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US3081087A
US3081087A US824997A US82499759A US3081087A US 3081087 A US3081087 A US 3081087A US 824997 A US824997 A US 824997A US 82499759 A US82499759 A US 82499759A US 3081087 A US3081087 A US 3081087A
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    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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  • My invention relates to improvements in golf clubs and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a club of rectilinear shape for better aiming of the ball, second, to provide a club which is mechanically balanced with respect to the center line of the shaft, third, to provide a club with two equal club faces in opposite disposition that the club may be used as .a right handed club or as a left handed club with equal facility, fourth, to provide a club with the center part of each face coincident with the center line of the shaft so that when the ball is struck there will be no torque felt by the player, fifth, to provide a club wherein the pin attaching head to shaft is entirely concealed, and sixth, to provide a club wherein the shaft is attached to the head by internal threaded means eliminating the pin altogether.
  • FIGURE 1 is a cross section of a golf club showing the improvement of a concealed attaching pin.
  • FIGURE 2 is a cross section of agolf club showing the improvement of assembly using an internal threaded means instead of a pin.
  • FIGURE 3 is a cross section of the blade of the club showing the tapered hole and flat upper deck which forms the rectangular aiming surface.
  • item 1 is the golf shaft
  • 2 is the shank showing a grooved enlargement to receive a pin retaining ring
  • 3 is the retained pin fixing the head to the shaft
  • 4 is a retaining ring
  • 5 is a tapered hole in the blade for establishing mechanical balance around the center line of the shaft
  • 6 is a rectangular top surface of 11116 blade of considerable width to facilitate aiming the stro e.
  • item 1 is the golf shaft
  • 7 is the shank showing the internal threaded means for attaching the shaft to the head
  • 8 is a tapered shoulder receiving the end of the shaft
  • item 9 is a threaded hole in the shank
  • 10 is the attaching bolt engaging
  • 11 is a shoulder inside the shaft receiving head of attaching bolt 10.
  • FIGURE 3 shows a cross section of the blade wherein may be discerned the approximate width of top surface 6, and tapered balancing hole 5.
  • a shaft In a golf club, a shaft, a shank, said shaft being aflfixed to said shank near one end of said shank, a club head, said club head being attached near its heel to said shank opposite that end receiving said shaft, said shank extending upwardly from the top of said club head adjacent the heel thereof .and being bent so that the center line of the outer end of said shank .and of said shaft extends toward the central part of said club head, said club head having a longitudinal passage convergent toward the toe of said club head whereby the center of gravity of said club head is disposed nearer the toe of said club head than the heel thereof and said club head and said shank are balanced about the center line of said shaft.

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March 12, 1963 T. J. REDD GOLF CLUB Filed July 6, 1959 United States Patent 3,081,087 GOLF CLUB Thomas Jefferson Redd, 4435 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa 5, Okla. Filed July 6, 1959, Ser. No. 824,997 1 Claim. (Cl. 273-80) My invention relates to improvements in golf clubs and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a club of rectilinear shape for better aiming of the ball, second, to provide a club which is mechanically balanced with respect to the center line of the shaft, third, to provide a club with two equal club faces in opposite disposition that the club may be used as .a right handed club or as a left handed club with equal facility, fourth, to provide a club with the center part of each face coincident with the center line of the shaft so that when the ball is struck there will be no torque felt by the player, fifth, to provide a club wherein the pin attaching head to shaft is entirely concealed, and sixth, to provide a club wherein the shaft is attached to the head by internal threaded means eliminating the pin altogether.
I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the following drawings.
FIGURE 1 is a cross section of a golf club showing the improvement of a concealed attaching pin. FIGURE 2 is a cross section of agolf club showing the improvement of assembly using an internal threaded means instead of a pin. FIGURE 3 is a cross section of the blade of the club showing the tapered hole and flat upper deck which forms the rectangular aiming surface.
In the drawings in FIGURE 1, item 1 is the golf shaft, 2 is the shank showing a grooved enlargement to receive a pin retaining ring, 3 is the retained pin fixing the head to the shaft, 4 is a retaining ring, 5 is a tapered hole in the blade for establishing mechanical balance around the center line of the shaft, 6 is a rectangular top surface of 11116 blade of considerable width to facilitate aiming the stro e.
In FIGURE 2, item 1 is the golf shaft, 7 is the shank showing the internal threaded means for attaching the shaft to the head, 8 is a tapered shoulder receiving the end of the shaft, item 9 is a threaded hole in the shank, 10 is the attaching bolt engaging 9, and 11 is a shoulder inside the shaft receiving head of attaching bolt 10.
3,081,087 Patented Mar. 12, 1963 "ice FIGURE 3 shows a cross section of the blade wherein may be discerned the approximate width of top surface 6, and tapered balancing hole 5.
By virtue of the mechanical balance inherent in the design of this golf club, a player experiences no torque during the swing or at the moment the ball strikes the center of the club face. By providing a blade with rectangular top surface the ball may be aimed with maximum facility, uncompounded by any clubhead outlines not in agreement with the desired flight of the ball. In the novel means of attaching the shaft to the clubhead, a union of great mechanical strength and artistic beauty is attained.
In accordance with the provision of the patent statutes I have described the principle of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means. 7
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:
In a golf club, a shaft, a shank, said shaft being aflfixed to said shank near one end of said shank, a club head, said club head being attached near its heel to said shank opposite that end receiving said shaft, said shank extending upwardly from the top of said club head adjacent the heel thereof .and being bent so that the center line of the outer end of said shank .and of said shaft extends toward the central part of said club head, said club head having a longitudinal passage convergent toward the toe of said club head whereby the center of gravity of said club head is disposed nearer the toe of said club head than the heel thereof and said club head and said shank are balanced about the center line of said shaft.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,343,998 Grant June 22, 1920 2,027,635 Cunningham Jan. 14, 1936 2,087,685 Hackney July 20, 1937 2,363,991 Reach Nov. 28, 1944 2,432,450 Sears Dec. 9, 1947 2,460,445 Bigler Feb. 1, 1949 2,683,036 Klein July 6, 1954 2,822,614 Susinno Feb. 11, 1958
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US3226123A (en) * 1962-10-12 1965-12-28 Harry G Roraback Balanced golf club head including flat alignment shoulder between reduced toe and thickened heel
US3448981A (en) * 1966-09-16 1969-06-10 Donald M Anweiler Golf club
US3638942A (en) * 1969-11-17 1972-02-01 Cooper Of Canada Ltd Replaceable blade and shank for hockey stick and a hockey stick made therewith
US3762717A (en) * 1971-10-06 1973-10-02 F Johnston Golf club
JPS52537A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-01-05 Takeshi Takahashi Golf club head
US4432549A (en) * 1978-01-25 1984-02-21 Pro-Pattern, Inc. Metal golf driver
US4861038A (en) * 1987-01-27 1989-08-29 Fucinato Gene J Golf putter
US4896885A (en) * 1987-06-05 1990-01-30 Bridgestone Corporation Golf club
US5246231A (en) * 1992-07-09 1993-09-21 Antonious A J Putter type golf club head having unique weight configuration
US5255919A (en) * 1990-08-21 1993-10-26 Johnson Alexander T Golf putter
US5409220A (en) * 1994-05-06 1995-04-25 Lombardo; John B. Putter with advantageously angled and constructed shaft
US5465959A (en) * 1994-12-16 1995-11-14 Advanced Composite Designs Co., Ltd. Golf club body made of composite material and having a bent front section
US5597364A (en) * 1996-01-22 1997-01-28 Thompson; James M. Golf putter
US6319148B1 (en) 1998-09-15 2001-11-20 Leung Tom Self-aligning, minimal self-torque golf clubs
US20040102254A1 (en) * 2002-05-23 2004-05-27 Mills Truett P. Golf club with right angled hosel

