Patents by Inventor Bill Presse, IV

Bill Presse, IV has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240028786
    Abstract: A custom balanced golf club and method and system for making are disclosed. Input data describing a golfer's club swing path, his/her physical features, and an initial golf putter design are used to determining an integrated torque about a shaft central axis for the initial golf putter design. The initial golf club design is iteratively modified to provide a plurality of modified golf club designs. The integrated torque for each modified golf club design is determined. The integrated torques for the initial and modified golf putter designs are compared to determine a custom golf club design having a minimum integrated torque. The custom golf club design is used to manufacture the custom dynamically balanced golf club and so the invention encompasses such clubs as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, George Pantazelos, Joseph K. Lane
  • Publication number: 20230191208
    Abstract: A golf club such as a putter is disclosed where the elongated putter shaft and the player grip are angled with respect to one another such that a central axis of the shaft is not parallel to an axis of a shaft channel in said grip. In other aspects, the club can be self-balancing, and in other aspects, the club can have a forward or a rearward lean. In the invention, force applied to the grip of the club will be transferred to a club head through said shaft where said shaft is at an angle with respect to said grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Publication number: 20160175665
    Abstract: A self-balancing golf club with rearward lean. The self-balancing golf putter includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The self-balancing golf putter also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis, wherein the center axis converges with a balance point configured to make the club face seek square when making contact with the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Bottom of the Cup, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Patent number: 9233280
    Abstract: A self-balancing golf putter. The self-balancing golf putter includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The self-balancing golf putter also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis, wherein the center axis converges with a balance point configured to make the club face seek square when making contact with the golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Publication number: 20150265890
    Abstract: A golf club grip with an exterior surface has sides along a length of the grip that are gripped by a golfer's hands during use. The grip length has a cross section defined by a first dimension that is non-parallel to a second dimension. An interior portion of the golf club grip is configured with a hollow channel to receive a top portion of a golf club shaft. The hollow channel has a center axis that is: (a) non-parallel to the center axis of the grip in the first dimension; and (b) parallel to the center axis of the grip in the second dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Patent number: 8932148
    Abstract: A golf club. The golf club includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The golf club also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis. The golf club further includes an elliptical grip, wherein the elliptical grip includes a center axis. The center axis of the elliptical grip is non-parallel to the center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Publication number: 20140315656
    Abstract: A golf club. The golf club includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The golf club also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis. The golf club further includes an elliptical grip, wherein the elliptical grip includes a center axis. The center axis of the elliptical grip is non-parallel to the center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio
  • Publication number: 20140315655
    Abstract: A self-balancing golf putter. The self-balancing golf putter includes a club head. The club head includes a clubface configured to make contact with a golf ball. The self-balancing golf putter also includes a shaft attached to the club head. The shaft includes a center axis, wherein the center axis converges with a balance point configured to make the club face seek square when making contact with the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bill Presse, IV, Scott Sulprizio