IP Library Granted Patent US 7,404,772
Granted Patent B2
US 7,404,772 · App. 10/580,846 · Granted Jul 29, 2008

Golf putter

Assignee: Niigata TLO Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,404,772
App. No.
10/580,846
Granted
Jul 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The ring shape guide 9 and a thin plate shaped retention body 10 project from the back face 5 of a putter head, and the weight 11 is movably retained along the guide 9 , by pressing the guide 9 and the retention body 10 in the vertical direction, through a concave slot provided in the circumferential direction of the disk shape weight 11.

Claims (11)

1. A golf putter having a head, a shaft having a proximate end connected to the head, and a grip connected to a distal end of the shaft, wherein

said head having a face,

a toe,

a heel,

a back face,

a ring-shaped or U-shaped guide bar having an outer surface defining an outer perimeter of said guide bar and an inner surface defining an inner perimeter of said guide bar;

wherein a first end and second end of said guide bar are attached to said back face at said toe and heel respectively,

a retention body attached to the back face at a center thereof projecting in a direction away from the back face and in the same horizontal plane as said guide bar,

a weight comprising an upper and lower portions and having a fixation means for holding the upper and lower portions together;

wherein said weight is positioned between the inner surface of said guide bar and the retention body and is movably retained along an arcuate path created by said guide bar.

2. The golf putter of claim 1 wherein said fixation means comprises a female screw hole provided in said weight and a male screw to engage with said female screw hole, and the head of said male screw has a slot to engage with the thickness of a coin currently in use.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2006
From: KOIDE, HIROICHI; NAKAMURA, TSUNEO; YAMAMURA, SHINICHI
To: NIIGATA TLO CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-242136 · Aug 24, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070225085A1 · Sep 27, 2007