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Patent No.:

US 10220276 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017

Club length adjustment device

Applicant:

Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);

Inventors:

Scott A. Knutson, Escondido, CA (US);

Donald S. Bone, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);

Attorney:

Kevin N. McCoy

Primary Examiner:

Stephen Blau

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

A63B 53/12 (2015.01); A63B 53/16 (2006.01); A63B 60/00 (2015.01); A63B 53/02 (2015.01); A63B 53/10 (2015.01); A63B 53/14 (2015.01); A63B 60/22 (2015.01); A63B 60/42 (2015.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 60/28 (2015.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

A63B 60/00 (2015.10); A63B 53/02 (2013.01); A63B 53/10 (2013.01); A63B 53/14 (2013.01); A63B 60/22 (2015.10); A63B 60/42 (2015.10); A63B 22/0285 (2013.01); A63B 60/28 (2015.10); A63B 2060/0085 (2015.10); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10);

Abstract

A golf club length adjustment device, comprising a first member affixed to a main shaft, the main shaft configured to couple to a golf club head, a second member slideably coupled to the first member, the second member adapted to couple to a golf club grip, wherein the first member is configured to slide along a club axis relative to the second member to change the length of the golf club, a backout prevention unit configured to limit the second member from uncoupling from the first member after the golf club length adjustment device has been assembled, a decoupling tool configured to be inserted through an access hole formed in a proximal end of the grip, the decoupling tool configured to engage and deflect the backout prevention unit, disengaging the backout prevention unit from the second member, allowing for disassembly of the second member from the first member.

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