Golf club

Application filed February 7

One object of the invention is to secure torsional resiliency in the hosel of a golf club for the purpose of absorbing the shock upon striking the ball.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the 10 claims.

In the drawing

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the invention. .

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ot 15 the hosel of Fig. 1.

Fie. 3 is a cross section of the hosel oi

Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section of a modification.

Fig. 5 is a view of a hosel formed sepa20 rately from and adapted to be attached to a golf head, said view illustrating also the fact that this invention is not limited in respect to the number or arrangement of the slots in the hosel.

Fig. 6 is a view of a modified form o± resilient hosel. .

It will be understood while I show in ig. 1 an iron head, an integral metal hosel and .. a metal shaft, that the invention is not lun30 ited to any particular form of club, the broad object being to secure resiliency torsionally between the shaft and the head by the construction of the interposed hosel and the manner in which the shaft is assembled and united 35 therewith. . .

In Fig. 1 the head 1, as an instance, is ot metal and representative of any suitable golf club head. The hosel in this figure is shown as integral with the head.

It is slotted as at 2 to give resiliency to torsional force, and in the particular form shown the slots extend lengthwise of the hosel parallel with the axis and throughout the major portion of the length of the hosel.

At the upper end the hosel has a sleeve portion 3 unslotted. The shaft is .fitted to the interior of the hosel so that there is a bearing contact to prevent chattering and at 4 a pin or suitable securing member is passed 50 through the upper ferrule or continuous

1,892,482 vice, they are to be regarded as so combined for the purpose of this specification.

When the blow is delivered upon the ball, and particularly if the point of contact is ° considerably removed from the so-called sweet spot” of the head, there is imposed on the shaft a torsional strain tending to twist it in the hands of the player and also resultⁱⁿS^{in a} sensation which is unpleasant. With ^w my improvement, these objections are eliminated as the torsional strain, is absorbed by the slotted hosel and is not imparted to the hands of the player.

., The shaft is intended to have the standard ¹⁰ taper.

While the invention is not limited to a golf club, haying a metal shaft, it avoids the objection in the use of metal shafts with metal club heads, namely, lack of torsional re siliency.