Golfer's aid

• US 5,375,844 A
• Filed: 10/18/1993
• Issued: 12/27/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael J. Waud
• Original Assignee: Michael J. Waud
• Inventors: Waud, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/136,906
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 273/187.6, 273/192, 273/190 R, 273/190 A, 273/190 B, 273/187.3
• US Class Current: 473/268
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/024 with screws or pins in the earth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3621 Contacting or non-contacting mechanical means for guiding the swing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3629 Visual means not attached to the body for aligning, positioning the trainee's head or for detecting head movement, e.g. by parallax

Abstract

A golf stroke improvement aid comprising

a ring-shaped member for looking through to visually closely encircle the golf ball to be struck during the back swing and strike;

a positioning device for aligning the ring-shaped member in space, including a first elongated rigid rod fixedly radially attached to the ring-shaped member, the first rigid rod having an elongated slot therethrough along a major portion of the length thereof, a second rod having a lower pointed end for fixedly inserting into the ground near the golf ball to be struck and an upper other end having a lug formed thereon, the lug having a lateral hole therethrough with a threaded nut and a threaded bolt extending through the elongated slot and the lateral hole and threadely engaged with the threaded nut such that the first rigid rod is held in longitudinally adjustable operable contact with the second rigid rod for positioning the ring-shaped member conveniently within the golfer'"'"'s line-of-sight to the golf ball to be struck while, at the same time, locating the sighting means outside of zone defined by the arc of the swung golf club; and a cross-hair element fixedly attached to the ring-shaped member such that the intersection of the hairs more precisely defines the fixed reference point to focus attention on relative to the golf ball.

Claims

1. A golf stroke improvement aid for increasing the accuracy of a golf shot by assisting a golfer to maintain an appropriately rigid and repeatable body stance and also to keep his eye trained on the golf ball throughout his back swing and strike, the golf improvement aid comprising:

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sighting means for the golfer to focus attention on the golf ball relative to a fixed point while swinging a golf club thereby maintaining a mostly immovable head position and rigid body stance with respect to the golf ball, the sighting means including;

a ring-shaped member for looking through to visually closely encircle the golf ball to be struck during the back swing and strike;

positioning means for aligning the ring-shaped member in space, the positioning means comprising a first elongated rigid rod fixedly radially attached to the ring-shaped member, the first rigid rod having an elongated slot therethrough along a major portion of the length thereof a second rod having a lower pointed end for fixedly inserting into the ground near the golf ball to be struck and an upper other end having a lug formed thereon, the lug having a lateral hole therethrough with a threaded nut and a threaded bolt extending through the elongated slot and the lateral hole and threadedly engaged with the threaded nut such that the first rigid rod is held in longitudinally adjustable operable contact with the second rigid rod for positioning the ring-shaped member conveniently within the golfer'"'"'s line-of-sight to the golf ball to be struck while, at the same time, locating the sighting means outside of zone defined by the arc of the swung golf club so as not to be hit by the golf club during the back swing and strike; and

a cross-hair element fixedly attached to the ring-shaped member such that the intersection of the hairs more precisely defines the fixed reference point to focus attention on relative to the golf ball while swinging the golf club thereby maintaining a mostly immovable head position and rigid body stance with respect to the golf ball.