ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,888, issued on March 24, was assigned to Putter Key LLC (Corte Madera, Calif.).
"Apparatus and method for attaching an aiming device to a putter head" was invented by David Englefield (Cranleigh, Great Britain), Lawrence Alioto (Corte Madera, Calif.) and Matthew Alioto (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment tool for attaching an aiming device to a putter head is provided that includes a body. The body includes a flat face, a first side, and a second side. Moreover, the apparatus includes a pair of parallel arms integrally formed with the body that orthogonally extend away from the flat face of the body. The ar...