Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Reexamination Certificate
2002-02-11
2003-11-04
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
C473S333000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06641490
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to golf clubs and in particular to drivers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention reveals a golf club that has built into it's head, a movable material that in play moves to cause the center of gravity to shift. The material referred to can be a fluid, such as mercury or it could be small metal spheres. All further references to “mercury” shall also be taken to mean ‘small metal spheres’. The mercury will be confined to a relatively small area in a modified “U” shaped passage contained inside the head and be constrained by centrifugal force during the downward swing of the club that takes place just before the golf ball is struck in the course of play to an area usually positioned at the lowest part of the passage and well back toward the rear of the head. Upon impacting a golf ball and the subsequent slowing of the head's fixed parts, the mercury continues to move forward at or close to the speed of the club at impact. The position impacted on the face of the club will dictate whether the mercury divides, as would be the case with a center hit ball, or if a ball is struck well off center, all or the greater part of the mercury will be driven by kinetic energy into that sector of the passage leading to the struck area and with areas struck between these two positions causing the mercury to divide in proportions that match the impact point.
The present invention thus provides a golf club namely a driver, having a driver head, the head having a toe and a heel at opposite ends of a ball striking face for application of an impact force to a golf ball and a sole on the underside thereof, a shaft extending from the head, a surface within the head on the rear side of the ball striking face for application of a secondary impact force to a golf ball, a hollow passage within the head, the passage having first and second ends terminating at the rear surface at first and second positions on opposite sides of a central impact zone on the ball striking face, the hollow passage being arranged such that when the sole is supported on level ground with the ball striking face substantially upright, the hollow passage is inclined from the first and second positions downwardly and rearwardly from the rear surface of the ball striking face, and a liquid or flowable solid partly filling the passage, whereby upon downswing of the golf club, the liquid or flowable solid under the influence of centrifugal force will locate in a region of the passage intermediate the ends thereof and spaced from the rear surface and wherein the liquid or flowable solid will divide for application of a secondary impact force to the rear surface at the first and second positions where a golf ball is impacted by the ball striking face at or adjacent the central impact zone and wherein the liquid or flowable solid or the majority thereof will be directed for application of a secondary impact force on the rear surface at the first or second position depending upon which position is adjacent the point of impact of the ball striking face upon a golf ball.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1561595 (1925-11-01), Davis
patent: 3951413 (1976-04-01), Bilyeu
patent: 3993314 (1976-11-01), Harrington
patent: 4135720 (1979-01-01), Lancellotti
patent: 4655458 (1987-04-01), Lewandowski
patent: 4944515 (1990-07-01), Shearer
patent: 5082279 (1992-01-01), Hull
patent: 5195747 (1993-03-01), Choy
patent: 5366222 (1994-11-01), Lee
patent: 5451058 (1995-09-01), Price
patent: 5628697 (1997-05-01), Gamble
patent: 5776009 (1998-07-01), McAtee
patent: 5803829 (1998-09-01), Hayashi
patent: 5890973 (1999-04-01), Gamble
patent: 6017280 (2000-01-01), Hubert
patent: 6149533 (2000-11-01), Finn
patent: 09168612 (1976-06-01), None
No associations
LandOfFree
Golf club head with dynamically movable center of mass does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Golf club head with dynamically movable center of mass, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Golf club head with dynamically movable center of mass will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3163928