Club Manufacturers Are Starting to Design for the Fact That Most Golfers Don’t Hit the Ball in the Center of the Club Face

It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since I posted Club Face Adjustability, Is It The Next Big Thing about an Acushnet patent directed to variable driver face stiffness. That post was even a follow-up to one a year earlier titled The Next Step in Club Head Adjustability regarding a prior Acushnet patent directed to coefficient of restitution (COR) adjustability, or the ability to adjust the stiffness of club’s face. Well, apparently it is a concept that is also of interest to Nike Golf, as this week they had a patent application publish titled “Golf Club Head or Other Ball Striking Device Having a Reinforced or Localized Stiffened Face Portion,” which describes the invention as…. Who knows, maybe one of these will actually make it to the market in the next few years!….

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Honest Officer, That Needle You Found in My Trunk is used to Adjust My Golf Club

Imagine the look you would receive if you ever uttered those words to a police officer; however, someday it may actually be true! Nike Golf recently had an interesting patent application publish as US Pub. No. 20100261539 titled “Golf Club Head or Other Ball Striking Device Having Stiffened Face Portion,” which describes the invention as…. Interesting, sure; practical, no way. In fact, I promise to buy one if such a club ever makes to onto store shelves!….

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Finally, I Can Get That Prostate Based Swing Thought Out of My Mind

Perhaps some day I will appreciate the genius of this invention (hopefully not), but the title “prostate golf seat” sure caught my attention. The patent application disclosing this enlightening invention published last week as US Pub. No. 20100259088, which describes the invention as…. Who knew that golf carts could be so dangerous to your prostate? Looks like an accident waiting to happen as your 250 pound golf partner jumps in the seat next to you….

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Ahh, Finally a Self-Cleaning Golf Club (by Nike)

Nike has come up with a pretty interesting idea. I might go as far as saying a downright creative idea (and generally when I feel that way it means that it has been done before). Now, you are going
to have to read a little to fully appreciate the idea, but it will be worth it. Trust me. This interesting Nike invention is disclosed in a patent application that was published today as US Pub. No. 20100261538 titled “Golf Club Having Hydrophobic And Hydrophilic Portions,” which
describes the invention as….

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Is Your Putter Making You a Patent Infringer? Possibly if You Are Putting with a Nike Unitized Techno or a Nike Oz 6

This week Nike Golf was hit with a patent infringement lawsuit by a Mr. Brent Bradford alleging that the Nike Unitized Techno and the Nike Oz 6 infringe two of his putter patents. The patents at issue are USPN 6652390 and 7018304. Click HERE to read the complete Complaint. The first patent USPN 6652390 titled “Spread Heel/Toe Weighted Golf Club” describes the invention as…. It appears that the broadest claim of the ‘390 patent is as follows. Do you think the Nike putters have all the elements described in the claim?…. It will be interesting to see how this case turns out….

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A Ridiculous New Level of Adjustability; Wait, I Think I Might Like This One!

Nike had an interesting patent application publish today. I say “interesting” because my first thought was “that’s ridiculous, how would knowing precisely where the center of gravity is located for each of my irons help a hack like me play better.” However, the more of the application I read, the more I liked the concept. Decide for yourself….. Wait just one second…. “to help compensate for swing flaws that typically produce an excessively high ballooning flight.” You mean to tell me that my excessively high ballooning flight is due to a swing flaw! Nonsense….. So, is this just another method of adjustability that no one uses past the first week, or does this concept have legs? Only time will tell, but first it has to make it into an actual commercial product…..

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How Long Before We Have to Buy Specific Balls Designed for Our Specific Driver?

I have to hand it to Acushnet, they definitely try to think of every way possible to retain their grip on the golf ball market. One of their recently published patent applications reveals one such strategy. The application published as US Pub. No. 20100234125 titled “High Launch and Low Spin Golf Ball and Golf Club Combination.” The application describes the invention as…..

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Does the World Really Need High Heel Golf Shoes?

That is a tough question because most of my annual golf spending is on products that I don’t really need. Heck, high heel golf shoes may do more for my actual game than many of the products that I purchase. Regardless, recently an interesting (I can’t bring myself to say “unique”) patent application was published as US Pub. No. 20100242307 titled “Golf Shoe,” which is directed to high heel golf shoes. Check out these beauties!…. Care to make a prediction on whether this application ever matures to a patent? My money is on “NO.” The shoes actually look a little dangerous to me, but then again I don’t quite have a perfectly balanced and smooth swing! Anyone up for a round of golf in 5″ heels?….

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