Golf club having a collapsible shaft

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf club having a collapsible shaft showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is an exploded left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged left side elevational view of the golf club head, shown for ease of illustration;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on line 7--7 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational of FIG. 1, the undisclosed opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged top plan view of the shaft receiving chamber of the golf club head, shown for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the shaft, shown for clarity of illustration; and,

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of FIG. 6.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D85510 November 1931 Beach
D226617 April 1973 Dohan, Jr.
D230751 March 1974 Simonsen
3229980 January 1966 Silberman
Patent History
Patent number: D358187
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 30, 1993
Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
Inventor: Michael G. Simonds (Tooele, UT)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Attorney: David L. Rhodes & Ascolillo Baker
Application Number: 0/7,709
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/217