- wherein a loft angle of the face unit is adjusted by translating the guide rail relative to the sole portion.
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An adjustable golf club head comprising:
- a face unit including a face on a front side thereof and at least one guide rail extending in a rearward direction opposite the face and substantially perpendicular to the face, the guide rail having a downward facing convex surface, the convex surface being characterized by a radius of rotation about an axis parallel to the face;
- a club body comprising:
- a heel portion,
- a toe portion opposite the heel portion, and
- a sole portion connecting the toe and heel portions, the sole portion having an upper surface characterized by an upward facing concave surface configured to receive the downward facing convex surface of the at least one guide rail;
- wherein
- the guide rail and the sole portion of the club body are configured to be coupled via one or more fasteners at a plurality of relative positions in a direction perpendicular to the face to adjust a loft angle of the face of the face unit.
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An adjustable golf club, comprising:
- a golf club head defining a substantially planar face for striking a golf ball;
- a hosel including a hosel adapter configured to be received within a hosel chamber defined by the golf club head;
- and
- a shaft attachable to the hosel wherein an offset distance of the shaft relative to the substantially planar face is adjustable and wherein the hosel adapter is able to be received and positioned within the hosel chamber only at a plurality of predetermined positions separated by predetermined distances so as to provide a corresponding plurality of offset distances;
- wherein the golf club head is characterized by a loft angle of the face, a lie angle of the hosel and a weight wherein the golf club head is configured to enable adjustment of the loft angle, the lie angle and the weight;
- wherein adjustment of the loft angle by movement of the substantially planar face to a new orientation on the head does not affect a position of the hosel or the shaft.
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An adjustable golf club, comprising:
- a golf club head having a face and defining a hosel chamber;
- a hosel coupled to the golf club head;
- a shaft;
- and
- a hosel adapter configured to attach the shaft to the golf club head wherein the hosel adapter is able to be received and positioned within the hosel chamber only at a plurality of predetermined positions wherein the predetermined positions are separated by predetermined distances;
- wherein the adjustable golf club is characterized by a loft angle of the face, a lie angle of the hosel and a weight and is configured to enable adjustment of at least the loft angle, the lie angle, and an offset distance of the shaft relative to the face of the golf club head;
- wherein the offset distance is adjusted by moving the hosel adapter to different ones of the plurality of predetermined positions and wherein the loft angle is adjusted by moving the face to a new orientation on the head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.