Patent ID: 7264556

Claim:
A collapsible golf club, comprising: a) a shaft; b) a handle; c) a head; and d) a coupling; wherein said head is disposed on said shaft; wherein said coupling replaceably couples an end of said handle to an end of said shaft; wherein said coupling comprises a threaded portion; wherein said coupling comprises a stub shaft; wherein said coupling comprises a pair of pins; wherein said pair of pins of said coupling extend radially outwardly from said stub shaft of said coupling; wherein said pair of pins of said coupling are diametrically opposed to each other; wherein said coupling comprises a tube; wherein said tube of said coupling has a terminal portion; wherein said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling is larger in diameter than a remaining portion of said tube of said coupling so as to provide a shoulder around said tube of said coupling; wherein said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling has a pair of slots; wherein said pair of slots in said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling are diametrically opposed to each other; wherein each slot is defined by a pair of walls; wherein said pair of walls defining each slot both converge axially in said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling; wherein said coupling comprises a sleeve; wherein said sleeve of said coupling has an inner portion; wherein said sleeve of said coupling has an outer portion; wherein said sleeve of said coupling has an internal threaded portion; wherein said internal threaded portion of said sleeve of said coupling divides said sleeve of said coupling into a threadless said inner portion of said sleeve of said coupling and into a threadless said outer portion of said sleeve of said coupling; and wherein said stub shaft of said coupling passes through said outer portion of said sleeve of said coupling, through said internal threaded portion in said sleeve of said coupling, and into said tube of said coupling, with said pair of pins of said coupling entering said pair of slots in said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling, with said internal threaded portion in said sleeve of said coupling threadably engaging said threaded portion of said coupling, and with said sleeve of said coupling being rotated until said pair of pins of said coupling snug into said pair of slots in said terminal portion of said tube of said coupling, thereby providing a tight joint between said shaft and said handle.