ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,550, issued on May 26, was assigned to Q Golf Ltd (New Zealand).
"Adjustable golf club" was invented by Simon Moore (New Plymouth, New Zealand) and Daniel Barry (Christchurch, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club or part thereof may include a ball-strike head 1, a hosel 2 having a shank 5 that extends along at least part of, and that engages with, the head, biasing means (eg a spring 9) that provides a locking force that seeks to move the head 1 and hosel apart 2 and, in doing so, causes the head to remain locked in one or other of a selection of loft settings 4. The club or part thereof being such that hand force ca...