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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
  • A63B53/0408—Heads characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• • 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
  • A63B53/0433—Heads with special sole configurations
• • 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
  • A63B53/0437—Heads with special crown configurations
• • 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
  • A63B53/00—Golf clubs
  • A63B53/04—Heads
  • A63B53/0466—Heads wood-type
• • 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
  • A63B60/50—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with through-holes

Definitions

• the invention relates to a golf putter, in particular a golf putter, which has an optical positioning device which enables the golfer to correctly align his head in relation to the ball and the face of the golf putter.
• a club head for a golf putter is known from US 2003/0144075 AI, which has a target device.
• the club head comprises several direction finding and visualization elements, for example several parallel edges to be brought to congruence, lines of sight for the direction of the shot and several triangulation elements in order to enable the hole to be targeted precisely and the direction of the shot to be calculated as accurately as possible.
• a club head for a golf putter which comprises a device for correct centering of the golf putter relative to the ball.
• a line is provided on the putter head which is used to align the club face of the club head at right angles relative to the golf ball.
• a golf putter is also known from US Pat. No. 6,394,910, which is designed in such a way that it enables the golfer to align the head relative to the club head and the ball.
• the direction finders are provided by clearly distinguishable, differently colored surfaces on the club head, which simulate two lines that coincide for the viewer's eye, though there are no directly visible markings.
• a disadvantage of the known golf putters is, in particular, that on the one hand the various alignment procedures are complicated and / or the target devices and markings on the golf putters are inadequate and accordingly the hit rate is not particularly high.
• FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a response position for a putter head 1 designed according to the invention in relation to the correctly positioned head of a golf player.
• the putting procedure includes, above all, the correct alignment of the golf player relative to the golf ball 11. This is referred to as the response or response position ,
• the putter head 1 should be able to be aligned in such a way that the left eye of the golfer in the case of right-handers or the golfer's right eye in the case of left-handers is positioned perpendicularly above the golf ball 11.
• An optical positioning device 6 formed on the putter head 1 is designed such that after taking up the response and fixing a first mark 9 made on the putter head 1 with the right eye for right-handers or with the left eye for left-handers (when the hand is closed) other eye) the
• Head of the golfer is aligned so that on the one hand the first mark 9 and a second mark 7, 12, 15, which is also placed on the putter head 1, are made to coincide and, on the other hand, the left eye of the golfer for right-handers or the right eye of the left-hander Golfer player is positioned directly above the center of the golf ball 11.
• the calculation of the dimensions of the putter head 1 according to the invention is based on the consideration that the mean eye distance X in humans is approximately 66 ⁇ 5 mm. As a result, as can be seen from FIG. 1, a sum of distances between a center 10 of the marking 9 and a center 16 of the golf ball 11 is also fixed to this value. Since the golf ball 11 has a defined diameter of 42 mm, the center 16 of the golf ball 11 is ideally at a distance R of 21 mm from a striking surface 4 of the putter head 1. However, since the golf ball 11 must not touch the club face 4 in response, a distance Y, which should be as small as possible should be included in the calculation.
• the center 10 of the marking 9 is at a distance A from the striking surface 4 of the putter head 1.
• a total distance X between the center 10 of the marking 9 and the center 16 of the golf ball 11 thus results from the sum of the values A, Y and R.
• This total value X in turn corresponds to the average human eye distance of approx. 66 ⁇ 5mm.
• the distance A between the center 10 of the marking 9 and the striking surface 4 is accordingly approximately 45 ⁇ 5 mm ,
• an optical positioning device 6 according to the invention for correctly positioning the head of the golfer over the putter head 1 and the golf ball 11 can be fixed independently of the shape of the putter head 1. According to the above, the optical positioning device 6 can be integrated into any putter head 1.
• the optical positioning device 6 has at least two markings 9 and 7, 12, 15, which are approximately the same size and identical in shape and are vertically spaced apart in the response position. Due to the vertical spacing of the markings 9 from one of the markings 7, 12 or 15 in the viewing direction, they can be made to coincide with one another by simple sighting, like the one in FIG. 2 for two circular markings 9 and 12 for a second exemplary embodiment shown below Putter head 1 designed according to the invention is shown schematically.
