Golf club with aligning means

Claim 2

In a golf club having a club shaft and a head with its face in substantially vertical plane, A. housing means having a chamber contained therein and including a base portion, a pair of side walls integrally formed with said base portion and a pair of spaced apart front walls each integrally formed with said side walls and extending in a plane substantially parallel to said base portion for defining said chamber, B. fastener means extending through said base portion for securing said housing means to the golf club head, C. alignment means adapted to be received within said chamber in relatively fixed position with respect thereto, said alignment means including a frame member adapted to extend between said side walls and within said chamber and a spherical section secured to said frame member extending exteriorally of said chamber and including a generally spherical surface having the same diameter of a golf ball and when viewed from above definding essentially a hemispherical mass, and D. restraining means engageable with said alignment means and said housing means to prevent removal of said alignment means when the golf club is in use.

Claim 3

In a golf club as defined in claim 1, wherein said restraining means includes: a. a substantially vertically extending slot on said base portion, b. an inwardly extending pair of spaced apart lips extending inwardly into said chamber, and c. a locking head outwardly extending from the rear of said frame member and including: i. a neck portion adapted to be received within said slot, and ii. a head portion adapted to be positioned on the outward surface of the base portion to prevent movement between said housing means and alignment means during use of the golf club.

Claim 4

In a golf club as defined in claim 2, wherein said restraining means yieldably urges said frame member against the front walls of said housing means such that a force of predetermined magnitude has to manually applied to said alignment means to overcome the frictional engagement between said frame member and lips to permit movement of the latter.

Claim 5

In a golf club as defined in claim 3, wherein said spaced apart lips are formed of resilient material to act as said restraining means exhibiting sufficient force to retain the alignment means within the chamber without any additonal means.

Claim 6

In a golf club as defined in claim 2, wherein said fastener means includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures in said base portion.

Claim 7

In a golf club as defined in claim 2, and further including stop means associated with said housing means for limiting the travel of the alignment means relative to the housing means for proper positionment of said alignment means with respect to the head of the golf club.

Claim 8

In a golf club as defined in claim 6, wherein said stop means includes a depression having a curved bottom that is adapted to receive therein said head or neck portion such that the downward travel of the alignment means is limited.

Claim 9

In a golf club as defined in claim 1, a. wherein said restraining means includes: 1. a substantially vertically extending slot on said base portion, 2. an inwardly extending pair of spaced apart lips extending inwardly into said chamber, and 3. a locking head outwardly extending from the rear of said frame member and including: i. a neck portion adapted to be received within said slot, and ii. a head portion adapted to be positioned on the outward surface of the base portion to prevent movement between said housing means and alignment means during use of the golf club, b. wherein said restraining means yieldably urges said frame member against the front walls of said housing means such that a force of predetermined magnitude has to be manually applied to said alignment means to overcome the frictional engagement between said frame member and lips to permit movement of the latter, said spaced apart lips are formed of resilient material to act as said restraining means exhibiting sufficient force to retain the alignment means within the chamber without any additional means, and c. further including stop means associated with said housing means for limiting the travel of the alignment means relative to the housing means for proper positionment of said alignment means with respect to the head of the golf club.

Claim 10

In a golf club as defined in claim 8, wherein said stop means includes a depression having a curved bottom that is adapted to receive therein said head or neck portion such that the downward travel of the alignment means is limited.

Claim 11

In a golf club as defined in claim 8, wherein said fastener means includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures in said base portion, and the heads of the screws extend within the chamber for providing additional frictional forces on each side of said locking head.