The Accordion Golf Grip

Golf club adjustability has come a long way in the past five years. In fact, some purists might say that it has gotten out of control. You be the judge. Recently an Acushnet patent application published as US Pub. No. 20110256949 titled “Butt-Mounted Shaft Extension for a Golf Club.” Oh, the potential jokes associated with that title. Anyway, the application describes the invention as…. Any buyers out there? Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Adjustable Golf Club Inventions

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Sneak Peek at the Cobra Catamaran Driver

OK, I made up the “catamaran” name and “sneak peek” might be a bit of a stretch because it is generally used in association with a product that will actually make it to market. Ignoring those minor details, Cobra Golf did have a rather interesting patent application publish today as US Pub. No. 20110256954 titled “Golf Club with Multi-Component Construction.” Check out this driver design….. Now this is the part that I find most interesting…. A hinged face! Pretty interesting stuff but will it ever see the light of day?…. Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Patent Applications

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The Future of Golf, A Thoughtful Commentary on the State of the Game (or not)

I recently posted about one method of making golf more enjoyable, but a recent application takes the cake. Have you ever heard of Tolf? Yes, that is golf with a T (clever). The revolutionary new hybrid game is disclosed in US Pub. No. 20110221134, aptly titled….. It certainly looks a lot less frustrating than golf. I hear that it might be in the Olympics. Ugh, can you tell it was a slow week in the world of golf patents?…. Dave Dawsey – Keeping an Eye on Golf Inventions

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Birdie or Bogey?

Training aids always look amazing in an infomercial; in fact, they tend to look great right up until the time you open the box. Then, the miracle cure that surely will get you down to a single digit handicap looks more like a lump of cheap material. Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of training aids and spend my fair share of money in search of that perfect device; it just seems that I am disappointed more often than I am pleasantly surprised. Recently an interesting training aid patent application published as US Pub. No. 20110250979 titled “Golf Swing Training Aid.” You decide, is it a birdie or a bogey? I am leaning toward…. David Dawsey – Keeping an Eye on Golf Swing Inventions

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Fins, Fins, Fins, Really?

Over the years I have covered a lot of golf club head designs incorporating fins and wings (see HERE, HERE, and HERE). Generally they looked like mad creations of a garage tinkerer and easy to dismiss, however now days every major club maker seems focused on aerodynamics along with complex modeling of the airflow around the club head. Therefore, when a patent application published this week directed to a finned club head it made me wonder… maybe there is something to all those old finned club heads and they were just ahead of their time (or perhaps it didn’t really matter until we started swinging gigantic club heads). Either way, the following Nike Golf patent application got my attention. The application published as US Pub. No. 20110244979 titled “Golf Club Assembly and Golf Club with Aerodynamic Features.”….. Could there really be something to this madness? I am betting that fins are not the new square but if I am wrong and one of these actually makes it to the market, I will be in the front of the line to try it out. The only thing that surprises me about this application is that the fins aren’t adjustable, after all it seems that golfers will buy anything that is marketed as adjustable. Can’t you just imagine one of these designs with the Tiger Woods logo on it! Dave Dawsey – Monitoring Golf Inventions

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Have You Ever Considered Energizing Your Golf Ball Via Your Tee?

Me neither! Fortunately the brains at “The Oven” are thinking about these things, as evidenced by a patent application that recently published as US Pub. No. 20110224008 titled “Golf Ball With Piezoelectric Material.” The application describes the invention as…. Say what? The application goes on to explain…. Now that sounds like an expensive golf ball and tee combination! Frankly, I would prefer if my ball just transformed into the shape of a remote control airplane upon impact. David Dawsey – Keeping an Eye on Golf Ball Technology

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Tribute to Steve Jobs, His First Patent

Genius, sure. Visionary, you bet. Since there will be a ton of great tributes written about Steve Jobs in the next few days, I will keep this simple… check out his very first patent, applied for in 1980 directed to a “personal computer.”…. Imagine how cutting edge that design was back when this application was filed in 1980! David Dawsey – IP Attorney

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