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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:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G. Llewellyn, Duluth, GA (US);
William A. Price, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Masao Nagai, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/306 ; A63B 5/316 ; A63B 6/936 ; A63B 5/304 ; A63B 5/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 5/306 ; A63B 5/316 ; A63B 6/936 ; A63B 5/304 ; A63B 5/308 ;
Abstract
A trial golf club and golf fitting system for determining at least one custom fitted golf club. The trial club includes a golf club head having a sole defined by a radius of curvature. The sole of the golf club head includes graduated indicia for identifying an optimal lie angle for the fitted club. When the golfer swings the trial golf club, the optimal lie angle of the fitted club is identified by locating the point of impact on the sole of the head of the trial golf club.