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US 11,980,794 · App. 18/516,791 · Granted May 14, 2024

Aiming key, putter and method for enhancing the accuracy of aiming

Inventor: David Sheridan Englefield (Cranleigh, GB)
A63B53/0441A63B53/0487
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,980,794
App. No.
18/516,791
Filed
Nov 21, 2023
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B1
Art Unit
3711
USPC
473/251
Abstract

A method for enhancing the accuracy of aiming while putting a golf ball with a putter is provided. A head of the putter includes a body having a first end and a second end, the second end includes a target and the first end includes an aiming member extending towards a center of the target. The method includes the steps of focusing on a pointed end of the aiming member and aligning the pointed end with a hole in the ground, executing a backswing while concentrating on moving the pointed end of the aiming member towards the center of the target, executing a forward swing towards the golf ball, and striking the golf ball to translate the golf ball along the alinement towards the hole.

Claims (13)

1. A putter for enhancing the accuracy of aiming while putting a golf ball comprising:

a longitudinal shaft having a first end and a second end; and

a putter head attached to the second end of the longitudinal shaft, the putter head having a front portion and a back portion, wherein:

the back portion includes a body comprising a pair of parallel sides, a first end, a second end, an interior opening, and an aiming member;

the interior opening includes a first interior end, a second interior end including a target, and a width, the target protrudes into the interior opening; and

the aiming member includes a triangular portion extending into the interior opening aimed at a center of the target and a rectangular portion extending from the first interior end to the first end, a base of the triangular portion has a width less than the interior opening width and the rectangular portion has the same width as the base.

2. The putter according to claim 1 , wherein the target is circular, square, diamond-shaped, oval or star-shaped.

3. The putter according to claim 1 , wherein the body is made from plastic, aluminum, metal, wood, or a composite including any of these materials.

4. The putter according to claim 1 , wherein the target is circular, has a perimeter and includes indicia about the perimeter.

5. The putter according to claim 1 , wherein the target is circular, has a center and is rotatable about the center.

6. The putter according to claim 1 , wherein the triangular portion of the aiming member comprises:

the base coincident with the first interior end; and

two sides that taper to an end aimed at the center of the target.