IP Library Granted Patent US 9,931,546
Granted Patent B2
US 9,931,546 · App. 14/721,650 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Golf club with tool for engaging a weight body and screw

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Patent No.
US 9,931,546
App. No.
14/721,650
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club 2 includes a head 4 , a shaft 6 , a grip 8 , a first member m 1 detachably attached, a second member m 2 detachably attached, and a tool 102 . A minimum force required to detach the first member m 1 from the tool 102 in a connection state of the tool 102 and the first member m 1 is defined as F 1 . A minimum force required to detach the second member m 2 from the tool 102 in a connection state of the tool 102 and the second member m 2 is defined as F 2 . The force F 1 is greater than the force F 2.

Claims (27)

1. A golf club kit comprising:

a head;

a socket fixed to the head;

a shaft;

a grip;

a sleeve fixed to a tip part of the shaft;

a first member detachably attached to the socket, the first member being a weight body;

a second member detachably attached to the sleeve and the head to fix the sleeve to the head, the second member being a screw; and

a tool capable of being used to detach the first member and the second member,

wherein the first member is configured to not disengage under the first member's own weight from the tool in a connection state of the tool and the first member, and

wherein the second member is configured to disengage under the second member's own weight from the tool in a connection state of the tool and the second member.

2. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the tool further includes a holding mechanism; and

the first member includes an engaging part capable of being engaged with the holding mechanism.

3. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the tool further includes a holding mechanism; and

the second member includes a recess capable of avoiding engagement with the holding mechanism.

4. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the tool further includes a holding mechanism;

the holding mechanism includes a projection part biased in a projection direction; and

if the projection part is pressed against the biasing, the projection part retracts.

5. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the tool further includes a holding mechanism.

6. The golf club kit according to claim 5 , wherein the holding mechanism includes a projection part biased in a projection direction, and

if the projection part is pressed against the biasing, the projection part retracts.

7. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the first member includes a first hole to receive the tool, and

wherein the second member includes a second hole to receive the tool, the second hole being larger than the first hole.

8. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the first member includes a holding mechanism.

9. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the first member is not configured disengage from the tool under its own weight because of a magnetic force between the tool and the first member, and

the second member is configured to disengage from the tool under its own weight because there is no magnetic force between the tool and the second member.

10. The golf club kit according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft including the sleeve is configured to be separated from the head in a state where the screw is not separated from the head.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2018
From: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045959/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2015
From: MIZUTANI, NARUHIRO
To: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 035714/0526 →