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US3215438A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hip movement training device for golfers

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-12-22
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1981-12-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Samuel E Sheldon
  • 👤 David J Levinson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 22:14
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3608; A63B69/0057; A63B71/00; A63B71/06; A63B71/0619; A63B71/0622; A63B2071/0625; A63B2071/0627; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/09; A63B69/0062

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 159 words
IN A GOLF INSTUCTION DEVICE, A COMBINATION INCLUDING: A PEDESTAL COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT MEMBER; A CROSS MEMBER PIVOTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO THE TOP OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER; A PAIR OF GENERALLY L-SHAPED MEMBERS EACH HAVING ONE SIDE SLIDABLY ATTACHED TO A DIFFERENT LEG OF SAID CROSS MEMBER; FADTENING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS IN ADJUSTED POSITION; AND A PAIR OF CLAMING INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR GRASPING THE USER''S HIPS, EACH OF SAID INSTRUMENTALITIES COMPRISING A SUPPORTING ELEMENT LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON THE FREE ARM OF A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS, AN ELONGATED ELEMENT HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED LUGS EXTENDING THEREFROM INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, SAID LUGS PIVOTED TO THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, AND A COILED EXTENSION SPRING DISPOSED GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SID ELENGATED ELEMENT AND PASSING BETWEEN SAID LUGS, ONE END OF SAID SPRING ATTACHED TO SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND THE OTHER TO THE ELONGATED ELEMENT FOR YIELDINGLY HOLDING THE ELONGATED ELEMENT AGAINST THE HIP OF THE USER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 159 words
IN A GOLF INSTUCTION DEVICE, A COMBINATION INCLUDING: A PEDESTAL COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT MEMBER; A CROSS MEMBER PIVOTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO THE TOP OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER; A PAIR OF GENERALLY L-SHAPED MEMBERS EACH HAVING ONE SIDE SLIDABLY ATTACHED TO A DIFFERENT LEG OF SAID CROSS MEMBER; FADTENING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS IN ADJUSTED POSITION; AND A PAIR OF CLAMING INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR GRASPING THE USER''S HIPS, EACH OF SAID INSTRUMENTALITIES COMPRISING A SUPPORTING ELEMENT LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON THE FREE ARM OF A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID L-SHAPED MEMBERS, AN ELONGATED ELEMENT HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED LUGS EXTENDING THEREFROM INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, SAID LUGS PIVOTED TO THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT, AND A COILED EXTENSION SPRING DISPOSED GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SID ELENGATED ELEMENT AND PASSING BETWEEN SAID LUGS, ONE END OF SAID SPRING ATTACHED TO SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND THE OTHER TO THE ELONGATED ELEMENT FOR YIELDINGLY HOLDING THE ELONGATED ELEMENT AGAINST THE HIP OF THE USER.

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