Patent Application
20240017148
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This invention relates generally to the field of golf training tools and dispensing devices and more specifically to a golf club arc impact training system essentially comprising a cuboid golfer stand and a cuboid golfer swing practice assembly that includes sensors to detect and display the impact location of the user's golf club in relation to the arc of the swing.
Golfers routinely spend much time and money with golf coaches and training equipment on perfecting an ideal swing but are generally not trained to cause the deepest point of the swing to be in the correct location in relation to the ball.
Inventor's professional experience shows that the optimal swing causes a divot approximately one inch in front of where the ball was originally resting. This is counter intuitive to most golfers who think that the divot should be just behind where the ball was originally resting. By using the arc impact training system of the instant invention, a golfer can train himself or herself to cause the divot to be in the ideal club head to ball location for maximum power and distance.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a golf club arc ball impact training system for a golfer to practice hitting a golf ball at the bottom location of the swing, which results in hitting the ball to go further and straighter than when not struck at the ideal location; to provide a training system that includes a tethered ball and an elastic panel representing a golf course surface, which can be deformed as the user's club head drives toward the ball. The location and shape of the elastic panel deformation can be sensed by photodiodes located to the side of and under the elastic panel. A graphic display built onto the surface of the practice assembly indicates if the location of the bottom, that is of the deepest point of the swing arc is ideal or not. Golfers routinely spend much time and money with golf coaches and training equipment on perfecting an ideal swing but are generally not trained to cause the deepest point of the swing to be in the correct location in relation to the ball.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descriptions, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein, by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a golf training system that includes a practice assembly comprising a rigid rectangular frame, with an elastic panel attached to the top of the frame, the elastic panel representing a golf course surface. A horizontally tethered golf ball is attached to the top surface of the elastic panel frame so that the ball is located centrally and slightly above the elastic panel. A plurality of sensors are located in the hollow space below and to the side of the elastic panel that sense the deepest point, of the arc of the golfer's swing based on the deformation of the elastic panel as the golfer swings to hit the ball. The resulting information regarding deepest point location is then instantly displayed on a digital panel located on the top surface of the rigid frame. The training system also includes a golfer stand having a mat representing a golf course surface, the mat elevation matching that of the practice assembly elastic panel.
The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments to the instant invention, which may be embodied in various forms. It is to be understood that in some instances various aspects of the instant embodiments may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the instant invention.
Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided herein. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed system, structure, or manner.
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It is to be understood that the sensing and displaying means of the golf club swing arc can be also implemented by other electronic means or other photosensors not comprising photodiodes.
While the invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the particular form set forth, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
In the claims, the word ‘comprising’ does not exclude the presence of other elements or steps then those listed in a claim. Furthermore, the terms “a” or “an,” as used herein, are defined as “one, or more than one.” Also, the use of introductory phrases such as “at least one” and “one or more” in the claims should not be construed to imply that the introduction of another claim element by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim element to inventions containing only one such element, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an.” The same holds true for the use of definite articles. Unless stated otherwise, terms such as “first” and “second” are arbitrarily used to distinguish between the elements such terms describe. Thus, these terms are not necessarily intended to indicate temporal or other prioritization of such elements. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.
In the claims, the word ‘up’, unless described otherwise, has its ordinary meaning of upward from the ground or surface; conversely, the word ‘down’, unless described otherwise, has its ordinary meaning of toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom.
In the claims, the expressions ‘deepest point’ and ‘bottom’, unless described otherwise, have its ordinary meaning of the deepest point of the golf club swing, typically the location of the club hitting the golf course surface.
In the claims, the word ‘top’, unless described otherwise, has its ordinary meaning of being the highest, i.e., vertically furthest from the ground, floor, or bottom.
