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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2011
Applicants:

Philip J. Hatton, Beaverton, OR (US);

Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Beaverton, OR (US);

Jeremy N. Snyder, Benbrook, TX (US);

Donald S. Rahrig, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Philip J. Hatton, Beaverton, OR (US);

Andrew G. V. Oldknow, Beaverton, OR (US);

Jeremy N. Snyder, Benbrook, TX (US);

Donald S. Rahrig, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2006.01); A63B 53/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/065 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0425 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0445 (2013.01); A63B 53/0487 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0441 (2013.01); A63B 2053/042 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as putter heads (), may include a putter body and an adjustable ball striking face insert () forming at least a portion of the ball striking face () and contained within the putter body. The insert () may have a plurality of sides (), each of the sides having different performance characteristics to permit customization of the putter (). In some examples, the adjustable ball striking face insert () may be rotatably mounted within the putter head. Additionally or alternatively, the insert () may be removably mounted within the putter head (). In some arrangements, the insert () may be finely adjustable to alter the loft angle of the putter head ().


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