Club swing momentum indicator

• US 3,106,403 A
• Filed: 01/23/1961
• Issued: 10/08/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fredrick J. Kirkman
• Original Assignee: Fredrick J. Kirkman
• Inventors: Kirkman, Fredrick J.
• Application Number:
  US04/084,130
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• US Class Current: 473/220
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/51 Force
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3614 using electro-magnetic, magnetic or ultrasonic radiation emitted, reflected or interrupted by the golf club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3632 Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3635 with sound-emitting source

Claims

1. A CLUB SWING MOMENTUM INDICATOR COMPRISING:

A HOUSING;

MEANS SECURED TO SAID HOUSING FOR MOUNTING SAID INDICATOR UPON A CLUB;

AND A MECHANICAL SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY GIVING AUDIBLE AND VISIBLE SIGNALS WHEN A PREDETERMINED MOMENTUM IS REACHED DURING THE SWINGING OF A CLUB HAVING SAID INDICATOR ATTACHED THERETO, SAID MECHANICAL SYSTEM BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND INCLUDING A COCKABLE MECHANISM RESPONSIVE TO THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE RESULTING FROM THE SWINGING OF THE CLUB TO TRIGGER THE MECHANISM WHEN THE PREDETERMINED MOMENTUM IS ACHIEVED TO GENERATE THE AUDIBLE SIGNAL AND ACTIVATE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO GIVE THE VISIBLE SIGNAL.