Wood golf club improvement

Claim 1

In a wood golf club, described with the club head grounded in normal play, a club head provided with a toe and a heel at opposite ends thereof, a sole and a slightly arcuate, somewhat inclined striking face on the leading side of said head, an elongate shaft having a lowermost extremity, a generally L-shaped, in view toward the striking face of the club head, integral connecting member made up of two legs, a first one of said connecting member legs being received within and internally connected to said head and extending longitudinally therewithin from the heel towards the toe thereof in a direction substantially parallel to said striking face, said first leg entering the club head through the heel thereof, extending in substantially horizontal direction therewithin and spaced rearwardly within said club head with respect to said striking face, the other leg having lower and upper lengths thereof forming a substantially obtuse angle with one another viewing toward said striking face, the lower length of said other leg extending, in view toward said striking face, at substantial right angles to said first leg in substantially vertical orientation, the upper length being connected to the lowermost extremity of the shaft and extending downwardly therefrom in longitudinal alignment therewith, the longitudinal axis of the shaft and said upper length, extended downwardly, passing behind the striking face of the club head, but positioned more closely thereto than the longitudinal axis of said first leg, whereby the lower length, in view towards the heel of the club head, is angled forwardly and upwardly from its connection with the first leg toward the striking face of the club head and its connection with the upper length of said other leg.