US3306618A
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Golf club with slope indicating means thereon
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-06
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Granted: 1967-02-28
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Expires: 1984-03-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Jon L Liljequist
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 13:32
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B53/00; A63B53/04; A63B53/0487; A63B53/0437; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3676; A63B69/3685
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
A PUTTER FOR APPRISING A GOLFER OF THE SLOPE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PUTTING GREEN SO THAT HE CAN BETTER DIRECT HIS GOLF BALL TOWARD THE CUP, COMPRISING: A GENERALLY UPRIGHT SHAFT HAVING AN UPPER END ADAPTED TO BE HELD BY THE GOLFER AND A LOWER END, A CLUB HEAD FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END, SAID CLUB HEAD HAVING BOTH AN ELONGATE LEADING SIDE DEFINING A GENERALLY VERTICAL BALL ENGAGING SURFACE AND BROAD LOWER SURFACE MEANS DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANE AT GENERALLY A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE BALL ENGAGING SURFACE FOR IMPARTING A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF NOTICEABLE STABILITY TO SAID SHAFT UPPER END IN ANY LATERAL DIRECTION WHEN HELD BY SAID GOLFER IN HIS NORMAL PUTTING STANCE WITH SAID LOWER SURFACE MEANS ALIGNED FLUSH AGAINST SAID PUTTING GREEN, AND TWO DIMENSIONAL LEVEL MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLUB HEAD AND OPERATIVELY ALIGNED WITH SAID LOWER SURFACE FOR INDICATING THE SLOPE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT PORTION OF THE PUTTING GREEN UPON WHICH SAID LOWER SURFACE MEANS IS FLUSHLY ALIGNED, SAID LEVEL MEANS INCLUDING BOTH MOVABLE INDICATOR MEANS AND ANGULAR INDICIA MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, BOTH READILY VIEWABLE BY THE GOLFER FROM ABOVE WHEN ASSUMING HIS NORMAL PUTTING STANCE, FOR
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