EP0345196B1 - Putter head - Google Patents

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EP0345196B1
EP0345196B1 EP89500050A EP89500050A EP0345196B1 EP 0345196 B1 EP0345196 B1 EP 0345196B1 EP 89500050 A EP89500050 A EP 89500050A EP 89500050 A EP89500050 A EP 89500050A EP 0345196 B1 EP0345196 B1 EP 0345196B1
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Felipe Artola Ugarte
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Makser SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00—Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04—Heads
    • A63B53/0487—Heads for putters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B53/00—Golf clubs
    • A63B53/04—Heads
    • A63B53/0441—Heads with visual indicators for aligning the golf club
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

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  • the invention refers to the heads of golf clubs and more specifically to those called Putters, which usually contain a series of defects for the game itself.
  • the patent US-A- 4712798 describes a putter which adopts a plan view in the shape of an equilateral triangle, with one of its sides being the ball-striking face and the other two sides extending backwards in relation to the first.
  • the putter shaft starts upwards from a line that marks the height of the triangle, so that the two inclined edges extend on both sides of the said imaginary line that marks the height.
  • This putter can be used in playing the game of golf by the player taking different stances when striking the ball.
  • the two inclined edges form fixed angles of 60o in relation to the ball-striking face, in such a way that, as shown in the illustration, when the player is positioned in front of and slightly to one side of the ball, the swing of the club stroke moves in a circular fashion from the player's back forward.
  • This is the same as instructing that a specific stance is needed by the player so that a particular stroke can be played, which is undoubtedly a limitation of the putter, given that it obliges the player so adopt postures that are not orthodox in playing golf.
  • the patent claims the positioning of a cut area which starts its inclination from the starting point of the shaft towards the other end of the same, at which this inclination forms an angle with the theoretical longitudinal axis of the body of the putter.
  • the inclined edge can form part of a fin which is independent of the lug but connected to it in a way capable of being turned, with the aim that this fin can occupy different positions to thus vary the angle of its outer edge in relation to the lug and consequently to the whole of the putter.
  • the turning point for the fin will be situated on the side of the area where the shaft starts (the shank area), that is on the same side as the golfer, so that the fin can be positioned with the angle desired.
  • the fig. 1 is a top view of a putter equiped with the inclined edge.
  • This lug (4) may be provided with a fin (18) which has an outer edge (27).
  • the fin (18) turns on (19) of the lug (4) according to (P) towards one side or the other, so that the inclination of the edge (22) can be altered to form the edge (27).

Description

  • The invention refers to the heads of golf clubs and more specifically to those called Putters, which usually contain a series of defects for the game itself.
    • Raising the club, that is the so-called Back Swing, which gives the degree of flat or upper in traditional putters, carries with in the danger of raising the club wide, which causes slicing of the ball, thus producing the fact that the ball veers to the right, as mentioned earlier.
  • Usually, both when putting and when driving, the stroke is played on the ball when the club is rising and once that it has passed the vertical point behind the ball, that is when the head of the club is rising, so that a rotation effect, known as spin, is given to the ball as the putter strikes it above its middle plane.
  • The patent US-A- 4712798 describes a putter which adopts a plan view in the shape of an equilateral triangle, with one of its sides being the ball-striking face and the other two sides extending backwards in relation to the first. The putter shaft starts upwards from a line that marks the height of the triangle, so that the two inclined edges extend on both sides of the said imaginary line that marks the height. This putter can be used in playing the game of golf by the player taking different stances when striking the ball.
  • The two inclined edges form fixed angles of 60º in relation to the ball-striking face, in such a way that, as shown in the illustration, when the player is positioned in front of and slightly to one side of the ball, the swing of the club stroke moves in a circular fashion from the player's back forward. This is the same as instructing that a specific stance is needed by the player so that a particular stroke can be played, which is undoubtedly a limitation of the putter, given that it obliges the player so adopt postures that are not orthodox in playing golf.
    • The basic objectives of the present invention are: in the first place, to prevent the ball from being sliced, either by playing a sharp stroke on hitting the ball or by raising the club wide and making a back swing that moves from outwards in, as well as to align the stroke better and offer fewer possibilities of the ball fading because of irregularities on the green.
  • To achieve these objectives, the patent claims the positioning of a cut area which starts its inclination from the starting point of the shaft towards the other end of the same, at which this inclination forms an angle with the theoretical longitudinal axis of the body of the putter.
  • The inclined edge can form part of a fin which is independent of the lug but connected to it in a way capable of being turned, with the aim that this fin can occupy different positions to thus vary the angle of its outer edge in relation to the lug and consequently to the whole of the putter. Obviously, the turning point for the fin will be situated on the side of the area where the shaft starts (the shank area), that is on the same side as the golfer, so that the fin can be positioned with the angle desired.
  • In this respect, and without it having any restrictive nature, a drawing is attached, which shows the invention.
  • The fig. 1 is a top view of a putter equiped with the inclined edge.
  • As regards this figure 1, we point out that it illustrates a potter, which has a positive face (2), a notch (17) for alignment and an inclined mirror effect area (3).
  • From this area rises the lug (4) which shows the edge (22) forming a variable inclination with respect to the ball striking face (2).
  • This lug (4) may be provided with a fin (18) which has an outer edge (27). The fin (18) turns on (19) of the lug (4) according to (P) towards one side or the other, so that the inclination of the edge (22) can be altered to form the edge (27).

Claims (2)

  1. A putter head having a body with a forward ball-striking face and inclined surfaces behind said ball-striking face, characterized in that means to prevent the back swing from being wide is carried by the body of the club, in a prolongation of the same behind the striking face and in that said means comprises an inclined edge, the inclination of said edge is variable with respect to the ball-striking surface and in a horizontal plane and is open for the player forming an angle with the striking face of the putter.
  2. A putter head according to claim 1 characterized in that the inclined edge (27) is part of a fin (18), received by a lug (4), which presents a turning point in a plane parallel to it, in order to vary the inclination of the edge of the fin with regard to the striking surface.
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ES8801344A ES2008460A6 (en) 1988-04-29 1988-04-29 Improvements in golf club heads.

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US5383664A (en) * 1993-06-30 1995-01-24 Epperson-Thompson Golf, L.L.C. Golf putter and putter head
DE10030343A1 (en) * 2000-06-20 2002-01-03 Hermann Wiezorek Club for ball game, preferably golf club or putter; has vertical shaft and angled contact face in forwards movement in normal playing position, so that contact face hits top half of ball first
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US3085804A (en) * 1960-09-12 1963-04-16 Ernest O Pieper Golf putter

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EP0345196A3 (en) 1990-10-03
DE68926182T2 (en) 1996-11-28
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ES2008460A6 (en) 1989-07-16
AU664209B2 (en) 1995-11-09

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