Patents by Inventor John T. Stites, III

John T. Stites, III 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: 5272802
    Abstract: A golf club includes a golf club head comprising a striking surface and a body portion extending backward from the striking surface. A first indentation is formed toward the rear of the body portion and behind the left most impact point on the striking surface, while a second indentation is formed toward the rear of the body portion and behind the right most impact point on the striking surface. A first weighted element is affixed inside the first indentation, and a second weighted element is affixed inside the second indentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Head Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Stites, III
  • Patent number: 5181720
    Abstract: A golf club includes a club shaft and a club head. The club shaft has a grip end and an opposed hollow end. The club head includes a body, a male pin and a female hosel disposed about the pin, the pin and the hosel together defining an annulus therebetween configured and dimensioned to receive therein the hollow shaft end. Adhesive is disposed both in a first bond line intermediate the inner surface of the hollow shaft end and the outer surface of the pin, and in a second bond line intermediate the outer surface of the hollow shaft end and the inner surface of the hosel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Head Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Stites, III, Jerome M. Austry
  • Patent number: D339183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Head Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Stites, III
  • Patent number: D354324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Head Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Stites, III
  • Patent number: D377068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Ray Cook Golf Company
    Inventor: John T. Stites, III