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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

May. 20, 2024
Applicant:

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alex Power, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Dan Marin, Ramona, CA (US);

Assignee:

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 60/42 (2015.01); A63B 53/02 (2015.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 60/42 (2015.10); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); A63B 53/02 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30221 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for precisely and accurately measuring the loft and lie of a golf club, and a method of using such apparatus, is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly powered by a pressure unit to immobilize the head of a golf club, a scoreline measurement unit to capture scoreline angle information, loft and lie measurement arrays that can be moved along horizontal y and x axes to capture loft and lie angle information of the golf club shaft, and a computer with an algorithm that uses information captured by the scoreline measurement unit and loft and lie measurement arrays to calculate final loft and lie angle values that are accurate within +/−0.125°.


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