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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:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukihiro Honma, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Honma Golf Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
473310 ; 473345 ;
Abstract
A golf club having a head made of metallic material such as aluminum, stainless steel, titanium or the like is provided with a shaft sleeve made of non-metallic material such as fiber reinforced plastic, wood or the like is mounted on a tip end portion of a shaft or a shaft insertion portion of a head with which player's wrists, elbows, shoulders or the like would hardly be damaged, it is easy to enjoy an inherent performance of the shaft, to enhance a repulsive force by a kick back phenomenon to increase a hit distance of the ball.