Patent ID: 6447404
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club having a length, L, and a center of gravity comprising:a first hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a second hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end; a club head coupled to the second end of the second hollow shaft member; a hollow male connector having a first portion (which has an interior diameter of IDa) and a second portion (which has an interior diameter of IDb), the first portion coupled in an interior portion of the second end of the first hollow shaft member or to an interior portion of the first end of the second shaft member, and the second portion of the hollow male connector having external threads; a hollow female connector portion (which has an interior diameter of IDc) having an exterior and a threaded interior, the exterior of the female connector coupled to the interior portion of the first end of the second shaft member or the interior portion of the second end of the first shaft member; wherein the external threads of the second portion of the hollow male connector are sized and configured to mate with the threaded interior of the hollow female connector to provide a releasable connection allowing the club to have an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration; and wherein the hollow male connector and the hollow female connector are operable to form a hollow connection when mated and wherein IDa>IDb and IDc>IDb.