US4593909A
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Golf club swing training device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-02-16
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Granted: 1986-06-10
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Expires: 2004-02-16
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a knock down golf swing training aid equally suitable for use indoors and outdoors. The main frame is formed of tubular components including a large area base assembly, and a vertically adjustable upright post mounted medially of the rear edge of the base assembly, outriggers for the base assembly, a safety harness, and a plurality of belt loops adapted for assembly loosely about either or both ends of the player's torso while practising golf swings.
Inventors
- 👤 John Anselmo
- 👤 William A. Blatnik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 08:36
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/0057; A63B69/0059; A63B71/00; A63B71/02; A63B71/023; A63B2071/024; A63B2071/025; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/09; A63B2225/093
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
312 words
A golf swing training aid suitable for use by the novice and by the experienced golfer comprising: rigid upright support means positionable behind the back of the golfer and having a height free of interference with a golf club swing; flexible loop means sufficiently large to form an elongated loop sized to loosely embrace the golfer's torso within the larger forward half thereof with the rearward half thereof unoccupied and nonslidably attached to said support means and which loop means is normally taut while the golfer is executing a golf swing; said loop means being adapted and effective (1) to permit the player's torso to rotate clockwise through a limited arc within said loop means and (2) to permit the torso to swing bodily clockwise in an arc centered at the anchorage of said loop means to said support means thereby to maintain the axis of the player's torso substantially upright and free of appreciable rise and fall during the golf swing; said support means including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart elongated slots, one end of said adjustable loop means being adapted to be flattened with the free end thereof threaded through a selected one of said slots, then through a slot at one end of a releasable clamp device attached to said loop means and then back through said selected one slot; anchor means for anchoring the leading end of said flattened loop to the juxtaposed face of said flexible loop means thereby to prevent lengthwise movement of said loop means in said slot; said anchor means for said flattened loop comprising a U-shaped member of rigid material insertable crosswise of said belt with one leg having a snug fit in a pocket formed crosswise of the flattened end of said loop and the other leg having a snug fit in an adjacent pocket extending crosswise of said flexible loop means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
312 words
A golf swing training aid suitable for use by the novice and by the experienced golfer comprising: rigid upright support means positionable behind the back of the golfer and having a height free of interference with a golf club swing; flexible loop means sufficiently large to form an elongated loop sized to loosely embrace the golfer's torso within the larger forward half thereof with the rearward half thereof unoccupied and nonslidably attached to said support means and which loop means is normally taut while the golfer is executing a golf swing; said loop means being adapted and effective (1) to permit the player's torso to rotate clockwise through a limited arc within said loop means and (2) to permit the torso to swing bodily clockwise in an arc centered at the anchorage of said loop means to said support means thereby to maintain the axis of the player's torso substantially upright and free of appreciable rise and fall during the golf swing; said support means including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart elongated slots, one end of said adjustable loop means being adapted to be flattened with the free end thereof threaded through a selected one of said slots, then through a slot at one end of a releasable clamp device attached to said loop means and then back through said selected one slot; anchor means for anchoring the leading end of said flattened loop to the juxtaposed face of said flexible loop means thereby to prevent lengthwise movement of said loop means in said slot; said anchor means for said flattened loop comprising a U-shaped member of rigid material insertable crosswise of said belt with one leg having a snug fit in a pocket formed crosswise of the flattened end of said loop and the other leg having a snug fit in an adjacent pocket extending crosswise of said flexible loop means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A training aid as defined in claim 1 characterized in that said loop means is adjustable in length to accomodate torsos of different girth and the positioning thereof relative to said upright support means in a golf swing stance spaced forwardly of said support means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A training aid as defined in claim 1 characterized in that said flexible loop means is secured to said support means at a level opposite the lower end of the player's torso.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A training aid as defined in claim 1 characterized in that said flexible loop means is secured to said support means at a level adjacent the upper end of the player's torso.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
111 words
A training aid as defined in claim 1 characterized in the provision of safety harness means comprising belting securable about the player's waist at hip level, a pair of adjustable tether straps having upper ends securable to said belting adjacent a respective hip of the player, and the lower ends of said strapping being securable to anchorage means at the player's foot level and at points laterally and forwardly of the player while in a swing stance, said strapping normally being untensioned during a normal golf swinging but being adapted to become tensioned if the play swing is abnormal and/or the player tends to become unbalanced and out of stance control.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
