Patent Application
20150209643
This invention relates to an improved golf club training aid and, more particularly, to one which forms an attachment to a shaft of a golf club in order to provide proper positioning of a golfer with respect to their golf club and also to provide proper orientation of the golf club with respect to a golf ball. More specifically, the golf training aid is a golf putter practice device which enables the golfer to align the golf putter with the intended path of a golf ball to a putting hole which aids in perfecting the golfer's putting stroke.
Prior art patent golf alignment devices have been proposed to aid in the sighting and aligning of a golf putter head with the intended path of the golf ball have had various shortcomings. For example, the putter pointer device disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,002,343, is difficult to attach to the shaft of the putter and is limited to use with blade type putters only. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,667,761, this putter alignment device is built into a specialty designed putter and is limited to use only with that particular putter.
Therefore, most golfers would prefer a golf alignment device that may be used with any putter or iron that they may select. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,789,158, a base head is mounted in front of a putter shaft which as shown in the drawings of this patent interferes with the visual alignment of this type of putter pointer. Additionally, the base head clamping design limits the mounting locations on the putter shaft and requires a cumbersome screw adjustment to position the alignment pointer over the “sweet spot” of the putter face. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,253,829 a golf club is provided with a sighting means in the form of an elongated body mounted on the shaft and oriented parallel to the sole plane of the club head to point in the direction of the golf putting strike. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,298,693, a direction indicator is disclosed for golf clubs comprising an arrow pivotably secured to the club shaft and pointing in the direction of the stroke. None of these patents disclose offers the versatility and benefits of the golf club pointing aid in accordance with the below described invention.
A golf club pointing device to aid in aligning and developing a better putting stroke is disclosed. The golf club pointing aid simply attaches to a golfer's putting shaft by clamping means which allow the pointing aid to slide a positioning rod having a pointer attached to a location centered over the “sweet spot” of the putter and at an adjustable angle to the putter face. To practice and perfect a good putting stroke, the golfer keeps the pointer centered over the middle of the golf ball during the backward movement of the putter and also during the forward movement of the putter. When properly executed, the putter face will contact the golf ball in the same position as originally aligned. The result is that with practice, a consistent putting stroke may be developed with improved results in making putts.
In the accompanying drawings:
The components of the golfing club pointing aid 10 are shown in
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The pointer bar 20 may be rotatably and axially adjusted in relation to by sliding along the annular grooved passageway 28 so that the length of the pointer bar 20 is properly positioned over the club head and is directly over the point on the golf putting face at which it is desirable to contact a golf ball. This allows the golfer to have a visual guide for his backswing and follow through, by keeping the pointer bar 20 constantly over a golf ball (not shown).
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Additionally, the golfing aid 10 will show the golfer if their clubface is aiming properly to the target line. In use, the golfer points the pointer 20 of the golf aid at the target aiming this pointer 20 to the target instead of the clubface. The pointer 20 is used to show where the clubface is pointing at all times. This is extremely useful in teaching the golfer the proper backswing and downswing of the golf club during putting and also provides the additional listed benefits;
It is contemplated for embodiments of the invention to extend to individual elements and concepts described herein, independently of other concepts, ideas or system, as well as for embodiments to include combinations of elements recited anywhere in this application. Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been described in detail herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments. As such, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents. Furthermore, it is contemplated that a particular feature described either individually or as part of an embodiment can be combined with other individually described features, or parts of other embodiments, even if the other features and embodiments make no mention of the particular feature. Therefore, the absence of describing combinations should not preclude the inventor from claiming rights to such combinations.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific exemplary embodiments, it will be evident that the various modifications and changes can be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative sense rather than in a restrictive sense.
The present disclosure claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/931,761, filed on Jan. 27, 2014, entitled “Golf Club Pointing Aid”, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61931761 | Jan 2014 | US |
