Golf club including reinforced fiber glass shaft

Claim 1

A GOLF CLUB INCLUDING A TAPERED SHAFT HAVING A CLUB HEAD SECURED TO THE SMALLER END THEREOF AND A HAND GRIP SECURED TO THE LARGER END THEREOF, SAID SHAFT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL LONGITUDINAL GLASS FIBERS IN SAID SHAFT EACH EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY OF SAID SHAFT FROM SAID GRIP TO SAID HEAD, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL AND GENERALLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DISPOSED GLASS FIBERS INTERWOVEN WITH INDIVIDUAL SMALL GROUPS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL FIBERS TO INCREASE THE HOOP STRENGTH ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE SHAFT AND PROVIDE RESISTANCE AGAINST COLLAPSING OF SAID TUBULAR SHAFT WHEN THE CLUB HEAD STRIKES A GOLF BALL, SAID CIRCUMFERENTIAL FIBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FEWER IN NUMBER THAN SAID LONGITUDINAL FIBERS FOR MAXIMUM LONGITUDINAL STIFFNESS, SAID LONGITUDINAL AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL GLASS FIBERS BEING DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF LAYERS, SAID PLURALITY OF LAYERS VARYING IN NUMBER ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TUBULAR SHAFT SO THAT THE WALL THICKNESS OF SAID SHAFT VARIES ALONG ITS LENGTH WITH THE GREATEST THICKNESS BEING DISPOSED AT SAID SMALLER END FOR MAXIMUM STRENGTH IN THE PORTION OF THE SHAFT ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE CLUB HEAD, A PLURALITY OF REINFORCING GLASS FIBERS DISPOSED IN SAID SMALLER END BETWEEN SAID LAYERS AND AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 30-45* TO SAID LONGITUDINAL FIBERS TO RESIST TORSIONAL STRESSES WHICH ARE THE GREATEST AT SAID END WHEN THE CLUB HEAD STRIKES A GOLF BALL, AND THERMOSETTING RESIN BINDER MEANS FOR JOINING SAID FIBERS AND SAID LAYERS TOGETHER IN A SUBSTANTIALLY INTEGRAL TUBE CAPABLE OF RESISTING THE TORSIONAL, INTER-LAMINAR SHEAR AND OTHER FORCES IMPOSED THEREON.