Claims
- 1. A golf club including a club head having a ball striking face lying in a first plane and a shaft having an upper end and a lower end connected to the club head, wherein the improvement comprises:
an elongated handle having an upper edge and a lower edge associated with said shaft; and said upper edge of said handle including alignment indicia thereon, defined by a first alignment line in the direction perpendicular to the first plane of said ball striking face indicating the direction of a target and a second alignment line on said upper edge of said handle, said second alignment line being perpendicular to said first alignment line, parallel to said first plane of said ball striking face indicating the direction of the plane of the ball striking face and intersecting said first alignment line.
- 2. The golf club of claim 1 wherein said upper edge of said handle is further defined by a flat upper surface.
- 3. The golf club of claim 1 wherein said handle extends at least half of the overall length of the golf club from said club head to said upper end of said shaft.
- 4. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the first alignment line is longer than the second alignment line.
- 5. The golf club of claim 1 wherein the first alignment line and second alignment line intersect to form a cross.
- 6. A putter type golf club including a club head having a ball striking face lying in a first plane and a shaft having an upper end and a lower end connected to the club head, wherein the improvement comprises:
an elongated handle having an upper edge and a lower edge, said handle being attached to said shaft and having a generally oval, cross-sectional shape which is constant along the entire handle between said upper edge and said lower edge; said generally oval, cross-sectional shape of said elongated handle including a first rounded front edge and a second rounded rearward edge which are parallel to one another along their entire length; and said shaft lying in a plane parallel to said front edge and located closer to said front edge than said rearward edge.
- 7. A putter type golf club according to claim 6, wherein said handle being further defined by said first rounded forward edge having a first radius and said second rounded rearward edge having a second smaller radius.
- 8. A putter type golf club according to claim 6 wherein said upper edge of said handle includes alignment indicia thereon, defined by at least a first alignment line in a direction perpendicular to the first plane of said ball striking face and a second alignment line on said upper edge of said handle, said second alignment line being perpendicular to said first alignment line, parallel to said first plane of said ball striking face and intersecting said first alignment line.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/765,106, filed Jan. 28, 2004, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/238,585, filed May 11, 2002 entitled “HANDLE CONFIGURATION FOR A PUTTER TYPE GOLF CLUB”, which is based upon prior provisional applications Ser. No. 60/344,376, filed Jan. 4, 2002 entitled “GOLF PUTTER HANDLE” and Ser. No. 60/359,724, filed Feb. 27, 2002 entitled “GOLF (CLUB) PUTTER HANDLE”.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60344376 |
Jan 2002 |
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60359724 |
Feb 2002 |
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Continuations (1)
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10238585 |
Sep 2002 |
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10765106 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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