287 words
A knock down golf swing training aid useful indoors and outdoors comprising: a base assembly having a perimeter sized to accommodate therewithin the player free of interference while executing thw swing of a golf club; rigid upright means of adjustable length detachably securable to the rear side of said base assembly; flexible strapping sufficiently long to form a closed loop of generally elongated shape of a size loosely embracing one end of the player's torso in the larger forward half thereof with the remaining portions of said strapping along the rear half of said loop converging to an apex pivotally attached to said rigid upright means generally opposite said one end of the player's torso and effective to maintain his torso firmly upright and against rise and fall during execution of a full golf swing, said strapping also permitting the torso to rotate counterclockwise within and relative to said loop to a normal limited degree about the vertical axis of the player's torso and also permitting the torso to swing in an arc from left to right at a predetermined radial distance from the pivot connection of said strapping to said rigid upright means; outrigger means detachably securable to spaced apart points of the perimeter of said base assembly for use in increasing the stability of said training aid; said outrigger means comprising elongated rigid extensions movably attachable to spaced apart portions of said base assembly in positions projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom with the outer ends thereof in contact with the underlying supporting surface for said base assembly; and the outer ends of at least some of said outrigger means being provided with an opening adapted to receive stake means adapted to be driven into the ground.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
287 words
A knock down golf swing training aid useful indoors and outdoors comprising: a base assembly having a perimeter sized to accommodate therewithin the player free of interference while executing thw swing of a golf club; rigid upright means of adjustable length detachably securable to the rear side of said base assembly; flexible strapping sufficiently long to form a closed loop of generally elongated shape of a size loosely embracing one end of the player's torso in the larger forward half thereof with the remaining portions of said strapping along the rear half of said loop converging to an apex pivotally attached to said rigid upright means generally opposite said one end of the player's torso and effective to maintain his torso firmly upright and against rise and fall during execution of a full golf swing, said strapping also permitting the torso to rotate counterclockwise within and relative to said loop to a normal limited degree about the vertical axis of the player's torso and also permitting the torso to swing in an arc from left to right at a predetermined radial distance from the pivot connection of said strapping to said rigid upright means; outrigger means detachably securable to spaced apart points of the perimeter of said base assembly for use in increasing the stability of said training aid; said outrigger means comprising elongated rigid extensions movably attachable to spaced apart portions of said base assembly in positions projecting horizontally outwardly therefrom with the outer ends thereof in contact with the underlying supporting surface for said base assembly; and the outer ends of at least some of said outrigger means being provided with an opening adapted to receive stake means adapted to be driven into the ground.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A knock down training aid as defined in claim 6 characterized in that said base assembly is provided with a plurality of horizontally disposed wells adapted to telescopically seat a respective one of said outrigger means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
A knock down training aid as defined in claim 6 characterized in that said rigid upright means includes a plurality of tubular members constructed for telescopic assembly in different assembled lengths; and the upper end of one of said tubular members being provided with means forming a row of elongated openings arranged in end-to-end relation and adapted to have a loop of strapping anchored in a selected one thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
75 words
A knock down training aid as defined in claim 8 characterized in the provision of safety harness means comprising belt means adapted to be assembled about the player's waist while using said aid, and a pair of guard straps attachable to spaced apart points along the front of said belt means when in place about the player, the opposite ends of said guard straps being secured to a respective forward corner of said base assembly.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A knock down training aid as defined in claim 9 characterized in that said guard straps each include means for adjusting the length thereof to accommodate the height of the player.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
62 words
A knock down training aid as defined in claim 6 characterized in the provision of a second long flexible strap equipped with clamping means to hold the opposite ends thereof firmly clamped together to form a second oval loop of a size loosely embracing a second end of a player's torso, said second strap being pivotally attached to said upright support means.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1989-06-09 | 1989-12-09 | 1990-06-10 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1993-06-09 | 1993-12-09 | 1994-06-10 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1997-06-09 | 1997-12-09 | 1998-06-10 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |