Patent ID: 8852020
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club, comprising: a golf club head including a hosel and a plurality of hosel alignment and anti-rotation features, wherein the hosel defines a sleeve bore and the hosel alignment and anti-rotation features are disposed adjacent a proximal end of the hosel; an elongate shaft; a shaft sleeve coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, the shaft sleeve including a sleeve body and a plurality of sleeve alignment and anti-rotation features spaced from a distal end of the shaft sleeve; an extension member including a plurality of extension alignment and anti-rotation features, wherein the extension member is interposed between the shaft sleeve and the hosel in the assembled golf club so that the extension member spaces a portion of the shaft sleeve from a proximal end of the hosel and so that a distal end of the extension member is proximal of a proximal end of the hosel so that distal end surfaces of the extension alignment and anti-rotation features abut the proximal end surface of the hosel alignment and anti-rotation features, wherein the extension member has a length that is between about 0.125 inch and about 3.0 inches and wherein the extension member does not alter the angular relationship between a longitudinal axis of the shaft sleeve and a longitudinal axis of the hosel when it is rotated relative to one of the shaft sleeve and the hosel, wherein the alignment and anti-rotation features disposed on the proximal end of the hosel and the alignment and anti-rotation features disposed on the proximal end of the extension member are shaped to complement the alignment and anti-rotation features disposed on the shaft sleeve; and a fastener that releasably couples the shaft sleeve to the club head.