Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-07
2002-11-19
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with...
C473S251000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06482100
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide and more particularly pertains to allowing a golfer to see the golf hole while addressing a golf ball without having to lift up their head.
The game of golf is rapidly becoming one of the worlds favorite leisure activities. Each year more and more people are taking up the game. Golf, however, remains one of the more difficult games to master. Furthermore, most novice players struggle to play the game satisfactorily. These players are constantly looking for new types of golf equipment that might give them the smallest improvement in their game.
The present invention seeks to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a new golf putter that will allow the golfer to improve one facet of their game, putting. The present invention provides a reflective front face that will allow the golfer to visualize the golf ball and the hole at the same time thereby effectively eliminating the need for raising their head in order to see the hole.
The use of golf club devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, golf club devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of aiding a golfer in playing golf are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,195,749 to Ugarte discloses a golf club head with a middle section inclined to act as a mirror for use in lining up a shot. U.S. Pat. No. 5,640,777 to Densberger and 5,776,016 to Benoit disclose additional golf clubs with optical alignment means incorporated. U.S. Pat. No. Des. 239,637 to Loggins discloses the ornamental design for a reflective golf putter head.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide for allowing a golfer to see the golf hole while addressing a golf ball without having to lift up their head.
In this respect, the golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing a golfer to see the golf hole while addressing a golf ball without having to lift up their head.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which can be used for allowing a golfer to see the golf hole while addressing a golf ball without having to lift up their head. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of golf club devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a head portion having a forward face and a rearward face. The head portion has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end has a collar extending upwardly therefrom for receiving a golf shaft therein. The forward face has an upper section and a lower section. The lower section is vertically oriented and essentially perpendicular to the lower end. The upper section is angularly disposed and essentially less than forty-five degrees with respect to the lower section. The upper section has a mirror secured thereto. An alignment tab is secured to and extends rearwardly from the upper end of the head portion. The alignment tab has a central alignment recess formed therein. The recess has a forward end disposed above the mirror secured to the upper section of the head portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which has all the advantages of the prior art golf club devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide for allowing a golfer to see the golf hole while addressing a golf ball without having to lift up their head.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved golf putter having a reflective face and alignment guide including a head portion having a forward face and a rearward face. The head portion has an upper end and a lower end. The upper end has a collar extending upwardly therefrom for receiving a golf shaft therein. The forward face has an upper section and a lower section. The lower section is vertically oriented and essentially perpendicular to the lower end. The upper section is angularly disposed and essentially less than forty-five degrees with respect to the lower section. The upper section has a mirror secured thereto. An alignment tab is secured to and extends rearwardly from the upper end of the head portion. The alignment tab has a central alignment recess formed therein. The recess has a forward end disposed above the mirror secured to the upper section of the head portion.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the clai
Goldstein & Lavas P.C.
Passaniti Sebastiano
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