Golf swing trainer

• US 5,582,407 A
• Filed: 07/31/1995
• Issued: 12/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Momentus Golf Inc.
• Original Assignee: James W. Sorenson
• Inventors: Sorenson, James W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/509,541
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 273/193 A, 273/186.2, 434/252, 482/109
• US Class Current: 473/256
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 15/00 Clubs for gymnastics or the like , e.g. for swinging exercises
• 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

Abstract

A golf swing trainer employs a solid steel shaft homogeneously weighted throughout its entire length. One end of the shaft is fitted with a standard golf club grip and the other end of the shaft is fitted with a rubber tip to afford some protection for walls, floors and furnishings should the golfer elect to use the device indoors. A golf club head can be used instead of this tip for visual or psychological reasons. The top of the shaft bears a straight line indicia as a club face reference. The homogeneously weighted shaft so closely positions the center of gravity of the training device to the center of gravity of an actual golf club on a correct swing path as to break down incorrect muscle memory and simultaneously develop the muscle memory appropriate to the correct golf swing.

Having programmed the muscles to repeat the proper motion by use of the trainer, the golfer is able to allow muscle memory to cause a repetition of the proper swing rather than mentally processing the components of the swing as the swing is made, a process most golfers recognize to be a futile exercise leading to disaster.

Claims

1. A golf swing trainer consisting essentially of a golf grip fixed about one end of a length of round stock which is solid throughout it length and cross-section, sold round stock, said trainer having a center of gravity substantially centered at a midpoint of a longitudinal axis of said length of round stock, and the weight of said round stock being heavier than a typical golf club so that repeated swings of the trainer establishes a muscle memory of the path of the swing, breaking down the incorrect muscle memory and building the correct muscle memory of the path of the swing.

2. A trainer according to claim 1, said stock having a constant diameter.

3. A trainer according to claim 1, said stock having a substantially homogeneous weight distribution along said length.

4. A trainer according to claim 1, said stock being made of steel.

5. A trainer according to claim 1, said stock having a diameter of 5/8".

6. A trainer according to claim 1, said stock having a diameter of 1/2".

7. A trainer according to claim 1, said length being approximately 33" to 36".

8. A trainer according to claim 1 further comprising a soft tip fixed to another end of said length of stock.

9. A trainer according to claim 1 further comprising a golf club head fixed to another end of said length of stock.

10. A trainer according to claim 1 further comprising an indicia longitudinally aligned along a surface of said length of stock below said golf grip.