Robert C Hale

US Patent:

57952469, Aug 18, 1998

Filed:

Apr 11, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/840143

Inventors:

Robert L. Hale - Louisville TN

International Classification:

A63B 5304

US Classification:

473340

Abstract:

A improved golf putter includes a putter head that has a flat generally elliptical shaped front striking surface having a major axis extending between a toe and heel ends of the putter head and a rearwardly extending body portion having a convex generally ellipsodial form. The putter head is connected to the lower end of an elongated shaft having an upper grip end through a neck member that has a lower arcuate portion having a linear end leg connected to the body portion at the rearward most extension thereof in alignment with an axis passing through the center of the front striking surface and the center of gravity of the putter head and an upper portion connected to the opposite end of the elongated shaft so that the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft is aligned parallel to the plane of the striking surface of the putter head and offset therefrom sufficient to form a line of sight plane along a front edge of the elongated shaft coextensive with the plane of the striking surface of the putter head.