Patent ID: 7699717
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club, comprising: a club head including a hosel and at least one hosel alignment feature, wherein the hosel defines a sleeve bore and the hosel alignment feature is a notch that extends through at least a portion of sidewall of the hosel adjacent a proximal end of the hosel; an elongate shaft; a shaft sleeve coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, the shaft sleeve including a sleeve body and at least one sleeve alignment feature that extends laterally outward beyond an outer surface of the sleeve body and is shaped to complement the shape of the hosel alignment feature, wherein at least a portion of the shaft sleeve is received within the sleeve bore and the sleeve alignment feature engages the hosel alignment feature; a fastener that releasably couples the shaft sleeve to the club head; and at least one indicium, wherein the hosel alignment feature is a plurality of notches and the sleeve alignment feature is a plurality of tangs, and the at least one indicium is disposed on at least one of the plurality of tangs.