Patent ID: 9427651
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A putter with alignment apparatus comprising: a putter head having a forwardly directed striking face, an opposing putter back wall, and a bottom sole; an elongate shaft; a hosel affixing the putter head to the shaft; and a putter alignment apparatus comprising: an alignment structure formed in the horizontal member for aligning with a mark placed on the golf ball to be struck by the putter, wherein alignment of the mark with the alignment structure from a point of view of a user of the putter facilitates alignment of the putter head with the golf ball so that the struck golf ball travels in an intended direction; and means for tilting the vertical member in a plane substantially parallel with the striking face of the putter, wherein the means for tilting includes a pivot attachment point between the vertical member and the back wall of the putter head and a moving attachment point spaced from the pivot attachment point along the vertical member of the putter alignment apparatus for adjustably fixing a pivot angle of the alignment apparatus to one of a plurality of selectable angles.