Patent ID: 8579716
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A putter for use in a game of golf, the putter comprising a handle from which there extends a shaft having a lower extension portion, the extension portion being mounted to a hosel, means for mounting the hosel to a club head, the club head having a front putting face, rear portion, opposite side portions and upper and lower surfaces, the club head having a central longitudinal axis that extends perpendicularly with respect to the putting face, a central alignment marker provided along the upper surface so as to be perpendicular to the putting face and in alignment with the central longitudinal axis for aligning a central sweet spot of the putting face with a ball, another set of spaced alignment markers provided along the upper surface of the putter head and on opposite sides of and parallel to the central alignment marker, the hosel being mounted adjacent to but spaced from the putting face to the upper surface of the club head and in alignment with the central alignment marker, at least one pair of spaced additional alignment markers provided along the upper surface and extending from opposite sides of the hosel toward opposite adjacent side walls of the club head, the additional alignment markers being parallel to the putting face and between the putting face and the hosel, at least one alignment projection extending outward from the hosel so as to be spaced above the central alignment marker and parallel with the additional alignment markers, and whereby a proper alignment of the putting face with a ball is visually determined by aligning the at least one alignment projection with at least one of the another set of spaced alignment markers and at least one of the additional alignment markers when the club head is viewed from above.