Golf club head to shaft connection
US5165688A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/535
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A golf club having a head and a shaft, an improved connection of the shaft to the head comprising a socket associated with the head, the socket having an inner wall tapering in an endwise direction generally toward the bottom of the head; the shaft having a lower end portion with circularly spaced cantilevered sections, and endwise extending slots formed between the sections; the cantilevered sections forcibly received endwise into the socket causing the sections to be deflected by the socket inner wall to reduce the width of the slots proximate lower ends of the sections closest to the bottom of the head.
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