User-friendly golf swing practice mat
First Claim
1. A golf swing practice mat for placement on an underlying base to aid a golfer in improving his or her swing of a golf club having a club head, said swing comprising a swing-arc having a bottom-most portion thereof, said golf swing practice mat comprising:
- (a) a low friction, flexible and resilient top sheet that is directly contacted by said club head during said swing and has a rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less; and
(b) a means for supporting said top sheet a finite distance above said underlying base and for providing space for said top sheet to yield to and accommodate said bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned golf club swing-arc, such that said mat has a aggregate, total rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less.
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Abstract
A user-friendly golf swing practice mat is provided, comprising: (a) a low friction, compliant and resilient top sheet having a rigidity of less than 40 pounds per square inch; and (b) a bottom pad (natural grass or an accompanying compliant, resilient pad) for supporting the top sheet a finite distance above the underlying base, for providing space for the top sheet to yield to and accommodate the bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned golf club swing-arc. The golf swing practice mat avoids the mechanical limitations and problems associated with prior art mats. In typical usage, the respective properties of the top sheet and the bottom pad together enable the whole mat to function so that--like a natural-grass-covered fairway--it imposes very little resistance as it readily yields to and accommodates the bottom-most portion--between the bottom of the ball and the underlying ground/base--of any fill, and reasonably well aligned golf club swing arc. Golf clubs that are swung through arcs which hit down before one'"'"'s stance and rotation center, and would otherwise tend to dig into a natural earth base, or a typical practice-range mat, impact relatively softly and slide forward without appreciable loss of momentum, and allow the golfer to complete the somewhat mis-aligned swing-arc without discomfort and deterrence to future efforts.
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12 Claims
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1. A golf swing practice mat for placement on an underlying base to aid a golfer in improving his or her swing of a golf club having a club head, said swing comprising a swing-arc having a bottom-most portion thereof, said golf swing practice mat comprising:
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(a) a low friction, flexible and resilient top sheet that is directly contacted by said club head during said swing and has a rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less; and (b) a means for supporting said top sheet a finite distance above said underlying base and for providing space for said top sheet to yield to and accommodate said bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned golf club swing-arc, such that said mat has a aggregate, total rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A golf swing practice mat for placement on an underlying base to aid a golfer in improving his or her swing of a golf club having a club head, said swing comprising a swing-arc having a bottom-most portion thereof, said golf swing practice mat comprising:
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(a) a flexible, resilient top sheet that is directly contacted by said club head during said swing and has a substantially smooth, low friction top surface, and a flexural rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less; and (b) a means for supporting said top sheet a finite distance above said underlying base and for providing space for said top sheet to yield to and accommodate said bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned golf club swing-arc, such that said mat has an aggregate, total rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less.
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10. A golf swing practice mat for placement on an underlying base to aid a golfer in improving his or her swing of a golf club having a club head, said swing comprising a swing-arc having a bottom-most portion thereof, said golf swing practice mat comprising:
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(a) a low friction, flexible and resilient top sheet that is directly contacted by said club head and has a rigidity of 40 pounds per square inch or less; and (b) a bottom pad for supporting said top sheet a finite distance above said underlying base, and for providing space for said top sheet to yield to and accommodate said bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned swing-arc, said bottom pad being compressible to 50% of its resting height by an applied pressure of 0.0028 Mpa (4 psi) or less. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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