Golf club adapter
US7938735B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B53/023
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An adaptor for a golf club having a golf club head with a head hosel socket and a golf shaft includes an adapter body that includes an adapter shaft portion and an adapter hosel portion. The adapter hosel portion has an adapter hosel socket sized and shaped to receive an end portion of a golf club shaft. The adapter shaft portion is sized and shaped to fit into a head hosel socket of the club head. The adapter hosel socket longitudinal axis and the adapter shaft portion longitudinal axis are angularly offset by a selected offset angle. To change the loft and lie angles of a particular golf club for a particular golfer, a plurality of selectable adapters can be provided with different offset angles.
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