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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rhett McNair, Lake City, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
473220 ; 473268 ;
Abstract
An illuminated golf club head defines a cavity and includes a top surface and a face for impacting a golf ball during a swing. A light is mounted at the top surface, and a power source for energizing the light is disposed within the cavity and electrically connected to the light. A switch is mounted within the cavity and electrically connected to the light and battery to form an electrical circuit. In an embodiment, the switch closes, completing the circuit and momentarily illuminating the light, upon impact of the face with a golf ball. In another embodiment, the switch closes to momentarily illuminate the light upon impact of a golf ball at approximately the center of the face.