US1979174A - Handle of golf clubs and the like - Google Patents

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US1979174A
US1979174A US677315A US67731533A US1979174A US 1979174 A US1979174 A US 1979174A US 677315 A US677315 A US 677315A US 67731533 A US67731533 A US 67731533A US 1979174 A US1979174 A US 1979174A
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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
    • A63B53/14—Handles
    • 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
    • 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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    • A63B60/34—Handles with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement

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  • My invention relates to improvements in the handles of golf clubs and other sporting implements which are gripped by both hands when striking at a ball and its object is to facilitate $51? the striking of the ball with a clean true stroke so that its line of flight is in the desired direction. While this invention may be applied to baseball clubs, hockey sticks, cricket bats and the like, it is especially applicable to golf-sticks and '101 will therefore be described hereinafter mainly in relation thereto.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation (i. e. looking against the direction of intended flight of the ball) of a golf club for a right-handed player;
  • Figure 2 is an elevation looking outwardly from the position of the player
  • Figures 3 and 4 are views corresponding to the 62 upper portion of Figure 2 but illustrating modifications
  • Figures 5 and 6 are plan views of a club, with its shaft in a vertical position, showing the upper hand grip oifset about one in four and one in six 2;: respectively.
  • the upper hand grip 1 which is about five inches in length, is forwardly inclined so that the top of the handle is offset about one inch from the shaft 3 of the handle.
  • the amount 301 of offset would not be substantially greater than that shown in Figure 5 and seldom less than that shown in Figure 6.
  • the lower hand grip 2 might be inclined forwardly as shown in Figure 3 or rearwardly as shown in Figure 4.
  • the invention has been devised more particularly with the specific object of eliminating or substantially reducing the fault known as slicing in golf, which causes the path 5; of flight of the ball to curve outwardly away from the player instead of running directly forwardly in the desired direction. It is believed that slicing is caused largely by a hand and wrist action which swings the striking face of the club 501 inwardly from the intended line of flight of the ball or inwardly across that line. The term inwardly is used to mean towards the player's side of the intended line of flight.
  • outwardly means in a direction across the intended line of flight of the ball and away from the player, and forwardly means in the direction of intended flight of the ball or, in other words in the direction of swing.
  • My invention is based on an appreciation of the fact that if the ball can be struck before the hands have swung across the body to the point where the hand and wrist action abovementioned become noticeable, the tendency to slice will be greatly minimized.
  • the essential feature of this invention is the forward off-setting of the upper hand-grip por- 7d tion of the handle directly in the line of intended flight of the ball.
  • the line of motion of the striking point of the implement at the moment of impact would be equivalent to the intended line of flight of the ball in the case of a golf club.
  • the direction of each such line may be referred to as the direction of swing.
  • the off-setting of the upper hand grip is effected by inclining about five inches of the top of the handle directly forwardly at an angle to the remainder of the handle from about one in four to one in six, or slightly more or less as hereinafter explained.
  • the angle of inclination may be varied some- 110 What to suit different players and the extent of their tendency to slice; thus, with some players a very slight inclination-even less than one in when the striking face of the'club was approach-s ing the point of impact the hands andarms of the player would be as far forward as in the case of a normal club whereas according to thepresent invention they would at that moment be in a more rearward position than normally.
  • a shaft having a rigid handle comprising an upper and a lower portion, the lower portion forming a continuation of the shaft, the upper portion having its longitudinal axis inclined forwardly with respect to the axis of the shaft and lying in a plane which is parallel to the correct plane, of swing.
  • a shaft having a rigid handle comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having its longitudinal axis inclined forwardly with respect to the shaft axis, the lower portion having its longitudinal axis inclined rearwardly with respect to the shaft axis

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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4183528A (en) * 1978-01-26 1980-01-15 An Benjamin J Natural physiological grip for game rackets
US4269412A (en) * 1978-10-10 1981-05-26 Contour-Concept, Inc. Golf club grip
US4310158A (en) * 1977-10-19 1982-01-12 Hoffman Walter E Golf club and grip therefor
US4544157A (en) * 1983-03-10 1985-10-01 Curtis Hockey Inc. Goalkeeper's hockey stock with bent shaft
US5125130A (en) * 1990-07-12 1992-06-30 Stanish Walter F Ergonomic handle for tools and sporting equipment
US5746661A (en) * 1996-05-03 1998-05-05 Murphy; James Golf putter with offset grip shaft
US20060142091A1 (en) * 2004-03-15 2006-06-29 Berokoff Andrew J Golf club
US20070259732A1 (en) * 2005-10-11 2007-11-08 Billings David P Golf club grip and method of use
US20160325165A1 (en) * 2015-05-07 2016-11-10 Downey L. Thomas, III Bat Swing Training Device

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US3554545A (en) * 1969-07-02 1971-01-12 Kenneth M Mann Baseball bat with a dog leg type handle
US4629190A (en) * 1984-04-17 1986-12-16 Borgen Michael S Hockey stick having arcuately bent shaft
US4793613A (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-12-27 Hughes Owen P Hockey stick
US4799682A (en) * 1987-04-01 1989-01-24 Hughes Owen P Hockey stick
NZ241747A (en) * 1991-02-27 1993-09-27 Paul Robert Keegan Handle for racket, club or bat: handle's lower portion displaced with respect to the longitudinal axes of the ball striking region and handle's upper portion
AU664832B2 (en) * 1991-02-27 1995-12-07 Paul Robert Keegan Handle for sportsgoods

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4310158A (en) * 1977-10-19 1982-01-12 Hoffman Walter E Golf club and grip therefor
US4183528A (en) * 1978-01-26 1980-01-15 An Benjamin J Natural physiological grip for game rackets
US4269412A (en) * 1978-10-10 1981-05-26 Contour-Concept, Inc. Golf club grip
US4544157A (en) * 1983-03-10 1985-10-01 Curtis Hockey Inc. Goalkeeper's hockey stock with bent shaft
US5125130A (en) * 1990-07-12 1992-06-30 Stanish Walter F Ergonomic handle for tools and sporting equipment
US5746661A (en) * 1996-05-03 1998-05-05 Murphy; James Golf putter with offset grip shaft
US20060142091A1 (en) * 2004-03-15 2006-06-29 Berokoff Andrew J Golf club
US7357729B2 (en) * 2004-03-15 2008-04-15 Berokoff Andrew J Golf club
US20070259732A1 (en) * 2005-10-11 2007-11-08 Billings David P Golf club grip and method of use
US20160325165A1 (en) * 2015-05-07 2016-11-10 Downey L. Thomas, III Bat Swing Training Device
US10166452B2 (en) * 2015-05-07 2019-01-01 Downey L. Thomas, III Bat swing training device

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