Golf putter and a foldable sighting element secured to the shaft thereof by y-shapedmagnet means

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A GOLF PUTTER HAVING AN UPRIGHT STEEL SHANK AND A PUTTING HEAD AT THE LOWER TERMINAL OF THE SHANK, A PUTTING DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR UNIT HAVING A ROD-LIKE LINE OF SIGHT ELEMENT AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING SAID UNIT TO THE PUTTER SO THAT SAID ELEMENT ESTABLISHES A LINE OF SIGHT AXIS AT THE UPPER SIDE OF THE HEAD AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO A PLANE DEFINED BY THE FRONT PUTTING FACE OF THE HEAD, SAID MEANS INCLUDING THE Y-FORKED HOLDER HAVING UPRIGHT MAGNET PORTIONS CARRIED TO HAVE DIVERGENT FACES EXPOSED AT THE INSIDE OF THE FORK LEGS AND SIZED FOR ATTACHING MAGNETICALLY TO AND ABOUT DIFFERENT DIAMETER STEEL PUTTER SHANKS RECEIVED BETWEEN THE FORK LEGS, AN ARM CARRIED BY AND PROJECTING AWAY FROM THE Y-FORKED HOLDER TO CARRY SAID ELEMENT SPACED FROM THE SHANK, AND A PIVOT CONNECTING SAID ARM TO SAID HOLDER AND HAVING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS TO ALLOW UP AND DOWN SWINGING OF THE ARM AND ELEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID HOLDER.