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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2021
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Tyler S. Olson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Dustin J. Brekke, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A golf tip plug housing includes an exterior surface configured to be securably affixed to a butt end of a golf club shaft and an interior surface configured to securably receive a golf tip plug having an outer diameter of either: (a) 7.0 mm-7.6 mm or (b) 4.0 mm-4.6 mm. In one aspect, a golf club includes a head and a shaft having a tip end attached to the head and a butt end opposite the tip end. A tip plug includes a stem and a head. The tip plug stem has an outer diameter sized to be insertable in the tip end. A tip plug housing has an outer diameter sized to be insertable in the butt end and an inner diameter sized to receive the tip plug. The tip plug is positioned in the tip plug housing and the tip plug housing is positioned in the butt end.