Golf swing training device

• US 6,780,122 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2002
• Issued: 08/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph Warren Belanger
• Original Assignee: Joseph Warren Belanger
• Inventors: Belanger, Joseph Warren
• Primary Examiner(s): Garbe, Stephen P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Legesse, Nini F.
• Application Number:
  US10/223,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20040038743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 473/257, 473/219, 473/221, 473/238, 473/261, 473/264, 473/266, 473/268, 473/270, 473/271, 473/273, 473/274, 473/275, 473/276, 473/277
• US Class Current: 473/257
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/024 with screws or pins in the earth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/093 Height
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3621 Contacting or non-contacting mechanical means for guiding the swing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3623 for driving A63B69/3608, A63B69/3658, A63B69/3661, A63B69/3667 and A63B69/3691 take precedence

Abstract

A golf training device to help a golfer improve a golf swing. The device includes a base member, a mast member, and at least one swing indicator. The mast member is coupled with the base member and has opposite ends and a plurality of holes. The swing indicator(s) are insertable into at least one of said plurality of holes.

Claims

1. A golf training device comprising:

a base member;

a mast member counted with said base member, said mast member having opposite ends and a plurality of holes; and

at least one swing indicator insertable into at least one of said plurality of holes,

wherein said at least one swing indicator passes completely through said mast member,

wherein the base member comprises a hollow cylindrical member having a flanged end portion extending orthogonal relative to a longitudinal axis of said mast member,

wherein said mast member further comprises a first end and a second end opposite said first end, wherein said second end of said mast member is coupled to said base member, and wherein a head and shoulders indicator is securable to said first end of said mast member, and

wherein said device further comprises a cap disposed on said first end of the mast member and said head and shoulders indicator is coupled to an upper surface of the cap, wherein said head and shoulders indicator comprises a forked, multi-pronged elongated member having at least two prongs branching from the fork, said at least two prongs being configured to fit across a golfer'"'"'s shoulders.

2. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of holes are vertically arranged in a plurality of columns, each column being disposed opposite another column of said plurality of holes.

3. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one swing indicator comprises a first swing indicator and a second swing indicator, the first swing indicator being configured to pass through a first hole and second hole and a second swing indicator being configured to pass through a third hole and a fourth hole.

4. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein said flanged end portion has a plurality of through-holes.

5. The golf training device according to claim 4, further comprising fastening members inserted into the plurality of through-holes in the flanged end portion to fix the base member to a ground surface.

6. The golf training device according to claim 5, wherein the fastening members comprise at least one of a stake, screw, peg and spike.

7. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one swing indicator comprises a guide wand.

8. The golf training device according to claim 7, wherein the mast member, base member and guide wand comprise PVC plastic.

9. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises rust proof material.

10. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the flanged end portion of the base member has a diameter that is at least two times larger than the diameter of the base member.

11. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the head and shoulders indicator has a first prong and a second prong, each prong for resting on an opposite shoulders of the user.

12. The golf training device according to claim 11, wherein the first prong is longer than the second prong.

13. The golf training device according to claim 11, wherein each prong of the head and shoulders indicator is padded.

14. The golf training device according to claim 1, wherein the base member comprises a weighted ring and the mast member is insertable into a center portion of the weighted ring.

15. A golf training device comprising:

at least one swing indicator means for providing a visual or sensory indication to a golfer of at least one aspect of a golf swing;

a mast means for providing support to said at least one swing indicator means; and

a base means for providing support to said mast means,

wherein said at least one swing indicator means pass completely through said mast means,

wherein said base means includes a hollow cylindrical member having a flanged end portion extending orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said mast means,

wherein said mast member further comprises a first end and a second end opposite said first end, wherein said second end of said mast member is coupled to said base member, and wherein a head and shoulders indicator is securable to said first end of said mast member, and

wherein said device further comprises a cap disposed on said first end of the mast member and said head and shoulders indicator is coupled to an upper surface of the cap, wherein said head and shoulders indicator comprises a forked, multi-pronged elongated member having at least two prongs branching from the fork, said at least two prongs being configured to fit across a golfer'"'"'s shoulders.

16. The golf training device according to claim 15, wherein the mast means comprises a plurality of coupling means for securing said at least one swing indicator means thereto in a desired position.

17. The golf training device according to claim 15, wherein said base means comprises a plurality of fastening means for fastening said base means to a surface.