Patents by Inventor Karsten Solheim

Karsten Solheim 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: 5423534
    Abstract: A correlated set of golf clubs the heads of which each have a top ridge that extends longitudinally along the upper part of the head between the heel and toe ends thereof with enlarged mass concentrations being formed to provide upper protuberances at the heel and toe ends of the ridge. The top ridge and the upper heel and toe protuberances are especially configured to locate mass concentrations high on the heads and set back from the striking faces thereof to provide the club heads with an improved ability to resist twisting of the club heads upon laterally off-center impacts with a golf ball and to resist tilting of the club heads upon vertically off-center impacts with a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5297803
    Abstract: A correlated set of golf clubs the heads of which each have a top ridge that extends longitudinally along the upper part of the head between the heel and toe ends thereof with enlarged mass concentrations being formed to provide upper protuberances at the heel and toe ends of the ridge. The top ridge and the upper heel and toe protuberances are especially configured to locate mass concentrations high on the heads and set back from the striking faces thereof to provide the club heads with an improved ability to resist twisting of the club heads upon laterally off-center impacts with a golf ball and to resist tilting of the club heads upon vertically off-center impacts with a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5295685
    Abstract: A correlated set of golf clubs the heads of which each have a top ridge that extends longitudinally along the upper part of the head between the heel and toe ends thereof with enlarged mass concentrations being formed to provide upper protuberances at the heel and toe ends of the ridge. The top ridge and the upper heel and toe protuberances are especially configured to locate mass concentrations high on the heads and set back from the striking faces thereof to provide the club heads with an improved ability to resist twisting of the club heads upon laterally off-center impacts with a golf ball and to resist tiling of the club heads upon vertically off-center impacts with a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5292122
    Abstract: A correlated set of golf clubs the heads of which each have a top ridge that extends longitudinally along the upper part of the head between the heel and toe ends thereof with enlarged mass concentrations being formed to provide upper protuberances at the heel and toe ends of the ridge. The top ridge and the upper heel and toe protuberances are especially configured to locate mass concentrations high on the heads and set back from the striking faces thereof to provide the club heads with an improved ability to resist twisting of the club heads upon laterally off-center impacts with a golf ball and to resist tilting of the club heads upon vertically off-center impacts with a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5292128
    Abstract: A putter is provided with concentrations of mass in the toe and heel portions, and the putter head is otherwise configured so that its center of gravity is approximately midway between the toe and heel of the putter head. Maximum stability within practical constraints is achieved by an especially configured hosel which slants upwardly and forwardly from proximate the heel of the putter head and positions the putter shaft so that its longitudinal axis intersects an imaginary line at a point forward of the face of the putter with the imaginary line being normal to the face of the putter and passing through the center of gravity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5226654
    Abstract: A putter is provided with concentrations of mass in the toe and heel portions, and the putter head is otherwise configured so that its center of gravity is approximately midway between the toe and heel of the putter head. Maximum stability within practical constraints is achieved by an especially configured hosel which extends vertically from proximate the heel of the putter head and positions the putter shaft so that its longitudinal axis intersects an imaginary line at a point forward of the face of the putter with the imaginary line being normal to the face of the putter and passing through the center of gravity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: 5193805
    Abstract: A correlated set of golf clubs the heads of which each have a top ridge that extends longitudinally along the upper part of the head between the heel and toe ends thereof with enlarged mass concentrations being formed to provide upper protuberances at the heel and toe ends of the ridge. The top ridge and the upper heel and toe protuberances are especially configured to locate mass concentrations high on the heads and set back from the striking faces thereof to provide the club heads with an improved ability to resist twisting of the club heads upon laterally off-center impacts with a golf ball and to resist tiling of the club heads upon vertically off-center impacts with a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D330577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D332812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D333333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D344778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D345192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D356615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D356844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Karsten Solheim, John C. Bliss
  • Patent number: D357291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D357293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D357294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D357295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D360008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim
  • Patent number: D379484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Karsten Solheim