Patent ID: 7566279
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club comprising: a. a club head having an upwardly directed upper face and a lower face, said upper face attached to a sleeve, said sleeve being recessed into said club head entirely below said upper face, said lower face being provided with a recessed screw port having a passageway in an upper end thereof; b. a receiver, said receiver having a bore provided with a plurality of spline grooves, said receiver being secured within said sleeve, said passageway in said screw port being axially aligned with said bore and said sleeve; c. a club shaft, said shaft including a hosel connector on its lower end, said hosel connector having a lower portion provided with a plurality of external splines received by said plurality of spline grooves in said receiver, said lower portion further including an internally threaded open bore and said hosel connector further having an upper portion with a circumferential flange; and, d. a screw, said screw having a screw head within said upper end of said screw port and a threaded shaft passing upwardly through said passageway, an end of said threaded shaft being threadably installed within said bore of said hosel connector, whereby advancing said threaded shaft into said bore draws said connector flange downwardly into compression securely against an upper end of said receiver.