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(11) | EP 2 801 395 A1 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC |
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(54) | GOLF CLUB FOR TEACHING OR LEARNING GOLF |
(57) The invention relates to a golf club for teaching or learning golf, formed by a grip,
a tubular shaft and various club heads, having suitable respective measurements. The
golf club of the invention is made from very lightweight, low-hardness materials especially
designed to prevent the user and/or companions from being injured. The tubular shaft
is rigid, has very low malleability and is made from a very lightweight material,
such as fibreglass or plastic. A solid heavy metal bar is press-fitted into the lower
end of the tubular shaft in order to reinforce the shaft and to provide additional
weight or ballast, said shaft being secured in the corresponding club head such that
it can be used to play golf under the same conditions as those which apply to adults,
to play golf in small spaces and to teach golf to children, youths, teens (juniors)
and the like. |
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1. A club head formed by a rigid paddle of lightweight material, such as plastic,
reinforced by a special, irregular traditional ovoid shaped design with longitudinal
grooves in the sweetspot; a thick reinforcement nerve in the back side and on the
leading edge, preferably occupying a little more than 1/3 of its height and declining
towards said leading edge.
The club head on the (heel) side, which has a smaller radius than the other (toe)
side, projects a tubular neck (hosel) upwards and towards said end, in order to fix
and fit the lower tubular end of the tubular shaft. Inside, the neck has vertical
nerves which are tangent with said neck, as male bayonet mounting elements with the
tubular shaft, which has lateral and tangential openings on its lower side respectively,
which fit in said nerves. The club head as a whole has a loft angle which is preferably
at 46 ° on the vertical axle and the neck a lie angle at 63 ° on the horizontal axle.
2. A club head formed by a paddle of semi compact material such as a polyurethane
mass covered with a uniform and compact layer. The club head is reinforced by a special
traditional ovoid design with a straight top edge and an inwardly arching leading
edge, the sole being thicker than the top edge with the back side forming a concentric
input plane defined by an unequal profile flange, having longitudinal grooves on its
front face in the sweetspot and a loft angle at preferably 46° in relation to the
vertical axle.
From the heel end of the vertex, which has a lesser radius than the other, toe end,
a protruding hosel is projected in tubular form, with a lie angle at preferably 63
° on the horizontal axle, on which the end of the tubular shaft is fitted and fixed
at pressure in its mass with its solid heavy metal bar inside, level with the end
of the tubular shaft or with a portion of said solid heavy metal bar, which protrudes
slightly from said end, penetrating from the neck to the coupling of the protruding
portion of the solid heavy metal bar or even of the tubular shaft itself with the
body of the club head reinforcing the body of said club head when hitting the ball.
Likewise, the part of the shaft which is introduced inside said club head is spread
with glue in order to make the final sticking of the club head even stronger.
3.A club head formed by a rigid paddle of semi compact material such as a polyurethane
mass covered in a uniform layer and likewise reinforced by a special design in oblong
form composed of one heel end, which is lesser in radius than the other toe end and
by a protruding, eccentric hosel, which ascends in prismatic form with an axial reinforcement
to fix and press fit said lower end of the tubular shaft to its solid heavy metal
bar, the latter being fixed level with the lower end of the tubular shaft or with
a portion of said solid bar exceeding the lower end of the tubular shaft, in both
cases embedded to the coupling with the body or mass of the club head, reinforcing
the body of the same in order to hit the ball.
The club head has a loft angle at preferably 0 ° in relation to the vertical axle
and a lie angle, at preferably 71 ° in relation to its horizontal axle. Likewise,
glue is spread onto the part of the shaft which is introduced inside said club head,
in order to make the final sticking of the club head even stronger.
4. Club head formed by a rigid paddle of lightweight material, such as plastic, reinforced
with a special, oblong shaped design and a hollow body, in such a way that, divided
into two almost symmetrical parts, one forms a lid and the other a box, both units
being joined together by means of dovetail joints. At the heel end of the box, a tubular
hosel is projected which ascends, to be fitted and fixed on the end of the tubular
shaft. Said hosel could have vertical nerves inside, which are tangential to said
neck, as male bayonet mounting means with the tubular shaft, which has respective
lateral and tangential openings on the lower end, which will fit in these nerves.
Likewise, said hosel extends in a housing compartment within the box composed of just
two parallel walls, which are different in height and into which the tubular shaft
enters with its solid heavy metal bar fixed inside it.
