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Granted Patent B2
US 11,617,924 · App. 17/842,497 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Direct alignment golf putter

Inventor: Patrick Joseph Feheley (Binghamton, NY)
A63B53/0433A63B53/007A63B53/0487A63B2053/0491
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Patent No.
US 11,617,924
App. No.
17/842,497
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf putter includes a putting head including a putting head body, configured with a flat bottom surface, a rear ward angled hosel aperture and a rear angled flat surface; left and right indentations for receiving weights, and left and right detachable wheels attached on sides of the putting head body, such that the putting head is configured to be slidable along a putting surface to enable a golfer to line up the putting head, a golf ball, and a target cup in a front of the golfer, in order to hit the golf ball with a forward sliding motion of the putting head.

Claims (80)

1. A golf putter, comprising:

a putting head, comprising:

a putting head body, which comprises a bottom sliding surface, which is flat, wherein the putting head body further comprises:

a front body, which comprises:

a front face; and

a rear body, which is connected to a rear side of the front body;

a left wheel, which is rotatably connected to a left side of the putting head body;

a right wheel, which is rotatably connected to a right side of the putting head body;

wherein the rear body is narrower than the front body, such that the left wheel and the right wheel are recessed behind the front body, such that left and right sides of respectively the left wheel and the right wheel are within longitudinal vertical planes of respectively left and right sides of the front body;

such that the putting head is configured to be slidable along a putting surface to enable a golfer to line up the putting head, a golf ball, and a target cup in a front of the golfer, in order to hit the golf ball with a forward sliding motion of the putting head.

2. The golf putter of claim 1 , wherein the left wheel and the right wheel are detachable, such that the golf putter is configurable for use with or without the left wheel and the right wheel.

3. The golf putter of claim 1 , wherein the putting head body further comprises:

a hosel aperture, which is centrally positioned along a longitudinal centerline of an upper surface of the putting head body;

such that the hosel aperture is configured to receive an inner end of a putting shaft;

such that the hosel aperture is configured with a shaft rearward angle in a range of 30 to 60 degrees.

4. The golf putter of claim 3 , wherein the shaft rearward angle is 45 degrees.

5. The golf putter of claim 3 , wherein the putting head body further comprises:

a rear angled flat surface, which is positioned in a rear bottom end of the putting head body, wherein the rear angled flat surface is oriented at a rearward surface angle in a range of 25 to 60 degrees;

such that the rear angled flat surface is configured to stabilize the golf putter to aid in target visualization when the golf putter is positioned along the putting surface with the rear angled flat surface touching the putting surface.

6. The golf putter of claim 5 , wherein the rearward surface angle is at least 1 degree smaller than the shaft rearward angle, such that the rear angled flat surface is configured to lie flat on the putting surface when the golf putter is positioned along the putting surface with the rear angled flat surface touching the putting surface.

7. The golf putter of claim 1 , wherein the bottom sliding surface of the putting head further comprises:

a rectangular bottom surface that is elongated in a longitudinal direction, such that a longitudinal length of the rectangular bottom surface is greater than a lateral width of the rectangular bottom surface.

8. The golf putter of claim 7 , wherein the bottom sliding surface of the putting head further comprises:

a) a front left bottom surface, such that the front left bottom surface is connected to a front left side of the rectangular bottom surface; and

b) a front right bottom surface, such that the front right bottom surface is connected to a front right side of the rectangular bottom surface;

such that the bottom sliding surface is t-shaped.

9. The golf putter of claim 1 , wherein the putting head body is made of wood, wherein the bottom sliding surface of the putting head body is surface treated with an oil.

10. The golf putter of claim 9 , wherein the oil comprises a linseed oil.

11. The golf putter of claim 1 , wherein the putting head body further comprises:

a) a left side indentation; and

b) a right side indentation;

such that the left side indentation is configured to removably receive a left side weight; and

such that the right side indentation is configured to removably receive a right side weight.

12. The golf putter of claim 11 , wherein:

a) the left side indentation is configured with an inward expanding left side length;

b) the right side indentation is configured with an inward expanding right side length; and

such that the inward expanding left side length is configured to prevent the left side weight from sliding out laterally, when the left side weight is mounted in the left side indentation;

such that the inward expanding right side length is configured to prevent the right side weight from sliding out laterally, when the right side weight is mounted in the right side indentation.

13. The golf putter of claim 11 , further comprising:

a) the left side weight, which is removably mounted in the left side indentation;

b) the right side weight, which is removably mounted in the right side indentation.

14. A golf putter, comprising:

a putting head, comprising:

a putting head body, which comprises:

a bottom sliding surface, which is flat;

a left side indentation; and

a right side indentation;

such that the left side indentation is configured to removably receive a left side weight; and

such that the right side indentation is configured to removably receive a right side weight;

such that the putting head is configured to be slidable along the putting surface to enable a golfer to line up the putting head, a golf ball, and a target cup in a front of the golfer, in order to hit the golf ball with a forward sliding motion of the putting head.

15. The golf putter of claim 14 , wherein the putting head further comprises:

a) a left wheel, which is rotatably connected to a left side of the putting head body;

b) a right wheel, which is rotatably connected to a right side of the putting head body;

wherein the left wheel and the right wheel are detachable, such that the golf putter is configurable for use with or without the left wheel and the right wheel.

16. The golf putter of claim 15 , wherein the putting head body comprises:

a) a front body, which comprises

a front face; and

b) a rear body, which is connected to a rear side of the front body;

wherein the rear body is narrower than the front body, such that the left wheel and the right wheel are recessed behind the front body, such that left and right sides of respectively the left wheel and the right wheel are within longitudinal vertical planes of respectively left and right sides of the front body.

17. The golf putter of claim 14 , wherein a combined bottom surface of the putting head is flat and further comprises:

a rectangular bottom surface that is elongated in a longitudinal direction, such that a longitudinal length of the rectangular bottom surface is greater than a lateral width of the rectangular bottom surface.

18. The golf putter of claim 17 , wherein the bottom sliding surface of the putting head further comprises:

a) a front left bottom surface, such that the front left bottom surface is connected to a front left side of the rectangular bottom surface; and

b) a front right bottom surface, such that the front right bottom surface is connected to a front right side of the rectangular bottom surface;

such that the bottom sliding surface is t-shaped.

19. The golf putter of claim 14 , wherein the putting head body further comprises:

a hosel aperture, which is centrally positioned along a longitudinal centerline of an upper surface of the putting head body;

such that the hosel aperture is configured to receive an inner end of a putting shaft;

such that the hosel aperture is configured with a shaft rearward angle in a range of 30 to 60 degrees.

20. The golf putter of claim 19 , wherein the rearward surface angle is at least 1 degree smaller than the shaft rearward angle, such that the rear angled flat surface is configured to lie flat on the putting surface when the golf putter is positioned along the putting surface with the rear angled flat surface touching the putting surface.

21. A golf putter, comprising:

a putting head, comprising:

a putting head body, which comprises a bottom sliding surface, which is flat;

a left wheel, which is rotatably connected to a left side of the putting head body;

a right wheel, which is rotatably connected to a right side of the putting head body;

a left side indentation; and

a right side indentation;

such that the left side indentation is configured to removably receive a left side weight; and

such that the right side indentation is configured to removably receive a right side weight;

such that the putting head is configured to be slidable along a putting surface to enable a golfer to line up the putting head, a golf ball, and a target cup in a front of the golfer, in order to hit the golf ball with a forward sliding motion of the putting head.

Continuity (2)
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