Patent ID: 8777775
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A63B,B25G,C23C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mallet putter head comprising: a body having a face portion, a balanced weight and ball guidance portion with a center groove and raised bars, a ball pickup portion and a sole portion, all designed to work together as a unit in the pendulum putting swing, and where the face portion has a cast, milled and polished surface having a few degrees loft whereupon it allows the golf ball to be hit at or below the center of the golf ball giving it a forward roll reducing the chance of skidding or bouncing the golf ball and thereby improving its movement along the intended target line, and where the balanced weight and ball guidance portion, has three components that gives the golfer greater control when hitting the golf ball along the intended target line using the pendulum putting swing, with the first of these components being the balanced weight, with raised bars with painted grooves that extends from the face portion to the ball pickup portion at the rear of the mallet putter head, wherein this weight distribution gives the golfer a wider area near the center of the face portion to accurately hit the golf ball, then the second component, being the hole, comes into play because it allows the golfer to visualize hitting the golf ball at the apex of the hole directly behind the area where the golf ball is intended to be and where this point is also clearly marked by the center groove, three painted grooves make up the third component of the balanced weight and ball guidance portion, with two painted grooves along the center of the raised bars and the third painted groove along the center of the mallet putter head, running parallel to each other and perpendicular to the face portion producing clear guidance to the golfer to hit the golf ball on the intended target line, and next the ball pickup portion at the rear portion of the mallet body is cast, milled and polished thin, allowing the golfer to slip the mallet putter head under the golf ball causing it to roll back into the hole of the balance weight and ball guidance portion where it is cradled in the hole while the golfer raises the ball from the putting surface to be retrieved, and where the sole portion of the mallet putter head has a polished curved surface that is cast and milled to give the stainless steel a very smooth uniform curved surface, side to side and front to back of the entire sole portion so that the golfer when aligning the putt will be able to move the mallet putter head in or out from the body keeping it centered below their eyesight and also where the uniform curvature from the face portion to the ball pickup portion enables the golfer to maintain a constant arc throughout the pendulum putting swing, assuring minimal contact with the putting surface.