The portion of the tubular shaft which enters into the hosel compartment has opposing
drill holes, between which a fastener is mounted, which fits inside a female portion
located at the base of the hosel extension within the box, thus preventing the tubular
shaft from being taken out by pulling it. Likewise, the tubular shaft may be covered
with adhesive in order to increase the level of adhesion between the two elements
and to prevent both the compartment and adhesion from wobbling. In the hosel extension
within the case or compartment, on the external side which is confluent with the vertices
of the hosel with the box, there are reinforcements which are all equal in height,
different in length and at a different angle from the same. The box has at least two
female members to fit with dovetail joints in the lid which has another two complementary
male members, an internally fitting peripheral tab and a semi-circular neckline to
hold the hosel in the assembly with the tubular shaft.
THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross-section partially representing the tubular shaft of the golf club, object of the invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective elevation view of the tubular shaft with a female adjustment for bayonet mounting.
Figure 3 is a perspective plan representation of a detail of said female bayonet adjustment in the shaft.
Figure 3.1 is a plan representation of a detail of the hosel of the club head with the male bayonet adjustment of the tubular shaft.
Figure 4 is a perspective elevation representation of the tubular shaft with its solid heavy metal bar inside the same, leaving a hollow space in order to be mounted to the shaft with a fastening.
Figure 4.1 represents the same as Figure 4 but with the solid heavy metal bar level with the end of the shaft, with an adjustment for mounting to both with a fastener.
Figure 5 is a perspective detail of the pressure fitting and adhesion of the solid heavy metal bar housed in the tubular shaft.
Figure 6 is a perspective foreshortened frontal view before an iron type plastic club head.
Figure 7 is a perspective foreshortened plan view of the same piece represented in the previous figure.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the piece represented in Figure 7, rotated by 180°.
Figure 9 is a perspective foreshortened lateral elevation of the piece represented in Figure 6.
Figure 10 is a perspective foreshortened frontal view before an iron type club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 11 is a perspective foreshortened back side view of an iron type club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 12 us a perspective foreshortened plan view of the base of an iron type club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 13 is a perspective foreshortened lateral elevation and plan view of the piece represented in Figures 10, 11 and 12.
Figure 14 is a perspective foreshortened lateral elevation view at 90° of Figure 13.
Figure 15 is an analogous view of Figure 6 with the bayonet adjustment of the tubular shaft shown in Figures 6-9 made of plastic, with its solid heavy metal bar level with the lower end of the tubular shaft.
Figure 16 is an analogous view of the previous figure, with a bayonet adjustment squeezed into plastic tubular shaft, with its solid heavy metal bar protruding from the lower end of the tubular shaft.
Figure 17 is an analogous view of Figure 10, with the adjustment and connection of the lower end of the tubular shaft together with its solid heavy metal bar level with the lower end of the tubular shaft, in the body of the club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 17.1 is an analogous view of the previous figure with the adjustment and connection of the solid heavy metal bar protruding from the lower end of the tubular shaft, in the body of the club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 18 is a perspective lateral elevation of a putter type club head made of polyurethane foam.
Figure 19 is a lateral elevation of one end of the piece represented in Figure 18.
Figure 20 is a plan view of the piece represented in Figures 18 and 19.
Figure 21 is a lower plan view of the piece represented in Figures 18-20.
Figure 21.1 is a vertical cross section of the club head represented in Figures 18-21 with the solid heavy metal bar protruding from the tubular shaft at the lower end.
Figure 21.2 is an analogous view of the above with the solid heavy metal bar level with the lower end of the tubular shaft.
Figure 22 is a front elevation of a hollow club head which is oblong in form, of the putter variety and made of plastic.
Figure 23 is a front elevation of the opposite side to that shown in the previous figure.
Figure 24 is an upper plan view of the piece represented in Figures 22-23.
Figure 25 is an elevation view of one end of Figure 24.
Figure 26 is a frontal representation of the inside of both pieces, the box and the lid, of the ensemble represented in Figures 22-25.
Figures 27 is a plan view of the previous figure.
Figure 28 represents the tubular shaft sectioned and mounted on the club head represented in Figures 20-27, with its solid heavy metal bar level with the lower end of said tubular shaft.
Figure 29 is an analogous view of the previous figure, sectioned and mounted to the club head and its solid heavy metal bar protruding from the lower end of said tubular shaft.
