Patent ID: 8590393

Claim:
A multi-function test station for golf club shafts, comprising: a housing having a lower portion joined to an inclined wall joined to an upper portion; a rail extending along a length of the upper portion; four towers mounted on the rail to move along at least a portion of the length of the rail, each tower having a shaft positioning device oriented to center a longitudinal axis of the shaft in a common, substantially vertical plane, each shaft positioning device being vertically adjustable in position; a force detecting device in each of two of the towers, the force detecting device detecting the force exerted on the shaft positioning device in the substantially vertical plane; a display device in electronic communication with at least one of the force detecting devices to visually display indicia reflecting the force detected by the at least one force detecting device; a fastening mechanism on each tower releasably fastening the tower to the rail; an end stop mounted to the rail or the upper housing portion and extending across a portion of the substantially vertical plane; a pair of laterally spaced apart jaws, each jaw having an upper and lower jaw, each jaw having notch aligned along a longitudinal axis and sized to clamp onto the shaft during use of the test station; and a mechanism actuating the jaws to open to receive a golf club shaft in the notches and to close on the golf club shaft to hold the shaft along the longitudinal axis during use.