Golf club and kit having interchangeable heads and shafts

Abstract

A golf club kit having selectively interchangeable heads and shafts. The upper face of a club head is provided with hosel having a recessed sleeve with an open ends. A receiver, having a bore provided with spline grooves, is secured within the sleeve. A recessed screw port, axially aligned with the bore and the sleeve, is provided in the head's lower face. A club shaft includes a hosel connector on its lower end. The connector has a lower portion provided with external splines and an internally threaded bore, and an upper portion with a circumferential flange. The hosel connector of a selected shaft is inserted into the receiver of a selected club. A screw is passed upwardly through the screw port and is threadably installed within the bore of the hosel connector. The hosel connector flange is compressed securely against the upper end of the receiver.

1 . An apparatus golf club comprising: 
 a. a club head having an upper face and a lower face, said upper face being provided with a recessed sleeve, said lower face being provided with a recessed screw port having a passageway in an upper end thereof;    b. a receiver, said receiver having a bore provided with a plurality of spline grooves, said receiver being secured within said recessed sleeve, said passageway in said screw port being axially aligned with said bore and said sleeve;    c. a club shaft, said shaft including a hosel connector on its lower end, said hosel connector having a lower portion provided with a plurality of external splines received by said plurality of spline grooves in said receiver, said lower portion further including an internally threaded open bore and said hosel connector further having an upper portion with a circumferential flange; and,    d. a screw, said screw having a shaft passing upwardly through said passageway and being threadably installed within said bore of said hosel connector, whereby said connector flange is compressed securely against an upper end of said receiver.    
   
   
       2 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said club head is a driver, and in which a substantial volume of said driver is hollow.  
   
   
       3 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said threaded bore includes left-handed threads.  
   
   
       4 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said club head is a putter or a wedge having a substantially solid metal or metal alloy body.  
   
   
       5 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said shaft is carbon fiber.  
   
   
       6 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said lower portion of said hosel connector may be installed into said receiver in a plurality of rotational positions.  
   
   
       7 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said receiver includes a peripheral flange around said upper end, said peripheral flange overlying a co-extensive portion of said upper face and having an outer side.  
   
   
       8 . An apparatus as in  claim 7  in which said outer side of said peripheral flange and an outer side of said circumferential flange have substantially matching arcuate configurations.  
   
   
       9 . An apparatus as in  claim 1  in which said screw has a driver head provided with a star-shaped driver recess.  
   
   
       10 . A golf club kit comprising: 
 a. a plurality of club heads, each said club head having an upper face and a lower face, said upper face being provided with a recessed sleeve, said lower face being provided with a recessed screw port having a passageway in an upper end thereof;    b. a receiver for a respective one of each of said club heads, each said receiver having a bore provided with a plurality of spline grooves, said receiver being secured within said recessed sleeve, said passageway in said screw port being axially aligned with said bore and said aperture;    c. a club shaft, said shaft including a hosel connector on its lower end, said hosel connector having a lower portion provided with a plurality of external splines received by said plurality of spline grooves in the receiver of a selected one of said club heads, said lower portion further including an internally threaded open bore, and said hosel connector further having an upper portion with a circumferential flange; and,    d. a screw, said screw having a shaft passing upwardly through said passageway within a selected one of said club heads and being threadably installed within said bore of said hosel connector, whereby said hosel connector flange is compressed securely against an upper end of said receiver of said selected one of said club heads.    
   
   
       11 . An apparatus as in  claim 10  in which said club heads are drivers, and in which a substantial volume of each of said drivers is hollow.  
   
   
       12 . An apparatus as in  claim 10  in which said club heads are putters or wedges having a substantially solid metal or metal alloy body.  
   
   
       13 . An apparatus as in  claim 10  in which said lower portion of said hosel connector may be installed into said receiver of each of said club heads in a plurality of rotational positions.  
   
   
       14 . An apparatus as in  claim 10  in which said receiver of each of said club heads includes a peripheral flange around said upper end, said peripheral flange overlying a co-extensive portion of said upper face and having an outer side, said outer side of said peripheral flange and an outer side of said circumferential flange having substantially matching arcuate configurations.  
   
   
       15 . A golf club kit comprising: 
 a. a club head, said club head having an upper face and a lower face, said upper face being provided with a recessed sleeve, said lower face being provided with a recessed screw port having a passageway in an upper end thereof;    b. a receiver, said receiver having a bore provided with a plurality of spline grooves, said receiver being secured within said recessed sleeve, said passageway in said screw port being axially aligned with said bore and said aperture;    c. a plurality of club shafts, each said club shaft including a hosel connector on its lower end, each said hosel connector having a lower portion provided with a plurality of external splines adapted to be received by said plurality of spline grooves in said receiver of said club head, said lower portion further including an internally threaded open bore, and said hosel connector further having an upper portion with a circumferential flange; and,    d. a screw, said screw passing upwardly through said passageway and being threadably installed within the bore of a selected one of said club shafts, whereby said hosel connector flange of said selected one of said club shafts is compressed securely against an upper end of said receiver of said club heads.    
   
   
       16 . An apparatus as in  claim 15  in which said club head is a driver, and in which a substantial volume of said driver is hollow.  
   
   
       17 . An apparatus as in  claim 15  in which said club head is a putter or a wedge having a substantially solid metal or metal alloy body.  
   
   
       18 . An apparatus as in  claim 15  in which said lower portion of said hosel connector of each of said shafts may be installed into said receiver in a plurality of rotational positions.  
   
   
       19 . An apparatus as in  claim 15  in which said receiver includes a peripheral flange around said upper end, said peripheral flange overlying a co-extensive portion of said upper face and having an outer side.  
   
   
       20 . An apparatus as in  claim 19  in which said outer side of said peripheral flange and an outer side of said circumferential flange have substantially matching arcuate configurations.