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US1343998A (en) * 1920-06-22 Gole-oltjb
US2027635A (en) * 1931-01-28 1936-01-14 William Hutchison Golf club
US2087685A (en) * 1935-02-16 1937-07-20 William A Blair Golf club
US2363991A (en) * 1942-02-13 1944-11-28 Milton B Reach Golf club
US2432450A (en) * 1945-07-09 1947-12-09 Sears Carl Golf club
US2460445A (en) * 1948-04-19 1949-02-01 Charles W Bigler Adjustable weight for golf club heads
US2683036A (en) * 1949-07-20 1954-07-06 George F Klein Nonshanking golfing iron
US2822614A (en) * 1954-05-19 1958-02-11 Vincent T Susinno Sighting device for golf clubs

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US1343998A (en) * 1920-06-22 Gole-oltjb
US2027635A (en) * 1931-01-28 1936-01-14 William Hutchison Golf club
US2087685A (en) * 1935-02-16 1937-07-20 William A Blair Golf club
US2363991A (en) * 1942-02-13 1944-11-28 Milton B Reach Golf club
US2432450A (en) * 1945-07-09 1947-12-09 Sears Carl Golf club
US2460445A (en) * 1948-04-19 1949-02-01 Charles W Bigler Adjustable weight for golf club heads
US2683036A (en) * 1949-07-20 1954-07-06 George F Klein Nonshanking golfing iron
US2822614A (en) * 1954-05-19 1958-02-11 Vincent T Susinno Sighting device for golf clubs

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3226123A (en) * 1962-10-12 1965-12-28 Harry G Roraback Balanced golf club head including flat alignment shoulder between reduced toe and thickened heel
US3448981A (en) * 1966-09-16 1969-06-10 Donald M Anweiler Golf club
US3638942A (en) * 1969-11-17 1972-02-01 Cooper Of Canada Ltd Replaceable blade and shank for hockey stick and a hockey stick made therewith
US3762717A (en) * 1971-10-06 1973-10-02 F Johnston Golf club
JPS52537A (en) * 1975-06-20 1977-01-05 Takeshi Takahashi Golf club head
US4432549A (en) * 1978-01-25 1984-02-21 Pro-Pattern, Inc. Metal golf driver
US4861038A (en) * 1987-01-27 1989-08-29 Fucinato Gene J Golf putter
US4896885A (en) * 1987-06-05 1990-01-30 Bridgestone Corporation Golf club
US5255919A (en) * 1990-08-21 1993-10-26 Johnson Alexander T Golf putter
US5246231A (en) * 1992-07-09 1993-09-21 Antonious A J Putter type golf club head having unique weight configuration
US5409220A (en) * 1994-05-06 1995-04-25 Lombardo; John B. Putter with advantageously angled and constructed shaft
US5465959A (en) * 1994-12-16 1995-11-14 Advanced Composite Designs Co., Ltd. Golf club body made of composite material and having a bent front section
US5597364A (en) * 1996-01-22 1997-01-28 Thompson; James M. Golf putter
US6319148B1 (en) 1998-09-15 2001-11-20 Leung Tom Self-aligning, minimal self-torque golf clubs
US20040102254A1 (en) * 2002-05-23 2004-05-27 Mills Truett P. Golf club with right angled hosel
US7163463B2 (en) * 2002-05-23 2007-01-16 Mills Truett P Golf club with right angled hosel

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