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US 9,616,298 · App. 14/864,008 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Golf club with improved weighting

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,616,298
App. No.
14/864,008
Filed
Sep 24, 2015
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B1
Art Unit
3711
USPC
473/312
Abstract

A golf club with improved weighting characteristic is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses to a golf club wherein the improved weighting distribution stems from an increase in the mass of the golf club at a specific distance away from the butt end or proximal end of the golf club head to help increase the feel and minimize the dispersion of the golf shot by minimizing the pull and or draw tendencies of a golf shot.

Claims (19)

1. A golf club comprising:

a club head located at a distal end of said golf club;

a grip located at a proximal end of said golf club; and

a shaft juxtaposed between said club head and said grip, connecting said club head to said grip;

wherein said shaft further comprises a heavy weighted section, located at a distance of between exactly 10 and exactly 15 inches away from said proximal end of said golf club,

wherein said heavy weighted section has a mass of greater than about 9 grams,

wherein said heavy weighted section further comprises a dense layer, said dense layer is centrally located between an internal wall of said shaft and an external wall of said shaft, and

wherein said dense layer is created using a dense powder.

2. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said heavy weighted section has a mass of greater than about 9.5 grams.

3. The golf club of claim 2 , wherein said heavy weighted section has a mass of greater than about 10 grams.

4. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said shaft further comprises a second lightweight section, located at a distance of between 5 and 10 inches away from said proximal end of said golf club;

wherein a mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 14% of a mass of said shaft.

5. The golf club of claim 4 , wherein said mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 15% of the mass of said shaft.

6. The golf club of claim 5 , wherein said mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 17% of the mass of said shaft.

7. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein a mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 14% of a mass of said shaft.

8. The golf club of claim 7 , wherein said mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 15% of said mass of said shaft.

9. The golf club of claim 8 , wherein said mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 17% of said mass of said shaft.

10. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said heavy weighted section further comprises a dense layer, wherein said dense layer is biased towards an internal wall of said shaft.

11. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said heavy weighted section further comprises a dense layer, wherein said dense layer is biased towards an external wall of said shaft.