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US3246898A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Golf swing trainer

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-09-26
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Granted: 1966-04-19
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Expires: 1983-09-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Marvin M Shoaf

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 05:20
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3623; A63B69/3621; A63B71/00; A63B71/06; A63B71/0619; A63B2071/0655; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/09; A63B69/3632

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 174 words
A GOLF SWING TRAINING DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SIMULATED CLUB FOR SWINGING IN AN ARC CORRESPONDING TO A FULL GOLF SWING AND A GUIDE MEMBER TO BE DISPOSED AT GROUND LEVEL AT THE POSITION OF A GOLF BALL, SAID CLUB HAVING A SHAFT TERMINATING IN A HEAD AT ITS BOTTOM, SAID HEAD BEING A RELATIVELY THIN RECTANGULAR BLOCK PARALLEL TO THE GROUND WHEN THE SHAFT IS HELD IN NORMAL POSITION OF ADDRESS TO A BALL, SAID GUIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A BASE, A PAIR OF PARALLEL, UPSTANDING RAILS SECURED TO SAID BASE AND A PAIR OF INTURNED FLANGES RESPECTIVELY FIXED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID RAILS AND PROJECTING TOWARD EACH OTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING, SAID RAILS DEFINING A SPACE BETWEEN THEM AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID SIMULATED CLUB HEAD AND OF A LENGTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID SIMULATED CLUB HEAD, AND SAID FLANGES BEING SPACED APART A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF SAID SHAFT WHEN THE SIMULTATED CLUB HEAD IS SWUNG THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RAILS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 174 words
A GOLF SWING TRAINING DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SIMULATED CLUB FOR SWINGING IN AN ARC CORRESPONDING TO A FULL GOLF SWING AND A GUIDE MEMBER TO BE DISPOSED AT GROUND LEVEL AT THE POSITION OF A GOLF BALL, SAID CLUB HAVING A SHAFT TERMINATING IN A HEAD AT ITS BOTTOM, SAID HEAD BEING A RELATIVELY THIN RECTANGULAR BLOCK PARALLEL TO THE GROUND WHEN THE SHAFT IS HELD IN NORMAL POSITION OF ADDRESS TO A BALL, SAID GUIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A BASE, A PAIR OF PARALLEL, UPSTANDING RAILS SECURED TO SAID BASE AND A PAIR OF INTURNED FLANGES RESPECTIVELY FIXED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID RAILS AND PROJECTING TOWARD EACH OTHER WITHOUT TOUCHING, SAID RAILS DEFINING A SPACE BETWEEN THEM AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID SIMULATED CLUB HEAD AND OF A LENGTH APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID SIMULATED CLUB HEAD, AND SAID FLANGES BEING SPACED APART A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF SAID SHAFT WHEN THE SIMULTATED CLUB HEAD IS SWUNG THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE RAILS.

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