What is the Next Step in Adjustability? Taylor Made is Considering Adjustable-Stiffness Shaft Tips

An interesting Taylor Made patent application published this week that may give us a look at their next step in adjustability; which means a new acronym! The application published as US Pub. No. 20090239677 titled “Golf Club Shafts Having Selectable-Stiffness Tip Regions, and Golf Clubs Comprising Same” and describes the application as…. Is this an adjustability feature that you would pay a premium for?….

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More Golf Tee Concepts from PING, This Time a “Set” of Golf Tees

A few months ago I authored a post titled “PING’s New Golf Tee Designed to Minimize a Tee’s Effect on Flight Trajectory and Spin” and expressed my surprise that a big golf club OEM would have any interest in the golf tee market. Well, apparently PING does enough testing to believe that the effect of a tee on golf ball flight is more significant than most golfers believe. Just yesterday Karsten had another golf tee related patent application publish as US Pub. No. 20090233734 titled “Set of Golf Tees.” The application describes the invention as….. They just need one guy on Tour utilizing different shaped tees for different shot shapes and then amateurs around the world will be doing it…..

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How Much Would One of These Golf Shafts Cost?

This week a fascinating golf club shaft patent application published disclosing a smart shaft aimed at reducing shaft vibrations. The application published as US Pub. No. 20090233729 titled “Vibration Reducing Golf Club” and describes the invention as…. Interesting concept but, as I have said before, aside from the occasional shank, I just do not notice these undesirable vibrations that so many inventions seek to minimize. It seems like this shaft may be difficult to manufacture so that the shaft is similar in size and weight to conventional shafts, but it sure would be cool to see one in action…..

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OK, These Are The Shoes That Would Have Saved Tiger’s Knee! Maybe?

Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit with my prior post titled “Would These Shoes Have Saved Tiger’s Knee,” because recently a patent was granted on a pair of golf shoes that would have surely prevented the injury! Maybe? OK, I doubt it!….. Some day I am going to run these ideas by Dr. Lanny over at Golfer’sKnee to see if these type of shoes are more likely reduce injury or cause injury…..

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Has the Golf Ball Dimple Reached the End of its Useful Life?

In the past the Golf-Patents blog has published many posts regarding the potential look of future golf balls (here, here, here, here, and here). It has gotten to the point that I am starting to believe that the day will come when I will tell young golfers that I remember playing golf with a ball that had dimples (round dimples at that) and they won’t believe me. Supporting this belief is a patent that was granted to Acushnet today titled “Golf Ball Surface Textures.” The patent (USPN 7,588,505) describes the invention as….. So, how long do you think it will be before traditional circular dimples are obsolete?

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Just What Every Golf Cart Needs, a Lift Kit

Having your own golf cart would be nice, but having one with a lift would be awesome! Check out this sweet looking golf cart….. OK, sweet may be a stretch. The drawing comes from USPN 7,581,740 titled “Golf Cart Front Suspension Lift System.” The patent describes the invention as…. Nice invention, but is there a market for golf cart lift kits?

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What’s Scotty Been Up To?

Over the years I have only covered a couple of Scotty Cameron’s inventions; check out the posts titled “Am I the Only Golfer That Thinks Scented Golf Grips are Unnecessary?” and “Would You Play A Scented Golf Grip That Feels Like Jelly? Scotty Cameron Thinks So.” Well, recently Scotty had a patent application publish that isn’t directed to a putter or grip design, but rather to a system for analyzing a putting stroke. The application published as US Pub. No. 20090221379 titled “Method and Apparatus for Determining Golf Ball Performance Versus Golf Club Configuration in Accordance with a Golfer’s Individual Swing Characteristics” and includes the following description and drawings….. It seems that the novelty of the system is that it includes a force plate that the golfer stands on during the stroke so that weight distribution information may be included in the swing analysis…..

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Your Next Gamer?

Check out the driver design found in USPN D599421 simply titled “Golf Club Head,” which issued last week….. Could it find a home in your bag? I bet that if it came with a TaylorMade, Titleist, Callaway, (fill in the blank), name on it that a lot of people would give it a try, despite the nontraditional look….

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The Problem With Your Drives Is Your Lack of Soul (or Sole); Perhaps Acushnet’s Interchangeable Sole Driver Design Is The Solution

Acushnet had two interesting patent applications publish addressing another yet another degree of adjustability; namely, the ability to switch out a driver’s sole plate to change the club head’s characteristics. The applications published as US Pub. No. 20090221380 and 20090221381 titled “Golf Club Having Removable Sole Weight Using Custom and Interchangeable Panels” and describe the invention as…. Check out these designs….

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A Battle of the Spikes; Yet Another Golf Shoe Spike Patent Infringement Battle

The intrigue of a good golf shoe cleat lawsuit reads like a fine mystery novel. Laughable? Not so, the latest battle FlatSpikes takes on SoftSpikes contains all sorts of interesting allegations! Many golfers would be surprised by the amount of litigation concerning patents on golf shoe spikes; just check out these prior posts (post 1, post 2, post 3). Check out the following interesting parts from the Complaint that was filed on Tuesday…. Yow, this one should be nasty. The entire golf cleat patent infringement Complaint may be reviewed HERE….

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Bizarre Golf Club Patent of the Week

I come across so many bizarre patents directed to golf clubs that I have decided to feature one such patent every week or two. The Golf-Patents blog is generally dedicated to current happenings in the world of golf intellectual property, but this new category allows me to cover some wonderfully interesting designs from the past. The crazy patent of the week is USPN 5224702 titled “Offset Hosel Golf Club.” Check out this design….. Think you could hit this club?….

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