US 11,679,312 B2
Combination putter and chipper golf club
Byung Yong You, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to DRG KOREA CO., LTD, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/423,672
Filed by DRG KOREA CO., LTD, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018591
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/132987, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0173168 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0088445 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0416 (2020.08) [A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0458 (2020.08); A63B 53/065 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0483 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0495 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A putter-chipper golf club comprising:
a body 110 having a shaft S connected thereto, and including a coupling groove portion 110a having a through-hole formed therein;
a variable face 120 disposed on one side of the body 110, including a coupling protrusion portion 120a which is inserted into the through-hole and engaged with the coupling groove portion 110a, and configured to function as a putter face or a chipper face;
a spring 130 stored in the through-hole of the coupling groove portion 110a, and disposed on the circumference of a part of the coupling protrusion portion 120a; and
a face cap 150 disposed adjacent to the spring 130, and coupled to an end of the coupling protrusion portion 120a of the variable face 120,
wherein when the coupling groove portion 110a of the body 110 and the coupling protrusion portion 120a of the variable face 120 are disengaged from each other by pulling the variable face 120 from the body 110 toward one side, the golf club is switched to a putter or a chipper through rotation of the variable face 120.