Figure 30 is an analogous view of the previous figures 28 and 29, with the tubular shaft mounted and in crosswise sections, with its solid heavy metal bar fixed onto the fastener.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
1) A club head (9) (see figures 6-9 attached) formed by a rigid paddle of lightweight
material (see Fig. 6), such as plastic, reinforced by a special traditional irregular
ovoid design, with longitudinal grooves (10) in the sweet spot; a thick reinforcement
nerve (11) (see Fig. 8) in the back side and on the leading edge, preferably occupying
just over 1/3 of its height and decreasing towards said leading edge.
The heel end of the club head (9), which is smaller in radius than the other toe end,
projects a tubular hosel (90) in an upwards direction towards said end, in order to
fit and fix the lower end of the tubular shaft (2). The hosel (90) has vertical nerves
(30) inside, which are tangent to said hosel, which serve as male bayonet mounting
means with the tubular shaft (2), which has corresponding lateral openings on its
lower end which are tangential (5) (see Figure 2) and which fit in said nerves (30).
The club head (9) as a whole has a loft angle at preferably 46° in relation to the
vertical axle and the hosel (90) has a lie angle, at preferably 63° in relation to
the horizontal axle.
2) A club head (12) (see Figs. 10-14 attached) formed by a rigid paddle of semi compact
material such as a mass of polyurethane covered with a uniform and compact layer.
The club head (12) is reinforced by a special traditional ovoid design with a straight
top edge (12a) and a leading edge (12b), which curves towards the inside, with the
sole (15) being thicker than the top edge (12a) and the back side (14) forming a concentric
input plane (14a) defined by an unequal profile flange, its front face presenting
longitudinal grooves in the sweet spot (10a) and a loft angle at preferably 46° in
relation to the vertical axle.
A hosel (13) projects upwards from the end of the heel vertex, which is smaller in
radius than the other, toe vertex, the hosel protruding in tubular form, with a lie
angle at preferably 63° in relation to the horizontal axle, in which the lower end
of the tubular shaft (2) is fixed and press fitted with its solid heavy metal bar
(3) inside, level with the lower end of the tubular shaft (2) (see Fig. 17) or with
a portion of said solid heavy metal bar (3) protruding slightly (31) (see Fig 17.1)
from said lower end of the tubular shaft (2), penetrating through the hosel (13) to
the connection with the body of the club head (12), thus reinforcing said body of
the club head as it is used to hit the ball.
3) A club head (16) (see Figs. 18-21.1 attached) formed by a rigid paddle of semi
compact material such as a mass of polyurethane covered with a uniform layer and likewise
reinforced by a special design in the form of an oblong, composed of one heel (19)
end which is smaller in radius than the other, toe end (19a) and by a hosel (16a)
which protrudes, is eccentric and rises in a prismatic form with an axial reinforcement
(17) for fixing and press fitting said lower end of the tubular shaft (2) to its solid
heavy metal bar (3), this solid heavy metal bar being fitted level to the lower end
of the tubular shaft (2) (see Fig 21.1) or to a portion of said solid bar (32) exceeding
the lower end of the tubular shaft (2) (see Fig 21.1) in both cases being embedded
down to the connection with the body or mass of the club head (16), thus making the
body of the same stronger in order to hit the ball.
The club head (14) has a loft angle which at preferably 0° in relation to the vertical
axle and a lie angle at preferably 71° on the horizontal axle.
4) A club head (20) (see Figs.22-30) formed by a rigid paddle of lightweight material,
such as plastic, reinforced by a special oblong design with a hollow body, formed
in such a way that, divided into two almost symmetrical parts, one forms a lid (22)
and the other a box (21) (see Fig. 26), both being joint together by means of dovetail
joints, comprising female (23) and male (24) elements and the box (21) having a hosel
(25) where the tubular shaft (2) is fitted before being fixed by means of a fastener
(7); The means for fixing the tubular shaft (2) of the club head (20) consist of an
ascending tubular hosel (25), which is in an eccentric position towards an inclined
end with a lie angle of preferably 71° in relation to the horizontal axle.
Said hosel (25) has vertical nerves inside (30) which are tangent with said hosel
(25) and act as male bayonet mounting means of the tubular shaft (2) which has respective
lateral male elements which are tangential (5) on the lower end which fit in said
nerves (30).
REFERENCES CITED IN THE DESCRIPTION
Patent documents cited in the description