• the middle representation in FIG. 2 shows the correct coverage of the two markings 9 and 12, so that only the mark 12 facing the golfer's eye is visible, whereas the four Representations grouped around the middle representation in FIG. 2 show the sight of the optical positioning device 6 in the event of deviations from the correct head position of the golfer. In each case, part of the mark 9 further away from the golfer's eye is visible next to the mark 12 closer to the golfer's eye.
• the optical positioning device 6 thus offers the golfer a simple and effective possibility of checking his head position relative to the golf ball 11.
• the putter heads 1 are made of any material and can in particular be designed like conventional putter heads and provided with the measures according to the invention.
• the putter heads 1 are shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 for right-handed people. However, the models shown can also be designed for left-handers by moving the socket.
• the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 4 has no preferred orientation, here the shaft can be attached as desired.
• FIG. 3 and 4 show a schematic, perspective illustration and a schematic top view of a first embodiment of a putter head 1 according to the invention.
• the putter head 1 is designed in the form of a so-called male putter.
• the putter head 1 comprises a sole 2, one
• Cover surface 3 a striking surface 4 and a receptacle 5 for a shaft of the golf putter, not shown.
• the receptacle 5 is designed as a recess into which the shaft can be inserted.
• the striking surface 4 can, as shown in the first exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, have a material-consistent surface or, for example, a so-called inset include various materials for improving ball contact.
• the putter head 1 can be given the lowest possible center of gravity by arranging masses between the sole 2 and the cover surface 3 and can be balanced, for example, with a face-balanced effect.
• the putter head 1 has the optical positioning device 6 already described above, which enables the golf player to correctly align his head relative to the putter head 1 and the golf ball 11.
• the optical positioning device 6 comprises a circular recess 7 in the cover surface 3 of the putter head 1 and, on a surface 8 of the sole 2 facing the cover plate 3, a circular marking 9, the diameter of which is smaller or at most equal to that of the recess 7 in the cover plate 3 is.
• the head of the golfer is moved in such a way that the markings 7 and 9 sighted by the golfer's eye are optically covered, as already explained above in the description of FIG. 2.
• the golfer thus moves his head until he sees the markings 7 and 9 overlapping exactly (see the middle illustration in FIG. 2).
• FIG. 5 and 6 show a second exemplary embodiment of a putter head 1 designed according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective illustration
• FIG. 6 shows a top view.
• the optical positioning device 6 has a round marking 9, which in this case is arranged on a surface of the putter head 1.
• the truncated cone 13 is arranged centrally on the marking 9, a distance X from a center 10 of the circular surface 12 to a center 16 of the golf ball 11, the through average human eye relief.
• the weight distribution to the sole 2 of the putter head 1 can take place, for example, by means of a plurality of frustoconical attachments 14 placed on the surface 8 of the putter head 1.
• This putter head 1 can also be balanced by a suitable weight distribution emphasizing the face.
• FIGS. 7 and 8 show a third exemplary embodiment of a putter head 1 equipped according to the invention in the same representation as FIGS. 3 and 4.
• the putter head 1 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has a box-like structure, in which above the marking 9 a disc 15 is arranged by means of webs 17, which is brought into optical alignment by moving the head of the golfer with the marking 9 on the surface 8 of the sole 2 facing the top surface 3.
• the distance X between the center 10 of the disc 15 and the center 16 of the golf ball 11 is identical to the mean eye distance X of the human being.
• weights can be introduced between the sole 2 and the cover plate 3 of the putter head 1 in any desired manner and at any desired location in order to produce a face-balanced putter head 1 which is balanced with the face.
• the invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiments shown and can be used for a large number of further putter shapes.
• all features of the individual exemplary embodiments can be combined with one another as desired.
• a head 1 for a golf putter has a sole 2, a top surface 3, a striking surface 4, a receptacle 5 for a shaft and an optical positioning device 6.
• the optical positioning device 6 comprises at least two markings 9, 7, 12, 15 which are marked with a Golfer 's eye, the head of the golfer The golfer is moved until the markings 9, 7, 12, 15 sighted with one another visually cover one another and the correct position of the golfer's head has been assumed.
• the sum of the distance A from the center 10 of the markings 9, 7, 12, 15 of the positioning device 6 and the radius R of a golf ball 11 and the distance Y of the golf ball from the club face 4 in the response position essentially corresponds to the mean eye distance X of humans ,

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