Watch Out, Nike Has Some Interesting Designs Up Their Sleeve. Can You Imagine Tiger Playing One of These?

Just when you start to think that nothing will surprise you…. something always does. Today a Nike patent application caught me off guard with talk of adjustments to “change the overall exterior shape.” Do what?
The application published as US Pub. No. 20090186717 titled “Golf Clubs and Golf Club Heads with Adjustable Center of Gravity and Moment of Inertia Characteristics,” and describes the invention as…. Check out these designs…. Amazing ideas, but will any of them make it to market? I suggest they call this line the Transformer, or possibly just SS (for shape shifter)….

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I Can’t Decide, Is This Swing Training Invention a Birdie or a Bogey?

An interesting swing training invention is disclosed in a patent application that published this week, but I can’t decide if this is a really good idea or just another toy to collect dust in the basement. The application published as US Pub. No. 20090181785 titled “Golf Swing Training Apparatus” and describes the invention as…. Got that? Me neither. Fortunately the inventor has a website that includes a paper explaining the dual swing concept, as well as a video. Check it out! Could this help your swing?….

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British Open IP and Lee Westwood’s Roster of Sponsors

Click HERE to read a prior post about the trademark portfolio associated with the British Open. Enjoy. Also, while you are watching the tournament today try to count the number of sponsors listed on Lee Westwood’s shirt and hat. More significantly, how many of them can you actually read? During yesterday’s press conference I counted no less than __ different companies, and about __ that I could actually read. How much is too much?

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Bridgestone’s Latest Golf Ball Patent, I Bet You Have Never Seen a Dimple Like This

Golf technology, and the associated research and development, never cease to amaze me. Today Bridgestone had a golf ball patent issue on a dimple pattern designed specifically to maximize distance under low spin conditions. The Bridgestone patent issued as USPN 7559857 titled “Golf Ball,” which describes the invention as…. Check out these dimples…. Fascinating stuff! Finally, a ball for all the golfers fortunate to hit low-spinning drives.

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How Is a High Spin Wedge Designed Without Concern for the Grooves?

Well, I have no idea…. but I will tell you how Japanese club maker K.K. Endo Seisakusho says they can do it; namely, by going against conventional thinking regarding the location of a club head’s center of gravity (CG). Would you ever think that raising the center of gravity of a wedge head would result in more spin? Well, a recently published patent application indicates that increasing the CG height of the wedge above the center of the ball can increase the resulting spin on the ball. The application published as US Pub. No. 20090176596 titled “Wedge Type Golf Club Including Pitching Wedge, Approach Wedge, and Sand Wedge,” and the following drawings nicely illustrate the height of the club head CG versus the center of the golf ball…. The application explains…. Are you a believer?

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Is Your Wedge Lacking the Appropriate Traces?

What’s a trace you ask? Take a look at these figures from a Bridgestone patent application that published today and it will become clear…. Starting to see a trend? There is a lot of real estate between those grooves to capitalize on. Recall my post titled “Does Your Club Face Need Some Engineered Texturing? Taylor Made Thinks So!”….

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An Adjustable Tension Putter Face

Recently a patent application published disclosing an interesting adjustable putter face. The application originates from Korea, so it is not the easiest to read but the drawings help fill the holes. The application published as US Publication No. 20090170628 titled “Head for Golf Putter” and describes the invention as….

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Would These Shoes Have Saved Tiger’s Knee?

There aren’t too many interesting golf shoe inventions, but this is one. Check out the golf shoe design disclosed in a patent application that recently published as 20090165336 titled “Magnetic Swivel Sports Shoes.”…. Interesting invention, but I am not sure those shoes would help my game (and how much would they weigh)…..

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PING’s Latest Vibration Dampening Iron Design

Vibration dampening of golf irons has been a popular subject in golf club patents for the past decade. Recently Karsten Manufacturing, maker of PING brand clubs, had a patent application publish disclosing a club head design that they have been working on to reduce club head vibration. The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20090156324 titled “Golf Club with Cavity, and Method of Manufacture.” Check out this design…. Frankly, I go to as many demo days as I can and I hit as many irons as possible, yet….

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