Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Hilton

Thomas R. Hilton 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).

  • Putter with alignment aid
    Patent number: 10716990
    Abstract: A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
  • Putter With Alignment Aid
    Publication number: 20200197780
    Abstract: A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
  • Putter with alignment aid
    Patent number: 10583344
    Abstract: A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
  • Putter With Alignment Aid
    Publication number: 20190240557
    Abstract: A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
  • Putter with alignment aid
    Patent number: 10293237
    Abstract: A putter head comprising a novel alignment structure is disclosed herein. In particular, the putter comprises an alignment sphere attached to an upper surface of a lower flange and an alignment ring suspended over the lower flange and vertically aligned with the alignment sphere. When a golfer has oriented the putter properly in front of a golf ball at address, the alignment sphere will appear to the golfer to be encircled by the alignment ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon, Augustin W. Rollinson, Patrick Dawson, Bradley C. Rice
  • Multiple material putter
    Patent number: 9162121
    Abstract: A golf club putter having a low head center of gravity and a high MOI is disclosed herein. The putter has a metal body comprising a face and a hosel, a low density dampening layer affixed to the body, and a high density rear weight affixed to the dampening layer, and the dampening layer has a first surface that forms an angle with an opposing second surface that is inversely proportional to the distance of the hosel from a heel side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head with alignment markings
    Patent number: 9095759
    Abstract: A golf club putter having an alignment pattern is disclosed herein. The alignment pattern has first and second long lines that approach each other as they extend from an aft region of the putter to a front region of the putter and, when the putter is properly aligned with a golf ball, create an optical illusion of convergence of said lines at or near a center of the golf ball without actually intersecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Augustin W. Rollinson
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D713900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head alignment pattern
    Patent number: D713908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head alignment pattern
    Patent number: D713911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head alignment pattern
    Patent number: D713914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head alignment pattern
    Patent number: D713916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D719622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Augustin W. Rollinson, Thomas R. Hilton
  • Golf club head alignment pattern
    Patent number: D720414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D801458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Augustin W. Rollinson, Gioacchino Glorioso, Thomas R. Hilton
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D803959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Augustin W. Rollinson, Thomas R. Hilton, Larry Tang
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D820366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Sean Toulon
  • Putter Head
    Patent number: D846047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D846048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hilton
  • Putter head
    Patent number: D846671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hilton, Augustin W. Rollinson