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Golf swing training method

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-10-30
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Granted: 1993-12-14
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Expires: 2012-10-30
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Abstract

Abstract A golf training device having a shaft with a lighting means located in each end of the shaft, with a light beam emitted from each lighting means away from the shaft, with each beam of light on a line with the other beam of light. A method of using the golf training device through a typical golf swing by locating a beam of light emitted from a lower end of the shaft on a line defined by an imaginary object ball and an imaginary target, with the light beam traveling along the line at appropriate points in the swing, and with the beam of light emitted from the opposite end of the shaft striking and traveling along the line at appropriate points in the swing. The device may also be used to achieve proper rotation of the hips and torso during the golf swing by using one's arms to hold the shaft against one's chest or lower torso while rotating one's body rearward and forward as in a typical golf club swing and observing the locations of the light beams emitted from the opposite ends of the shaft.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert J. McCardle, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 09:25
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B15/00; A63B15/02; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/74; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3623; A63B69/3632

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
A method of achieving a proper golf swing comprising: a. using an elongated shaft including means for projecting a light beam outwardly from the first and second ends of said shaft in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis of said shaft; b. using one's arms to hold said shaft against one's chest or lower torso with the longitudinal axis of said shaft in a first beginning position parallel to a surface on which one is standing and perpendicular to one's spine while standing in a golf ball address position; c. rotating one's chest or torso from said first beginning position as in a typical backswing to a second position which is displaced a substantial angle rearward from said address position wherein the first end of said shaft is lower than the second end thereof; and d. rotating one's chest or torso in an opposite forward direction as in a typical downswing though said first beginning position to a final position which is displaced a substantial angle past said first beginning position and said second end of said shaft is lower than said first end, and wherein said beam of light from said first end and said beam of light from said second end follow a common line as each light beam rotates through a common series of positions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 218 words
A method of achieving a proper golf swing comprising: a. using an elongated shaft including means for projecting a light beam outwardly from the first and second ends of said shaft in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis of said shaft; b. using one's arms to hold said shaft against one's chest or lower torso with the longitudinal axis of said shaft in a first beginning position parallel to a surface on which one is standing and perpendicular to one's spine while standing in a golf ball address position; c. rotating one's chest or torso from said first beginning position as in a typical backswing to a second position which is displaced a substantial angle rearward from said address position wherein the first end of said shaft is lower than the second end thereof; and d. rotating one's chest or torso in an opposite forward direction as in a typical downswing though said first beginning position to a final position which is displaced a substantial angle past said first beginning position and said second end of said shaft is lower than said first end, and wherein said beam of light from said first end and said beam of light from said second end follow a common line as each light beam rotates through a common series of positions.

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