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US3170698A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Golf club with adjustably mounted sighting mirror

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-10-18
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Granted: 1965-02-23
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Expires: 1981-10-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William A Schoeffler
  • 👤 Tony S Taormina

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 05:59
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3676; A63B69/3685

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
A GOLF PUTTER EMBODYING A SHAFT PROVIDED AT THE LOWER END THEREOF WITH A HEAD HAVING A FORWARD BALL DRIVING SURFACE, AND MEANS COOPERABLE WITH THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID HEAD ENABLING THE USER TO ANALYZE AND FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH THE PARTICULAR PUTTING SITUATION AT HAND PRIOR TO MAKING THE CONTEMPLATED PUTT, SAID MEANS EMBODYING A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED FORWARDLY FACING MIRROR HAVING GRADUATIONS ON ITS VIEWABLE FACE, SAID GRADUATIONS DEFINING A RANGE FINDING SCALE, SAID GRADUATIONS EMBODYING A PRINCIPAL GRADUATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH A REAR CENTER POINT OF SAID REAR SURFACE OF SAID PUTTER HEAD, SAID MIRROR AND ALL OF ITS MARGINAL EDGES BEING SPACED REARWARDLY FROM SAID REAR SURFACE AND SERVING TO AFFORD THE USER A PANORAMIC VIEW, WHEREBY HE MAY SEE THE FLAG ON THE GREEN AND THE POSITION OF THE BALL RELATIVE THERETO, AND CONSEQUENTLY LOCATE AND ORIENT THE HEAD OF THE CLUB RELATIVE TO THE GOLF BALL, AND MEANS MOUNTING A MEDIAN PORTION OF THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE ONLY OF SAID MIRROR ON SAID REARWARD SURFACE, SAID MEANS BRIDGING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID LOWER EDGE AND REAR SURFACE AND BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRANSVERSE ENDS OF THE HEAD AND MIRROR, RESPECTIVELY, AND EMBODYING A MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE BALL AND SOCKET JOINT, WHEREBY THE MIRROR MAY BE UNIVERSALLY ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO THE PUTTER HEAD.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 218 words
A GOLF PUTTER EMBODYING A SHAFT PROVIDED AT THE LOWER END THEREOF WITH A HEAD HAVING A FORWARD BALL DRIVING SURFACE, AND MEANS COOPERABLE WITH THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID HEAD ENABLING THE USER TO ANALYZE AND FAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH THE PARTICULAR PUTTING SITUATION AT HAND PRIOR TO MAKING THE CONTEMPLATED PUTT, SAID MEANS EMBODYING A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED FORWARDLY FACING MIRROR HAVING GRADUATIONS ON ITS VIEWABLE FACE, SAID GRADUATIONS DEFINING A RANGE FINDING SCALE, SAID GRADUATIONS EMBODYING A PRINCIPAL GRADUATION IN ALIGNMENT WITH A REAR CENTER POINT OF SAID REAR SURFACE OF SAID PUTTER HEAD, SAID MIRROR AND ALL OF ITS MARGINAL EDGES BEING SPACED REARWARDLY FROM SAID REAR SURFACE AND SERVING TO AFFORD THE USER A PANORAMIC VIEW, WHEREBY HE MAY SEE THE FLAG ON THE GREEN AND THE POSITION OF THE BALL RELATIVE THERETO, AND CONSEQUENTLY LOCATE AND ORIENT THE HEAD OF THE CLUB RELATIVE TO THE GOLF BALL, AND MEANS MOUNTING A MEDIAN PORTION OF THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE ONLY OF SAID MIRROR ON SAID REARWARD SURFACE, SAID MEANS BRIDGING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID LOWER EDGE AND REAR SURFACE AND BEING SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRANSVERSE ENDS OF THE HEAD AND MIRROR, RESPECTIVELY, AND EMBODYING A MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE BALL AND SOCKET JOINT, WHEREBY THE MIRROR MAY BE UNIVERSALLY ADJUSTED RELATIVE TO THE PUTTER HEAD.

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