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Golf stroke guide
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-01-10
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Granted: 1967-04-04
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Expires: 1984-01-10
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 George E Mitchell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 13:03
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3676; A63B69/3621; A63B69/36211; A63B71/00; A63B71/02; A63B71/023; A63B2071/024; A63B71/06; A63B2071/0694; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
AN INSTRUCTIONAL GOLF STROKE STAND COMPRISING A BASE PLATE, TWO PARALLEL SIDE RAILS CARRIED BY SAID BASE PLATE GENERALLY DEFINING A STROKE AREA THEREBETWEEN, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING A FORWARDLY OPENING RECESS MEANS AT ITS FORWARD END MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS FOR LOCATING A BALL AND ALLOWING A BALL POSITIONED THEREIN TO ROLL UNOBSTRUCTEDLY FORWARDLY FROM SAID STAND, FIRST INDICIA MEANS ON SAID BASE DELINEATING A STRAIGHT LINE STROKE PATH REARWARDLY FROM SAID RECESS MEANS AND PARALLEL WITH SAID SIDE RAILS, SECOND INDICIA MEANS ON SAID SIDE RAILS DELINEATING A BALL ADDRESSING POSITION FOR A CLUB HEAD TO FACILITATE ORIENTING THE CLUB HEAD PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID STROKE PATH, YIELDABLE BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY REARWARDLY OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND INCLUDING A STRIKER MEANS OVERHANGING SAID STROKE AREA AND SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE, YIELDABLE FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS INDEPENDENT OF SAID BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARDLY OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND INCLUDING A STRIKER MEANS OVERHANGING SAID STROKE AREA AND SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE, SAID STROKE AREA BEING FREE OF OVERHANGING MEANS IN THE AREA OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID RECESS MEANS, AND MEANS PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF SAID BASE PLATE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS, WHEREBY TO ASSIST IN GUIDING THE STROKE OF THE CLUB WITHOUT CONSTRAINING THE MOVEMENT THEREOF OR OF A BALL POSITIONED IN SAID RECESS, SAID STRIKER MEANS OF SAID FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE A GREATER DISTANCE THAN SAID STRIKER MEANS OF SAID BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
AN INSTRUCTIONAL GOLF STROKE STAND COMPRISING A BASE PLATE, TWO PARALLEL SIDE RAILS CARRIED BY SAID BASE PLATE GENERALLY DEFINING A STROKE AREA THEREBETWEEN, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING A FORWARDLY OPENING RECESS MEANS AT ITS FORWARD END MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS FOR LOCATING A BALL AND ALLOWING A BALL POSITIONED THEREIN TO ROLL UNOBSTRUCTEDLY FORWARDLY FROM SAID STAND, FIRST INDICIA MEANS ON SAID BASE DELINEATING A STRAIGHT LINE STROKE PATH REARWARDLY FROM SAID RECESS MEANS AND PARALLEL WITH SAID SIDE RAILS, SECOND INDICIA MEANS ON SAID SIDE RAILS DELINEATING A BALL ADDRESSING POSITION FOR A CLUB HEAD TO FACILITATE ORIENTING THE CLUB HEAD PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID STROKE PATH, YIELDABLE BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY REARWARDLY OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND INCLUDING A STRIKER MEANS OVERHANGING SAID STROKE AREA AND SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE, YIELDABLE FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS INDEPENDENT OF SAID BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARDLY OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND INCLUDING A STRIKER MEANS OVERHANGING SAID STROKE AREA AND SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE, SAID STROKE AREA BEING FREE OF OVERHANGING MEANS IN THE AREA OF SAID RECESS MEANS AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID RECESS MEANS, AND MEANS PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF SAID BASE PLATE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS, WHEREBY TO ASSIST IN GUIDING THE STROKE OF THE CLUB WITHOUT CONSTRAINING THE MOVEMENT THEREOF OR OF A BALL POSITIONED IN SAID RECESS, SAID STRIKER MEANS OF SAID FOLLOW THROUGH DETECTING MEANS BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID BASE A GREATER DISTANCE THAN SAID STRIKER MEANS OF SAID BACK STROKE DETECTING MEANS.
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