Patent · US Expired

Adjustable golf club

US4735414A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
12References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateApr 5, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B53/0458
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A pivot assembly includes a shank member to which a club shaft is attached. A connecting member having detent balls is attached to the shank member from which a dirt shield and a bearing disc depend. The disc has a pair of bearing faces and includes a pair of journal bearings extending therefrom. The head has a hollow core in which are a pair of facing ring bearings which engage the disc bearing faces and journal bearings. A pair of abutments upstand from the head assembly outside the cavity and are formed with first and second sets of depressions at different spacings from a reference plane. As the shaft is rotated from one extreme position to the other, the detent balls engage the depressions in one abutment or the other alternately to provide closely spaced detent positions of the club shaft.

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