Patent ID: 9072947
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A golf club, comprising: a golf club shaft; a golf club head having an interior chamber; a shaft retainer configured to be slidably engaged with the golf club shaft; a hosel insert configured to releasably receive and secure the shaft retainer, the hosel insert located at least partially within the interior chamber and having an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter, wherein the outer perimeter is configured to be engaged with the interior chamber; and a shaft adapter having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is attached to the golf club shaft and the lower end has a spherical member that engages the inner perimeter of the hosel insert, wherein the shaft adapter is configured to be inserted into the hosel insert at a plurality of different configurations, wherein a first configuration provides different club characteristics than a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the spherical member is in a different rotational position within the hosel insert than in the second configuration, and further wherein the shaft adapter comprises an axial direction change region configured to offset an axis of the shaft with respect to a hosel axis of the golf club head, wherein the axial direction change region is an area on the shaft adapter where the upper end extends coaxially toward a first axial direction away from the axial direction change region, and further wherein the lower end extends coaxially toward a second axial direction different than the first axial direction.