US1203250A - Golf-club. - Google Patents

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D. OGILVIE.

GOLF CLUB. AI PLICATION FILED MAY l9. I916.

1293,25. Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 9 8,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID OGILVIE, a subject of Great Britain, residing in Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Clubs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to golf clubs and 1s particularly adapted for the purpose of picking up a ball out of a bad lie so as to throw the ball back on the club and impart to the ball a proper spin so that it will not only rise but also receive the full efiective blow of the head of the club.

The desired end is realized by providing the club with a projecting portion at the lower part of its front or striking face and this projecting portion can be properly referred to as a pick up or lip.

As illustrating a specific embodiment of the invention reference is made to the drawing forming a part of this specification and on which drawing Figure l is a front elevation of a golf club, a portion of the shaft of the club being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a club with a portion of the shaft broken away. Fig. 3 is a view looking at the bottom of the club and in this figure a portion of the shaft has been broken away. Fig. 4c is an end view of the club with a portion of the shaft broken away; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken as on the plane indicated on the line 55 of'Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

t It is well known that a golf club comprises a striking head and a shaft generally of wood to which the striking head is se-.

cured.

The present invention relates to a feature of construction which has been embodied in or applied to the striking head of a golf club.

In the drawing the shaft is designated by A and the striking head by B. The head is preferably made of wood and has the usual lead ballast or weighting material as at C. The striking face of the head is slightly inclined as can be seen from an inspection of Figs. 4 and 5, that is the striking head slopes downwardly and forwardly. At the lower portion of the striking face there is a projection which may be called a pick-up or a pick-up lip. This lip extends along a substantial part of the lower portion of the striking face and projects in front of the striking face. As at times this pick up or 11p may be subjected to an improper blow it is necessary that the lip member be made of a strong, tough and durable material, preferably a composition. Furthermore, as the lip is liable to be subjected to repeated blows and compartively rough usage it is necessary that the member providing this lip be firmly secured in place in or on the striking head. The member which provides this lip is designated by D and the pick up or lip portion thereof by E. This member D is defined by the broken lines a?) a d e and is positioned in place as by a pin F. The member D is also secured in place by being clamped between the brass or other metal shoe G and the wooden portion H of the head by means of the several screws K that serve to draw the shoe forcibly against the underside of the wooden portion H and against the lip member D, thus forcibly maintaining the lip member D in rigid engagement with the wooden portion H of the head. The lip member D is thicker at L--substantially the place where the lip and the lower portion of the striking face mergeand it tapers as it extends into the head and also as it projects from the head.

An inspection of F ig. 5 will make it clear that the underside of the projecting portion of the lip extends forwardly and upwardly and that the upper portion of the lip extends downwardly and forwardly thus imparting to the lip a tapering conformation. If the head were made of metal this lip could be made integral and of the same material as the rest of the head. The lip member D can be glued or cemented to the wood of the head so that the glue or cement will assist in securing and maintaining said lip member in place on the head.

The golf clubs which are known as the brassie and spoon are the clubs on which this pick-up is used, although it can be used on the driver as well and in fact on other forms of clubs, if desired.

The improvements herein set forth are not limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown and described for they may be embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A golf club having projecting from the lower portion of its striking face a pick up or lip the lower portion of which lip extends Patented Oct 31, 1916.

forwardly and upwardly and the upper portion of which lip extends forwardly and downwardly.

2. A golf club having embodied in or on the striking head thereof a pick up member that is secured in place between the wooden portion of the head and a metal shoe by means of screws which pass through themetal plate and the pick up member into said wooden portion of the head, said pick up member having a lip which projects forwardlv beyond the striking face-of the head and which lip tapers from the head.

3. A golf club having a vided with a metal shoe on the underside of said head and with a pick up member of a strong, tough composition, which pick up member is secured in place by screws that pass through the metal shoe, part of which screws pass through the pick up member and all of which screws pass into the wooden ooden head proportion of the head, said pick up member having a lip which projects beyond the lower portion of the striking face of the head and tapers therefrom.

4. A golf club having a wooden striking head that is provided with a metal shoe on the underside thereof and having a lip I'nem-I

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