Patents by Inventor David W. Means

David W. Means 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).

  • Patent number: 6669573
    Abstract: The hosel construction includes a plug member extending downwardly for engaging a club head having a club face. A neck member, extending angularly upwardly from the plug member, engages a shaft to complete a golf club. The neck member extends in a generally transverse dimension to determine a lie angle between the shaft and the club head. The neck member also extends in a generally longitudinal dimension to determine a longitudinal angle, such as a face angle for the club face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Golfsmith Licensing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Donald C. Wood, David W. Means
  • Publication number: 20020037773
    Abstract: The hosel construction includes a plug member extending downwardly for engaging a club head having a club face. A neck member, extending angularly upwardly from the plug member, engages a shaft to complete a golf club. The neck member extends in a generally transverse dimension to determine a lie angle between the shaft and the club head. The neck member also extends in a generally longitudinal dimension to determine a longitudinal angle, such as a face angle for the club face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Donald C. Wood, David W. Means
  • Patent number: 6273828
    Abstract: The hosel construction includes a plug member extending downwardly for engaging a club head having a club face. A neck member, extending angularly upwardly from the plug member, engages a shaft to complete a golf club. The neck member extends in a generally transverse dimension to determine a lie angle between the shaft and the club head. The neck member also extends in a generally longitudinal dimension to determine a longitudinal angle, such as a face angle for the club face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Zevo Golf Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Wood, David W. Means
  • Patent number: 5951411
    Abstract: The golf club construction includes a club head, an interchangeable shaft, and a hosel having a hosel bore extending between an open distal end and a closed end, and an alignment arrangement including an element thereof disposed at the closed end. A sleeve secured on the shaft end forms another alignment arrangement element and is adapted to be received within the bore to engage the alignment element therein. A capture mechanism disposed on the shaft engages the hosel at about the open end portion to fix releaseably the shaft relative to the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Zevo Golf Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Wood, David W. Means
  • Patent number: 5851155
    Abstract: The hosel construction includes a plug member extending downwardly for engaging a club head having a club face. A neck member, extending angularly upwardly from the plug member, engages a shaft to complete a golf club. The neck member extends in a generally transverse dimension to determine a lie angle between the shaft and the club head. The neck member also extends in a generally longitudinal dimension to determine a longitudinal angle, such as a face angle for the club face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Zevo Golf Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Wood, David W. Means
  • Patent number: 5596590
    Abstract: A shutter mechanism having a slide element coupled to a support base by a plurality of roller bearings journaled between opposing pairs of guide rods is disclosed. The slide element and support base have corresponding beam apertures in alignment when the shutter is in its open position. Angularly mounted on the slide, adjacent to the slide's beam aperture, is a UV reflective mirror. When the shutter is commended to close, an actuator forces the slide and support base apertures out of alignment, while simultaneously positioning the UV reflective mirror into the position previously occupied by the slide's aperture. A laser beam, previously being transmitted through the aligned apertures, will be reflected by the mirror to a beam stop as a diagnostic instrument mounted on the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Cymer Laser Technologies
    Inventors: Anthony J. de Ruyter, David W. Means