CA2332662A1

CA2332662A1 - Xtenda putter

Info

Publication number: CA2332662A1
Application number: CA 2332662
Authority: CA
Inventors: A. Louis Quinlan; Erwine Clouthier
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-01-13
Filing date: 2001-01-13
Publication date: 2002-07-13
Also published as: WO2002055157A1; WO2002055157A8; AU2001246277A1

Abstract

THE XTENDA PUTTER IS AN EXTENSION TO A STANDARD LENGTH PUTTER WHICH ALLOWS
THE GOLFER TO CHANGE HIS PUTTING STANCE FROM THE STANDARD
SHORT SHAFT ( STOOPED ) STANCE TO THE LONG HANDLED ( UPRIGHT ) STANCE, ( OR VISA VERSA ) IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, USING THE ONE PUTTER.
THE GOLFER CAN SHORTEN HIS LONG HANDLED PUTTER, IN
A MATTER OF SECONDS, FOR CONVENIENCE IN TRANPORTING.

THE EXTENSION IS A SHORT LENGTH OF THE UPPER END OF A STANDARD PUTTER
SHAFT WITH A GRIP ON THE UPPER END AND AN INSERT IN THE LOWER
END WITH A MALE THREADED EXTENSION WHICH MATCHES THE FEMALE
THREADED INSERT IN THE TOP END OF THE STANDARD LENGTH PUTTER.
THE SCREW ON CAP FITS THE TOP END OF THE STANDARD PUTTER OR THE EXTENSION.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE "XTENDA PUTTER"
THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR FOR A PATENT ON A PARTICULAR EXTENSION TO
A GOLF CLUB PUTTER TO MAKE IT EQUALLY ADAPTABLE FOR THE NORMAL
PUTTING STANCE ( #1 ) , OR THE LONG HANDLED OR UPRIGHT STANCE ( #2).
THE PRESENT PUTTERS ARE EITHER OF NORMAL LENGTH ( #3 ) OR LONG HANDLED . THE
XTENDA
PUTTER WILL ALLOW THE PLAYER TO USE HIS PUTTER IN EITHER STANCE BY
CHANGING ITS LENGTH IN SECONDS , TO ADAPT TO HIS LONG HANDLED PUTTER STANCE
THE PRESENT LONG HANDLED PUTTERS ARE TOO LONG TO FIT AN ORDINARY GOLF BAG AND
MAKE IT INCONVENIENT TO TRAVEL, THE EXTENDA PUTTER CAN BE REDUCED TO A
STANDARD SHIPPING LENGTH IN SECONDS.
THE PRESENT PUTTERS REQUIRE THE PLAYER TO CARRY TWO CLUBS IF HE WISHES TO
CHANGE HIS PUTTING STANCE DURING A GAME, THE EXTENDA PUTTER ALLOWS THE
PLAYER TO CARRY ONE PUTTER BUT CHANGE HIS PUTTING STANCE IN SECONDS BY
ADDING OR REMOVING THE EXTENSION.
THE XTENDA PUTTER WILL COME WITH THE LENGTH OF EXTENSION TO FIT THE HEIGHT OF
THE
PLAYER IN HIS UPRIGHT ( LONG PUTTER ) STANCE ( #2 ).
THE XTENDA PUTTER IS A STANDARD PUTTER ( # 3 ) WITH A FEMALE THREADED INSERT ( # 4 ) PRESS FITTED AND GLUED INTO THE UPPER HOLLOW END OF THE SHAFT AND A
THREADED CAP ( #7 ) SCREWED INTO THE INSERT ( #4 ) WHEN THE EXTENSION ( #6 ) IS
NOT REQUIRED.
WHEN THE EXTENSION IS USED THE CAP ( # 7 ) IS REMOVED FROM THE TOP OF THE
STANDARD PUTTER SHAFT INSERT ( #4 ) AND PLACED IN TOP OF EXTENSION ( # 6).
THE EXTENSION ( #6 ) WHICH IS MADE UP OF A SHORT METAL PUTTER
SHAFT EXTENSION( #6 ) WITH A GRIP ON THE UPPER END AND A
AN INSERT (#5 ) PRESS FITTED AND GLUED INTO THE LOWER END.
GOLF CHUMLO 01 petition 2/13/01 2 CHUMLO PARTNERS

