Golf backswing training device

• US 5,520,391 A
• Filed: 04/21/1995
• Issued: 05/28/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brian C. Howe
• Original Assignee: Brian C. Howe
• Inventors: Howe, Brian C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/426,576
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 273/200 R, 273/200 B, 273/186.1, 273/197 A, 273/207, 273/208, 434/252
• US Class Current: 473/265
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/024 with screws or pins in the earth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0602 Non-electronic means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3623 for driving A63B69/3608, A63B69/3658, A63B69/3661, A63B69/3667 and A63B69/3691 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3655 Balls, ball substitutes, or attachments on balls therefor

Abstract

A pocket-sized golf backswing training device is provided having an elongated hinged tee which has a rod-like lower portion insertable into the ground. A ball is secured to a top of the hinged tee. The tee is movably retained in a predetermined upright position by a positioning means such as a cooperative engagement between upper and lower tee portions. In an embodiment, the upper and lower tee portions are pivotally hinged together by a pin extending through overlapping narrowed segments of the respective tee portions. The device is planted in the ground, positioning the ball in a desired backswing path of a golf club. A practicing golfer then swings the club rearwardly. When a proper backswing is executed, the ball is struck by the club head, tipping the device to a pivoted position. The pivoting of the tee indicates to the golfer that a proper backswing has been executed.

Claims

1. A pocket-sized golf backswing training device consisting essentially of:

a rod-like lower tee portion at least partially insertable into the ground, the lower tee portion having a narrowed segment at one end;

a rod-like upper tee portion having a narrowed segment at one end;

a pin extending through the narrowed segments, pivotally securing the narrowed segments together in an overlapping manner;

a positioning means to movably hold the upper tee portion in a predetermined position relative to the lower tee portion; and

a ball secured to the upper tee portion.

2. The golf backswing training device according to claim 1 wherein the ball is approximately the size of a golf ball.

3. The golf backswing training device according to claim 1 wherein the positioning means comprises:

a rounded projection extending from the narrowed segment of the upper tee portion; and

a recess in the narrowed segment of the lower tee portion which cooperatively receives the rounded extension.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein the lower tee portion and upper tee portion are made of a plastic material.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the lower tee portion and upper tee portion are made of a wood material.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the lower tee portion has a tapered tip opposite the narrowed segment.