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Golfer's monitoring system

  • US 5,324,038 A
  • Filed: 07/10/1991
  • Issued: 06/28/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A monitoring device for monitoring pivotal hand movements of a golfer about a pivot axis as the golfer swings a golf club, said hand being that connected to the leading arm of said golfer and said pivot axis extending, throughout the monitoring of said hand movements, transversely of said leading arm, generally parallel to the plane of said hand and through the wrist connection of said hand with said leasing arm, said device comprising:

  • (A) means supported by the golfer'"'"'s leading arm and having a pivotally moveable sensing element that is biased into contact with the back of said hand for sensing the pivotal position of said hand with respect to said leading arm during pivotal movements of said hand about said pivot axis, said sensing element being pivotally moveable about an axis that is parallel to said pivot axis,(B) a first circuit component for establishing a circuit condition which is equatable to a position for referencing pivotal movements of said hand about said pivot axis, said first circuit component being adapted and arranged to operate under the control of said sensing element and to continuously and without interruption change the circuit condition in response to continuing and uninterrupted pivotal movement of said element,(C) a second circuit component which is connected to said first circuit component for detecting changes in said circuit condition, said second circuit component being responsive to such changes in said circuit condition and having outputs which respectively indicate pivotal movements of said hand about said pivot axis and in opposite pivotal directions from said reference position, andsignals generating means operatively connected to said second circuit component and being responsive to the receipt of said outputs for generating humanly perceivable signals which are respectively indicative of the pivotal movements of said hand in said opposite pivotal directions from said reference position.

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