THE EXTENSION INSERT ( #5 ) HAS A 4" MALE THREAD EXTENDING OUT FROM THE
4" INSERTED INTO THE EXTENSION ( #6 ) THAT MATCHES THE FEMALE THREAD
IN THE INSERT ( #4 ) IN THE TOP OF THE STANDARD PUTTER SHAFT
AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF SCREWING THE EXTENSION ( #6 ) INTO THE SHAFT ( #3 ).
PREVIOUS APPROACHES DO NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF LENGTHENING THE
STANDARD PUTTER SHAFT ( #3 ) TO ADAPT IT TO THE LONG HANDLED STANCE ( #2 ).
PREVIOUS APPROACHES WERE TO ADD LENGTH TO THE SHAFT AND CHANGE THE "SHAFT TO
HEAD ANGLE" ,AND DESIGNATE AN ENTIRELY NEW STANCE (NOT PRESENT STANDARD
STANCE) PREVIOUS APPPROACHES ADD AN ADJUSTABLE SHAFT AND HEAD ANGLE TO ALLOW
THE PLAYER TO STAND FARTHER BACK TO ACCOMMODATE A MORE
HORIZONTAL SWING (MORE LIKE A HOCKEY STICK SWING) THE PREVIOUS APPROACHES MAKE IT DIFFICULT AND COSTLY TO ADAPT THE ONE PUTTER
TO THE TWO PUTTING STANCES ( #1 & #2 ) THE XTENDA PUTTER LENGTHENS THE SHAFT OF THE STANDARD PUTTER CONFIGURATION
TO ALLOW THE PLAYER TO PUTT COMFORTABLY FROM EITHER STANCE, LONG
HANDLED OR SHORT , AND CHANGE IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
THE XTENDA PUTTER CAN BE MANUFACTURED COMPLETE OR RETRO FITTED TO EXISTING
STANDARD LENGTH PUTTERS FOR A MINIMUM OF COSTS.
THE XTENDA PUTTER WILL ALLOW A RETRO FIT OF THE EXTENSION TO A PLAYERS
FAVOURITE PUTTER ( #3 ) WITHOUT ALTERING HIS ORIGINAL CLUB EXCEPT FOR THE
PRESS FITTED INSERT (#4 ) AND CAP ( #7 ) IN THE TOP OF THE SHAFT.
GOLF CHUMLO 01 petition 2!13!01 3 CHUMLO PARTNERS

THE EXTENSION CAN ALSO BE MANUFACTURED WITH A FEMALE THREADED INSERT( #4 ) PRESSED INTO THE EXTENSION AND A SEPARATE THREADED UNION ( #8 ) CAN
BE USED TO JOIN THE TWO PARTS ( #3 & #6 ) TOGETHER AND WOULD ALLOW FOR THE
PLACING OF A FILLER PIECE TO LENGHTEN THE CLUB IF REQUIRED .
THIS IS MORE EXPENSIVE SO IT WOULD BE USED TO LOAN TO PLAYERS TO EXPERIMENT
TO DETERMINE THE LENGTH OF LONG HANDLED PUTTER THEY ARE COMFORTABLE
WITH, BEFORE THEY BOUGHT THEIR FIXED LENGTH XTENDA PUTTER.
ATTACHED 1S DRAWING - XTENDA PUTTER #001 GOLF CHUMLO 01 petition 2!13!01 4 CHUMLO PARTNERS

Claims

CLAIM

THE XTENDA PUTTER IS AN EXTENSION TO A STANDARD LENGTH PUTTER WHICH ALLOWS THE
GOLFER TO CHANGE HIS PUTTING STANCE FROM THE STANDARD (STOOPED ) TO THE
UPRIGHT STANCE ,OR VISA VERSA IN A MATTER OF SECONDS USING THE SAME GOLF
CLUB.

THE XTENDA PUTTER ENABLES THE GOLFER TO CARRY ONE PUTTER AND STILL CHANGE
HIS PUTTING STANCE , IN SECONDS, DURING A GAME.

THE XTENDA PUTTER ALLOWS THE PLAYER WHO USES AN UPRIGHT STANCE TO SHORTEN
THE PUTTER SHAFT TO FIT INTO HIS GOLF BAG, WHEN TRANSPORTING HIS GOLF
EQUIPMENT BETWEEN GAMES.

THE XTENDA PUTTER CONSISTS OF THE EXTENSION WHICH IS MADE UP OF A SHORT PIECE
OF
GOLF PUTTER UPPER SHAFT WITH A GRIP ON THE UPPER END AND AN INSERT IN THE
LOWER END WHICH HAS A MALE THREAD PROTRUDING FROM THE INSERT . THE MALE
THREADED
PROTRUSION FITS INTO THE FEMALE THREADED INSERT WHICH IS PRESSED INTO THE
TOP OF THE SHAFT OF A STANDARD LENGTH PUTTER.
THE PUTTER CAP FITS THE TOP OF , EITHER THE STANDARD PUTTER SHAFT OR THE
EXTENSION.