Title:
Golf club shaft
United States Patent D594075
US Patent References:
Golf club
Hutchison - October, 1935 - 2018723

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Heddon - January, 1940 - D118594

Golf club including pentagonal grip
Mancuso - December, 1986 - 4629191

Ski pole shaft
Filice - November, 1989 - D304608

Golf club shaft made from fibre-reinforced plastic
Gerlach - October, 1993 - 5251896


Inventors:
Bamber, Jeffrey V. (Cincinnati, OH, US)
Application Number:
D/307777
Publication Date:
06/09/2009
Filing Date:
05/12/2008
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Assignee:
Pelican Golf, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH, US)
Primary Class:
International Classes:
(IPC1-7): 2102
Field of Search:
473/316-323, D21/733-752, D21/756-757
US Patent References:
5335908Golf club shaftAugust, 1994Bamber473/317
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5632692Golf club with non-circular shaftMay, 1997Lebovici
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6561922Golf club shaftMay, 2003Bamber
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D505986Golf club shaftJune, 2005BamberD21/757
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Foreign References:
EM000-485495-0001May, 2006
KR20-0383208May, 2005
Other References:
U.S. Appl. No. 12/152,065, filed May 12, 2008, Jeffrey V. Bamber.
Office Actions dated Nov. 19, 2007 and Feb. 12, 2008 in U.S. Appl. No. 11/324,067, filed Dec. 30, 2005, to which the pending application claims priority. The Examiner is invited to review all other Office Actions and responses in this parent application.
Arthor Unknown, “Trends—The Square Tek 90° Putter”, Golfing magazine, Jul. 1986, p. 19. (1 page).
Joe Logan, “The Golf Report—Inventor Keeps on Swinging Away”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 6, 2001, p. D12A, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (2 pages).
Author Unknown, Installation Guide for Stulz Nano Arrow Tri-Edge shafts, dated 2005 (exact date of publication unknown), Stulz Golf Technologies LLC, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A., received by Applicant between Dec. 14, 2005 and Dec. 19, 2005 upon purchasing a golf shaft from Stulz. (1 page).
Stulz Golf Technologies, LLC, “Hot Products, The Stulz Tri-Edge Nano Arrow™ Shaft”, Golf Week magazine, Dec. 10-17, 2005 Issue, p. 40, The Golf Week Group, Orlando, FL, USA. (2 pages).
Businessweek Online, “Startups—Stulz Golf Technologies”, BusinessWeek Online, Mar. 19, 2006, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., NY, NY, USA. (2 pages).
Office Action dated Feb. 6, 2009 in U.S. Appl. No. 12/152,065, filed May 12, 2008.
Primary Examiner:
Siegel, Mitchell I.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Bamber, Jeffrey V.
Claims:
CLAIM

1. The ornamental design for a golf club shaft, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf club comprising the golf club shaft, embodying my new design.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the golf club shaft shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the golf club shaft rotated 180 degrees from the view shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the golf club shaft rotated 90 degrees from the view shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is an end view of the golf club shaft at the tip end of the shaft.

FIG. 6 is an end view of the golf club shaft at the butt end of the shaft.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the golf club shaft taken along line 7 7 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 8 is a partially fragmented perspective view of the golf club shaft that shows the different sections of the same and the transitions between the different sections, which sections and transitions may be of any length.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.