Lie Adaptor

Abstract

This invention is directed toward a lie adaptor that can be used to adjust the angel at which the shaft attaches to the putter. In one embodiment, the lie adaptor is inserted into the hosel of a putter, then secured to both the shaft and putter head. In another embodiment, the lie adaptor has a cavity in its upper portion into which the shaft fits. In either case, the lie adaptor can be made with a variety of angle adjustments possible, such that a golf shop or even an individual golfer can quickly, easily, and economically adjust the putter lie.

1 . A lie adaptor, consisting of: an adaptor hosel, a canted joint, and a canted shaft, where the adaptor hosel comprises a upper end, where the canted joint comprises an offset angle and a first shelf, where the canted shaft comprises a second shelf, a male alignment guide, a connection face flat portion, and a threaded hole, with the threaded hole has a plurality of threaded hold threads, where the adaptor hosel is configured to accept a shaft end from a putter shaft of a putter, where the canted shaft has a canted shaft diameter, and where the canted shaft diameter is slightly smaller than a diameter of an inner hosel on a putter head of the putter, and where the second shelf mates with a corresponding shelf of the hosel inner of the putter, and where the male alignment guide mates with a lie adaptor socket in the hosel inner, and where the first shelf has a first shelf diameter, and where the first shelf diameter is slightly larger than a hosel outer diameter of a hosel outer located on a putter head. 
     
     
         2 . The lie adaptor of  claim 1 , additionally consisting of a bolt, where the bolt has a plurality of bolt threads, and where the plurality of bolt threads mate with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and where the putter has a clearance hole for bolt, with a clearance hole for bolt diameter, where the bolt has a bolt head, where the bolt head has a bolt head diameter, where the bolt head diameter is greater than the clearance hole for bolt diameter, such that the bolt can be inserted through the clearance hole for bolt, and the plurality of bolt threads can engage with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and with a rotating motion, the bolt can secure the lie adaptor into an inner hosel of the putter. 
     
     
         3 . The lie adaptor of  claim 2 , where the putter has a hosel inner and a hosel outer, and a set screw threaded hole, where the set screw threaded hole extends from the hosel outer into the hosel inner, and where a set screw is screwed into the set screw threaded hole, and where the set screw contacts a connection face flat portion of the lie adaptor, where the male alignment guide is elliptical, where the canted joint is between 0.5 degrees and 2 degrees. 
     
     
         4 . A lie adaptor, comprising: an adaptor hosel, a canted joint, and a canted shaft, where the adaptor hosel comprises a upper end, where the canted joint comprises an offset angle and a first shelf, where the canted shaft comprises a second shelf, a male alignment guide, a connection face flat portion, and a threaded hole, with the threaded hole has a plurality of threaded hold threads, where the adaptor hosel is configured to accept a shaft end from a putter shaft of a putter, where the canted shaft has a canted shaft diameter, and where the canted shaft diameter is slightly smaller than a diameter of an inner hosel on a putter head of the putter, and where the second shelf mates with a corresponding shelf of the hosel inner of the putter, and where the male alignment guide mates with a lie adaptor socket in the hosel inner, and where the first shelf has a first shelf diameter, and where the first shelf diameter is slightly larger than a hosel outer diameter of a hosel outer located on a putter head. 
     
     
         5 . The lie adaptor of  claim 4 , additionally comprising a bolt, where the bolt has a plurality of bolt threads, and where the plurality of bolt threads mate with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and where the putter has a clearance hole for bolt, with a clearance hole for bolt diameter, where the bolt has a bolt head, where the bolt head has a bolt head diameter, where the bolt head diameter is greater than the clearance hole for bolt diameter, such that the bolt can be inserted through the clearance hole for bolt, and the plurality of bolt threads can engage with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and with a rotating motion, the bolt can secure the lie adaptor into an inner hosel of the putter. 
     
     
         6 . The lie adaptor of  claim 5 , where the putter has a hosel inner and a hosel outer, and a set screw threaded hole, where the set screw threaded hole extends from the hosel outer into the hosel inner, and where a set screw is screwed into the set screw threaded hole, and where the set screw contacts a connection face flat portion of the lie adaptor. 
     
     
         7 . The lie adaptor of  claim 6 , where the male alignment guide is roughly elliptical. 
     
     
         8 . The lie adaptor of  claim 7  where the canted joint is between 0.5 and 10 degrees. 
     
     
         9 . The lie adaptor of  claim 7 , where the canted joint is between 1 degree and 3 degrees. 
     
     
         10 . The lie adaptor of  claim 9 , where the male alignment guide has a shape, and the shape is a rounded off shape. 
     
     
         11 . A lie adaptor, comprising: an adaptor hosel, a canted joint, and a canted shaft. 
     
     
         12 . The lie adaptor of  claim 11 , where the adaptor hosel comprises a upper end, where the canted joint comprises an offset angle and a first shelf, where the canted shaft comprises a second shelf, a male alignment guide, a connection face flat portion, and a threaded hole, with the threaded hole has a plurality of threaded hold threads, where the adaptor hosel is configured to accept a shaft end from a putter shaft, where the canted shaft has a canted shaft diameter. 
     
     
         13 . The lie adaptor of  claim 12 , where the canted shaft diameter is slightly smaller than an inner hosel diameter on a putter head, and where the second shelf mates with a hosel inner shelf, and where the male alignment guide mates with a lie adaptor socket in the hosel inner, and where the first shelf has a first shelf diameter, and where the first shelf diameter is slightly larger than a hosel outer diameter of a hosel outer located on a putter head, and additionally comprising means of connection between the male alignment guide and the lie adaptor socket. 
     
     
         14 . The lie adaptor of  claim 13 , where the means of connection is epoxy. 
     
     
         15 . The lie adaptor of  claim 13 , where the means of connection is a bolt, where the bolt has a plurality of bolt threads, and where the plurality of bolt threads mate with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and where the putter has a clearance hole for bolt, with a clearance hole for bolt diameter, where the bolt has a bolt head, where the bolt head has a bolt head diameter, where the bolt head diameter is greater than the clearance hole for bolt diameter, such that the bolt can be inserted through the clearance hole for bolt, and the plurality of bolt threads can engage with the plurality of threaded hole threads, and with a rotating motion, the bolt can secure the lie adaptor into an inner hosel of the putter. 
     
     
         16 . The lie adaptor of  claim 15 , where the putter has a hosel inner and a hosel outer, and a set screw threaded hole, where the set screw threaded hole extends from the hosel outer into the hosel inner, and where a set screw is screwed into the set screw threaded hole, and where the set screw contacts a connection face flat portion of the lie adaptor. 
     
     
         17 . The lie adaptor of  claim 16 , where the male alignment guide is elliptical. 
     
     
         18 . The lie adaptor of  claim 17  where the canted joint is between 1 and 2 degrees. 
     
     
         19 . The lie adaptor of  claim 17 , where the canted joint is between 0.5 degrees and 10 degrees. 
     
     
         20 . The lie adaptor of  claim 19 , where the male alignment guide has a shape, and the shape is a rounded off shape.