Golf swing timing trainer

• US 5,743,805 A
• Filed: 11/18/1996
• Issued: 04/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Richter
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Richter
• Inventors: Richter, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/751,887
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 473/212, 473/213, 473/214, 473/276, 473/221, 473/222, 473/224, 482/124, 482/131
• US Class Current: 473/213
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0059 worn by the user
• 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 timing trainer formed, in its preferred embodiments, from (a) a forearm brace that serves as a base for the other operative elements of the device; (b) a generally linear member, which member is pivotally connected to the forearm brace at one of its ends and has a vee shaped notch at its other end which fits against the shaft of a golf club held by the user when said club is cocked in the proper plane for a golf stroke; (c) an adjustable biasing means disposed between said forearm brace and said generally linear member, which biasing means generates an adjustable force proportionate to the angle between the forearm brace and the generally linear member/shaft such that the greatest force is experienced by the user when the shaft is cocked and the least is experienced by the user when it is fully extended; and (d) an audible signal generator that indicates when the shaft is not fully cocked.

Claims

1. A golf swing timing trainer device for attachment to a human forearm, said human forearm having an upper side, a lower side, a wrist end at which Ulna and Radius forearm bones terminate, and an elbow end, the ends of the Ulna and Radius forearm bones at the wrist end and the elbow end defining a forearm plane containing a forearm axis extending through elbow end and wrist end, the upper side of said forearm being above and defining the upper side of said forearm plane and the lower side of said forearm being below and defining the lower side of said forearm plane, comprising:

(a) a releasable forearm attachment means, said releasable forearm attachment means having a generally planar member and releasable attachment means for releasably attaching said generally planar member to a human forearm, said generally planar member having an extended concave planar configuration with a concave inward surface adapted for placement adjacent a human forearm, an outward surface opposite said inward surface, a first end adapted for placement proximate the wrist of a human forearm and a second end opposite said first end; and

(b) a generally rigid member, said generally rigid member having a contact end that is rigidly affixed to the outward surface of said generally planar member and an interface end distant from said generally planar member, said interface end being provided with golf club shaft interfacing means, said interface end and a forearm axis of a human forearm placed adjacent said inward surface defining a club shaft placement plane, which club shaft placement plane is at a selected angle below a forearm plane of a human forearm placed adjacent said inward surface.

2. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 1, wherein said generally rigid member is not rigidly affixed to the outward surface of said generally planar member, but is pivotally affixed thereto such that the interface end of said generally rigid member describes an arc of rotation in said club shaft placement plane when said generally rigid member is rotated about said contact end, said interface end being movable in said arc of rotation between a first position and a second position;

and further comprising biasing means connected between said releasable forearm attachment means and said generally rigid member, said biasing means exerting a biasing force urging the generally rigid member away from said first position and toward said second position.

3. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, wherein the magnitude of said biasing force is greatest at said first position and least at said second position.

4. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 3, wherein said biasing means is a spring.

5. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 3, further comprising bias adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

6. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 4, further comprising indicator means for indicating the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

7. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, wherein said biasing means is a spring.

8. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, further comprising bias adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

9. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 7, further comprising indicator means for indicating the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

10. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, further comprising an activatable aural signal generator that generates an audible signal when the interface end moves from said first position.

11. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, wherein the selected angle of said club shaft placement plane is approximately 30 degrees.

12. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 11, wherein the magnitude of said biasing force is greatest at said first position and least at said second position.

13. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 12, wherein said biasing means is a spring.

14. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 12, further comprising bias adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

15. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 13, further comprising indicator means for indicating the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

16. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 11, wherein said biasing means is a spring.

17. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 11, further comprising bias adjustment means for adjusting the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

18. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 16, further comprising indicator means for indicating the magnitude of the biasing force provided by said biasing means.

19. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 11, further comprising an activatable aural signal generator that generates an audible signal when the interface end moves from said first position.

20. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 11, wherein said golf club shaft interfacing means is open on three sides and closed on three sides.

21. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, wherein said golf club shaft interfacing means is open on three sides and closed on three sides.

22. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 2, further comprising an activatable aural signal generator that generates an audible signal when a club shaft is removed from the interface end.

23. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 1, wherein the selected angle of said club shaft placement plane is approximately 30 degrees.

24. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 23, further comprising an activatable aural signal generator that generates an audible signal when a club shaft is removed from the interface end.

25. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 23, wherein said golf club shaft interfacing means is open on three sides and closed on three sides.

26. A golf swing timing trainer device as described in claim 1, wherein said golf club shaft interfacing means is open on three sides and closed on three sides.