Hosel for a golf club

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the preferred embodiment of my new design for a hosel for a golf club, shown, by way of example, as part of a golf club head of a type referred to as a driver, and a shaft, as indicated by broken lines as environment;

FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 1 viewed from the distal end of the golf club head;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 1 taken from the proximal end of the golf club head;

FIG. 6 is an isometric view of the hosel shown in FIG. 1, looking down at the hosel from the distal end of the front of the hozel;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the hosel of a golf club as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 7 viewed from the distal end of the golf club head;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 7 taken from the proximal end of the golf club head;

FIG. 12 is an isometric view of the hosel shown in FIG. 7, looking down at the hosel from the distal end of the front of the hosel;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of the hosel of a golf club as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 13 viewed from the distal end of the golf club head;

FIG. 15 is a front elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is an end elevation of the hosel shown in FIG. 13 taken from the proximal end of the golf club head; and,

FIG. 18 is an isometric view of the hosel shown in FIG. 13, looking down at the hosel from the distal end of the front of the hosel.

The broken line showing a golf club head, and the line delineating the claimed hosel from the unclaimed golf club head and indicating an extension of the shaft are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D399279
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 19, 1996
Date of Patent: Oct 6, 1998
Inventor: Al Jackson (Vista, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Law Firm: Kolisch Hartwell Dickinson McCormack & Heuser
Application Number: 0/58,549
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/221
International Classification: 2102;