Patent ID: 6182324
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A device for restoring a groove on the face of a golf club to a desired shape by removing unwanted material therefrom, the device comprising:an elongated handle; anda blade, the blade including a body and a protruding tip, the body being slidably mounted within the handle, a portion of the protruding tip having a leading edge defining cutting means for cutting the unwanted material from within the groove, the protruding tip further defining a non-cutting trailing edge, the cutting means having a cross-section corresponding to the desired groove shape, the cutting means being defined in part by a pair of opposed shoulders sized to limit the penetration of the cutting means into the groove, the cutting means being responsive to movement of the protruding tip along a longitudinal axis of the groove in a predetermined direction with the elongated handle oriented at an acute angle relative to the face of the golf club to thereby restore the groove to the desired shape.