Thomas L Ruth

US Patent:

50926004, Mar 3, 1992

Filed:

Jun 6, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/362351

Inventors:

Thomas L. Ruth - Barrington IL
Donald D. Nissen - Barrington IL
Charles E. Maddox - St. Charles IL

Assignee:

Future Golf, Inc. - Crystal Lake IL

International Classification:

A63B 6936
A63B 6702

US Classification:

273176A

Abstract:

In an indoor-outdoor golf game layout comprising a building providing a building enclosure therein. A putting area within the building enclosure having putting cups therein for receiving golf balls. A series of golf ball hitting stalls positioned at an outer edge of one side of the building enclosure which stalls protectively isolate the golfers therein and with each of the stalls having a golf ball hitting area therein adjacent the putting area. An uncovered outdoor fairway area located outside of the building enclosure extending away from the golf ball hitting area. The fairway area is so positioned relative to the golf ball hitting area in the building enclosure that golf balls may be hit from an outer edge of the building enclosure onto the fairway area from the golf ball hitting area. A series of golf fairway greens are situated along opposite sides of the fairway area to collectively provide an uninterrupted series of distinct fairway greens effectively positioned generally in end-to-end coinciding relation and extending from the fairway green in closest relation to the golf ball hitting stalls to the fairway green most remote from the golf ball hitting stalls, thus providing a fairway green that can be matched with a player's drive onto the fairway that will match up with a given hole on a player's score card to enable holes of varying yardage to be played off of any given score card being used by golf players.

US Patent:

57725292, Jun 30, 1998

Filed:

Apr 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/845880

Inventors:

Thomas L. Ruth - Tucson AZ

International Classification:

A63B 5304

US Classification:

473327

Abstract:

A golf club having a hollow body clubhead with a metal mesh clubface and a metal mesh top-of-clubhead design. The design conforms to the shapes of a wood and iron and allows the club to be larger in size and weight than traditional golf club designs. The weight is controlled by modifying the amount of material forming the clubhead. The clubface hitting area for both the wood and iron is increased. The hollow-body allows air to flow through the clubhead, thus reduces air resistance and stabilizes the clubface during the club swing. The speed of the clubhead at impact increases, produces straighter flight of golf ball, and increase the distance the golf ball travels once hit. The design of the clubhead facilitates using a balance of different metals, by example, stainless steel, or other metal alloy. The design facilitates the force of the air to be directed against the inside bottom of the sole to provide better contact with a golf ball and reduce topped shots. The design has less surface contact with the golf ball, and hence there is less spin on the ball, and thus a less tendency to slice, or hook the golf ball.