(19)
(11) EP 1 153 632 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/46

(21) Application number: 01304012.6

(22) Date of filing: 02.05.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63B 53/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.05.2000 GB 0010553

(71) Applicant: Buchanan Golf Limited
Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1PH (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Buchanan, Douglas Boyd
    Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1EN (GB)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Weighted grip


(57) The invention provides a golf club, a putter, wherein a shaft is fixed within a large diameter grip by means of inserts which are in the form of weighting elements. In one embodiment the weighting element is in the form of an end cap at the end of the grip thereby forming a balancing moment to counter the force acting at impact. In another embodiment weighting elements are provided at both ends of the grip to provide a "high-inertia"grip.






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