Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Reexamination Certificate
2009-02-04
2010-10-26
Blau, Stephen L. (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
Reexamination Certificate
active
07819755
ABSTRACT:
A ferrule, and a golf club incorporating same, are provided. The ferrule defines an axial bore for receiving a club shaft therethrough. A bottom portion of the ferrule is sized to receive and surround an upper end of a hosel of a club head. The ferrule can further include a chamfered or rounded, annular edge formed on a bottom end thereof. The hosel and the ferrule are cooperatively configured to inhibit movement of the ferrule and, preferably, axial rotation and longitudinal movement of the ferrule are both inhibited by engagement of corresponding surfaces of the ferrule and the hosel. Preferably, protrusions at an upper, interior surface of the ferrule body serve to center the shaft within the ferrule and to enhance a flow of adhesive between the shaft, hosel and ferrule. Preferably, ribs at a lower, interior surface of the ferrule are received in corresponding grooves formed on an upper exterior surface of the hosel. These ribs serve to locate and initially fix the ferrule onto the hosel of the club head. Alternatively, the hosel may include at least one strut having a knife-like edge configured to cut into the interior surface of the ferrule, thereby inhibiting axial rotation.
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Ines Marni
Sugimae Rich
Blau Stephen L.
Klarquist & Sparkman, LLP
Taylor Made Golf Company Inc.
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