Patent ID: 7704156
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A golf club, comprising: a shaft including a shaft axial direction change region; a shaft engaging member engaged with the shaft, the shaft engaging member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes an opening providing access to a cylindrical interior chamber for receiving an end of the shaft, wherein an exterior surface of the first end includes an extending portion extending in a radial direction away from the cylindrical interior chamber, wherein an exterior surface of the second end includes a rotation-inhibiting structure having a polygon cross-section, the rotation-inhibiting structure located entirely longitudinally beyond the cylindrical interior chamber, and wherein the shaft axial direction change region is located outside the cylindrical interior chamber; a club head engaging member releasably engaged with the shaft engaging member, the club head engaging member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the club head engaging member includes an opening releasably receiving the shaft engaging member, wherein the first end of the club head engaging member further includes a securing structure, and wherein an interior of the second end of the club head engaging member includes a rotation-inhibiting structure releasably engaging the rotation-inhibiting structure of the shaft engaging member; a golf club head engaged with the club head engaging member; and a securing member extending over the extending portion of the shaft engaging member and releasably engaging the securing structure of the club head engaging member, wherein the securing member, at least in part, releasably secures the shaft engaging member with the club head engaging member.