Swing force indicator for a playing piece of sports equipment
First Claim
1. A swing-force indicator for a playing piece of sports equipment intended to be swung in the playing of a game, comprising, in combination:
- (a) an elongate housing,(b) an elongate shaft, and bearings disposed adjacent opposite ends of said housing for mounting the shaft for lengthwise turning movement in the housing,(c) a manually engageable finger piece rigid on one end of the shaft,(d) a weight member having an indicator, slidable along the shaft,(e) a compression spring on the shaft, engaging the weight member to bias it toward one end of the shaft, to a starting position,(f) said weight member having a pawl device and said shaft having a one-way track which the pawl device can traverse and with which it is cooperable to hold the weight member in various adjusted positions remote from the starting position as attained in response to centrifugal force acting against the action of the compression spring,(g) said shaft having a relieved track portion over which the pawl device can alternately freely ride when the shaft is turned by the finger piece, thereby to enable return of the weight member to a starting position under the action of the compression spring, and(h) a resilient detent finger in said housing,(i) said shaft and detent finger having cooperable means for yieldably holding the shaft in a position for engagement of the track thereof by the pawl device of the weight member.
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Abstract
A swing-force indicator for a playing piece of sports equipment intended to be swung in the playing of a game, including an elongate housing, an elongate shaft, and bearings disposed adjacent opposite ends of the housing for mounting the shaft for lengthwise turning movement therein. A manually engageable finger piece is rigid on one end of the shaft, and a weight member having an indicator is slidable along the shaft. A compression spring on the shaft engages the weight member to bias it toward one end of the shaft, to a starting position. The weight member has a pawl and the shaft has teeth cooperable with the pawl to hold the weight member in various adjusted positions remote from the starting position against the action of the compression spring. The shaft has a smooth track on which the pawl can alternately ride when the shaft is turned by the finger piece, thereby to enable return of the weight member to a starting position under the action of the compression spring. There is provided a resilient detent finger in the housing for yieldably holding the shaft in position for engagement of the teeth thereof by the pawl. The elongate shaft can be assembled to the elongate housing by a simple, purely lateral or transaxial movement involving the bearing structures at the opposite ends of the shaft.
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19 Claims
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1. A swing-force indicator for a playing piece of sports equipment intended to be swung in the playing of a game, comprising, in combination:
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(a) an elongate housing, (b) an elongate shaft, and bearings disposed adjacent opposite ends of said housing for mounting the shaft for lengthwise turning movement in the housing, (c) a manually engageable finger piece rigid on one end of the shaft, (d) a weight member having an indicator, slidable along the shaft, (e) a compression spring on the shaft, engaging the weight member to bias it toward one end of the shaft, to a starting position, (f) said weight member having a pawl device and said shaft having a one-way track which the pawl device can traverse and with which it is cooperable to hold the weight member in various adjusted positions remote from the starting position as attained in response to centrifugal force acting against the action of the compression spring, (g) said shaft having a relieved track portion over which the pawl device can alternately freely ride when the shaft is turned by the finger piece, thereby to enable return of the weight member to a starting position under the action of the compression spring, and (h) a resilient detent finger in said housing, (i) said shaft and detent finger having cooperable means for yieldably holding the shaft in a position for engagement of the track thereof by the pawl device of the weight member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19)
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8. A swing-force indicator for a playing piece of sports equipment intended to be swung in the playing of a game, comprising, in combination:
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(a) an elongate housing having an elongate open side, (b) a shaft having a one-way track and having a relieved portion coextensive with said one-way track, (c) a weight member slidable on the shaft, having a pawl engageable with the one-way track of the shaft, (d) a spring on said shaft, biasing the weight member toward one end of the shaft against the action of the one-way track, (e) a finger piece on one end of said shaft to turn the shaft for traversal of the pawl over said relieved portion, and (f) cooperable bearing means on the ends of the housing and shaft, enabling the shaft to be inserted in the housing through the elongate open side thereof with solely transaxial movement with respect to the housing, said means rotatably supporting the shaft in the housing for movement of the weight member along the shaft. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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