US20120077610A1

US20120077610A1 - Golf Putter Head with Improved Alignment-Aid Design

Info

Publication number: US20120077610A1
Application number: US12/892,222
Authority: US
Inventors: Yi-Ho Yang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2010-09-28
Filing date: 2010-09-28
Publication date: 2012-03-29

Abstract

A golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design is disclosed. The golf putter head includes a base having an alignment mark; a body set on the base, having a lateral formed with a face and a top formed with a window corresponding to the alignment mark. Thereby, when the player aligns the window with a ball and a target beyond the ball, and adjusts his/her posture to make his/her line of sight reach the alignment mark through the window, the face is properly positioned with respect to the ball.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to golf equipment, and more particularly, to a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design, wherein the putter head has improved alignment-aid design that helps the player to not only align a ball with a target but also swing the putter and strike the ball with an appropriate body posture that contributes to successful putt.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional golf putter typically has a shaft and a head. The head has in front a face. In use, a player holds the shaft to swing the putter and in turn impact a golf ball by the face.
For accurately aiming the ball, the conventional golf putter usually has the head provided with an alignment line, which may be in the form of a groove, a raised rib or a painted line. When preparing to hit a ball, a player, under assistance of the alignment line, is able to make the face perpendicular to the center of the ball and the target direction, so as to well aim the ball at the target.
While being effective in aiming the ball at the target when being such placed that an invisible horizontal line is formed by linking the alignment line, the ball center and the target, the existing alignment line of the conventional golf putter fails to make the player's posture contributive to successful putt. In other words, even when the player stands with an improper posture or with his head bias, he/she can still align the alignment line with the ball and the target. Consequently, the player stands improperly may be nevertheless convinced of the apparent alignment and make a wrong strike. As it is a common failing of many golf players during aiming to unconsciously have habitual faulty posture due to individual dominant eyes and head tilt for aiming, it would be desired to have a putter head that has improved alignment-aid design to help the players to not only align a ball with a target but also swing the putter and strike the ball with an appropriate body posture that contributes to successful putt, thereby breaking the functional limitation of the existing alignment lines.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design, wherein the improved alignment-aid design helps to correct players' habitual faulty posture due to individual dominant eyes and head tilt for aiming.
To achieve this and other objectives of the present invention, a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design according to the present invention is attached to a golf putter shaft and comprises: a base connected to the golf putter shaft and having an alignment mark thereon; and a body set on the base and having a lateral formed with a face and a top formed with a window corresponding to the alignment mark so that a player holding the golf putter shaft is allowed to have his/her line of sight reach the alignment mark through the window. In use, the player adjusts his/her posture until his/her line of sight reaches the alignment mark, which means the player's line of sight, the window and the alignment mark are on the same invisible straight line. This invisible straight line and an intended ball route include an approximately right included angle, so as to ensure that the face is perpendicular to the ground so as to position the face at the optimal position for hitting the ball.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a lateral view of the golf putter head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the golf putter head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an applied view of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 7 is a top view of the golf putter head of FIG. 6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1 through FIG. 3, the present invention provides a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design. The golf putter head is attached to a golf putter shaft 100 and comprises a base 10 and a body 20.
The base 10 is connected to the shaft 100 and has an alignment mark 11 thereon. The alignment mark 11 may be a painted line.
The body 20 set on the base 10 has a lateral formed with a face 21 and a top formed with a window 22 corresponding to the alignment mark 11. The window 22 may be a slot, and a vertical distance L exists between the window 22 and the alignment mark 11. A shelter member 23 is extended from the window 22 along the vertical distance L, so as to ensure that the line of sight of the player 200, the window 22 and the alignment mark 11 are aligned straightly and accurately. When the player 200 sees the alignment mark 11 through the window 22, the line of sight of the player 200 links the window 22 and the alignment mark 11 as an invisible straight line. This invisible straight line and an intended ball route include an included angle θ1, which is a right angle or an approximately right angle.
Thereby, player 200 may adjust posture to make his/her line of sight, the window 22 and the alignment mark 11 come into a straight line so as to lead to successful putt. At this time, the face 21 is perpendicular to the ground and perpendicular to the center of the ball 110 and the target. This is the optimal position of the face 21.
Basing on the aforementioned structure, the operation of the present invention and the principles on which the operation bases are explained in detail below.
Referring to FIG. 4 in addition to the previous three drawings, assuming that the line of sight of the player 200 and the intended ball route are defined as X and Y axes, respectively. In particular, when the player 200 adjusts his/her posture to make his/her line of sight reach the alignment mark 11 through the window 22, the invisible straight line linking his/her eye, the window 22 and the alignment mark 11 is the foregoing line of sight of the player 200, namely the X axis. At this time, the window 22, a ball 110 to be hit and a target to which the ball is hit are in another invisible straight line, namely the intended ball route or the Y axis. As shown in FIG. 3, the included angle θ1 included by the X and Y axes is approximately a right angle. When the player 200 is not posturizing properly, the player 200 can only see the window 22, and cannot see the alignment mark 11 through the window 22.
Referring to FIG. 5, in a second embodiment of the present invention, the alignment mark 11 may be a reflector or a light-emitting object. Thus, before the player 200 swings the putter, the player 200 has to adjust his/her posture until his/her eyes looking at the window 22 see a light reflected or emitted from the reflector or the light-emitting object, which means that the face 21 is perpendicular to the ground and the X and Y axes include an approximately right included angle θ1. In this case, the shelter member 23 serves to block excessively reflected or emitted light from interfering with the sight of the player 200 to cause misjudgement of the player 200. Thereby, the present invention facilitates correcting habitual faulty posture of players due to individual dominant eyes and head tilt for aiming, so as to improve accuracy of aiming.
Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, in a third embodiment of the present invention, a golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design shares the same principles with the previous embodiments while featuring that the alignment mark 11 is a cross and the window 22 is a square hole, so that the player 200, when well posturing, can have his/her line of sight seeing the square hole and the cross alignment mark 11 aligned, so as to make sure that the face 21 is perpendicular to the center of the ball 110 and the target.
The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments and it is understood that the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Moreover, as the contents disclosed herein should be readily understood and can be implemented by a person skilled in the art, all equivalent changes or modifications which do not depart from the concept of the present invention should be encompassed by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A golf putter head with improved alignment-aid design, the golf putter head being attached to a golf putter shaft and comprising:

a base being connected to the golf putter shaft and having an alignment mark thereon; and

a body being set on the base and having a lateral formed with a face and a top formed with a window corresponding to the alignment mark so that a player holding the golf putter shaft is allowed to have his/her line of sight reach the alignment mark through the window;

whereby, when the player aligns the window with a ball and a target beyond the ball, and adjusts his/her posture to make his/her line of sight reach the alignment mark through the window, the face is properly positioned with respect to the ball.

2. The golf putter head of claim 1, wherein there is a vertical distance between the window and the alignment mark.

3. The golf putter head of claim 2, wherein a shelter member is extended from the window along the vertical distance, so as to ensure that the player's line of sight, the window and the alignment mark are aligned straightly and accurately.

4. The golf putter head of claim 1, wherein the window is a slot.

5. The golf putter head of claim 1, wherein the window is a square hole.

6. The golf putter head of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark is a painted line.

7. The golf putter head of claim 1, wherein the alignment mark is a reflector.