Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Patent
1995-12-07
1998-09-01
Passaniti, Sebastiano
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
473300, 473409, 473313, A63B 5300, A63B 5314
Patent
active
058002839
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a putter which will provide an improved accuracy especially for putting in golf competitions or tournaments.
BACKGROUND ART
Many of conventional putters each have a long slender face which is about 20 cm .times.10 cm in size, and a shaft which is about 80 cm long.
In the conventional putter, there is a long distance between a grip of the putter and a point at which a ball strikes a head of the putter. There is opportunity for a large deviation or gap to occur between a direction for the ball to actually advance forwardly and the sight line for determining desired direction. Therefore, it is very difficult for exact putting to occur.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problem and to improve the accuracy of putting at least to a slight extent.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a kneeling putter, comprising a shaft rising obliquely from a central portion of a top of a putter head at an angle of 10.degree. to 15.degree. from a perpendicular line toward a player, the shaft having a length of about 65 cm, and grips provided at two points on the shaft.
The putter according to the present invention is used with the player kneeling directly over the ball and therefore, the shaft is shorter than that of the conventional putter. The player's hand on the upper grip is used like a fulcrum activated by a light stroke from the player's shoulder, and the player's hand on the lower grip on the shaft putts the ball at the head with a pendulum-like swing.
With the player's eye closer to the ball and the grip (the lower grip that actually putts) closer to the point where the ball is truck, it is possible to putt the ball with a simple swing and an exact aim. Also, in the case of long putts, the putter according to the present invention can be used to putt the ball in a standing posture as assumed in putting with the conventional putter. Further, the putter according to the present invention has opposite faces which allow for right-handed and left-handed putting.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of situation using a putter according to the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a partially broken-away side view of the putter shown in FIG. 1.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A first embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to FIG. 1 showing a situation using the putter according to the present invention, the player's eye is directly above the ball 5 which is about to be putted. One of the player's hands grasps the upper grip 3, and the player's fist is held in light contact with near the shoulder. The other hand grasps the lower grip 4 and simply swings the shaft in a pendulum-like manner. An upper extremity of the lower grip and a lower extremity of the upper grip are separated by a length of putter shaft substantially equal to the length of putter shaft embraced by each of the grip at the upper end and the grip at the lower end of the putter shaft.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the putter according to the present invention. The shaft 2 is fixed to the central portion of the head 1 at an angle of 10 to 15 degrees from a perpendicular line toward the player. The shaft is about 65 cm long. Therefore, the fist grasping the upper grip 3 comes just to near the shoulder.
EFFECT OF THE INVENTION
The putt according to the present invention is constructed and operated in the above-described manner and therefore, when the player is sighting the putting direction, the player's eye can be put closer to the ball, as compared with the case where the conventional putter is used, and thus, the player can have a confidence in the aim. In addition, the putting motion is no longer unstable as in the conventional manner and is a simple pendulum-like movement which will produce no error, thus providing an effective and remarkable improvement in accuracy of putti
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