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US5083779A
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Universal golf club construction
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-04-10
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Granted: 1992-01-28
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Expires: 2011-04-10
Abstract
Abstract A universal golf club construction (10) having a variable weight, pitch, and lie club head unit (13) mounted on a shaft unit (12) equipped with an adjustable length handle unit (11). The golf club head unit (13) is rotatably disposed relative to the shaft unit (12) to change the pitch of the club head unit (13) and the impact face member (34) is rotatably disposed relative to the remainder of the club head unit (13) to vary the lie of the impact face member.
Inventors
- 👤 Brett A. Ungermann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 07:02
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B53/00; A63B53/04; A63B53/02; A63B53/022; A63B53/023; A63B53/026; A63B53/06; A63B53/08; A63B53/14; A63B60/00; A63B60/0085; A63B60/06; A63B60/22; A63B2053/0491; A63B53/025; A63B53/0416
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A universal golf club construction comprising: a shaft unit having an upper end and a lower end; an adjustable length handle unit operatively associated with the upper end of the shaft unit; a club head mounting element operatively attached to the lower end of the shaft unit; and a club head unit rotatably connected to said club head mounting element about a first horizontal axis wherein the club head unit comprises: a main body member; and, an impact face member rotatably connected to said main body member about a second horizontal axis which extends through said main body member and which is disposed generally perpendicular to said first horizontal axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A universal golf club construction comprising: a shaft unit having an upper end and a lower end; an adjustable length handle unit operatively associated with the upper end of the shaft unit; a club head mounting element operatively attached to the lower end of the shaft unit; and a club head unit rotatably connected to said club head mounting element about a first horizontal axis wherein the club head unit comprises: a main body member; and, an impact face member rotatably connected to said main body member about a second horizontal axis which extends through said main body member and which is disposed generally perpendicular to said first horizontal axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The construction as in claim 1 wherein the club head mounting element is operatively connected to said main body member by a first mounting post element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The construction as in claim 2 wherein the impact face member is operatively connected to said main body member by a second mounting post element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The construction as in claim 2 wherein the club head unit further comprises: a rear hollow body member affixed to the rear portion of said main body member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The construction as in claim 3 further comprising: a main toothed member affixed to said main body member and further provided with two perpendicularly aligned toothed faces wherein said toothed faces comprise an inboard toothed face axially aligned with said first horizontal axis and an outboard toothed face axially aligned with said second horizontal axis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The construction as in claim 5 wherein said club head mounting element is provided with a transverse aperture dimensioned to receive said first mounting post element which projects outwardly from said inboard toothed face.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The construction as in claim 6 wherein said transverse aperture in said club head mounting element is surrounded by a first auxiliary toothed element which is dimensioned to engage said inboard toothed face.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The construction as in claim 7 wherein said main body member is provided with a transverse aperture dimensioned to receive said second mounting post element which projects rearwardly from said impact face member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The construction as in claim 8 wherein said second mounting post element is surrounded by a second auxiliary toothed element which is dimensioned to engage said outboard toothed face.
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