Patent ID: 7371185
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf putterhead having a strikeface with an intended strikepoint, and a bottom sole, said putterhead also having a forward extending section extending generally horizontally forward from the top of said strikeface a distance of ¼ to 1 ball diameter from a location approximately ½ ball diameter or more above said intended strikepoint which is above the horizontal sole plan, said forward extending section being in a vertical plane normal to said strikeface, before said forward extending section connects at or near the forward end of said forward extending section to a straight or bent golf shaft to the player side of said forward extending section, said forward extending section having a top surface or markings thereon, the forward extending sight line, which serves as an unobstructed sight or aim line toward the intended target, said forward extending section also increasing the static balance moment of the putterhead about said shaft by increasing the distance between the putterhead center of mass and the shaft axis, said putterhead also having a rearward putterhead extension with a rearward sight line on top of it with substantially the same top surface or markings as said forward extending sight line, said rearward putterhead extension being integral with or in rigid communication with said putterhead bottom sole, said rearward putterhead extension being in the same vertical plane as said forward extending section at the same or differing top surface elevation of said forward extending section, said rearward putterhead extension with said rearward sight line extending rearward from said putterface a distance of at least twice said forward extending section with said forward extending sight line length and not exceeding the width of said putterhead, said rearward extending sight line adding to and substantially lengthening the total sight or aim line length of said putterhead.