Indoor golf swing practice implement

• US 8,529,365 B1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Steven R. Davis
• Original Assignee: Steven R. Davis
• Inventors: Davis, Steven R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W
• Application Number:
  US13/118,619
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: 473/256, 473/226, 473/219
• 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 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/02 Joint structures between the head and the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3638 Normal golf clubs with directly attached weights

Abstract

An indoor golf swing practice implement is provided with a total length from 16 to 20 inches and including a shaft with a standard golf grip on one end and with a weight at the other end. The total weight and balance of the practice implement is such that the implement moment is substantially the same as that of a regular golf club to provide the same feel, heft and swinging weight for practice of golf strokes in confined spaces.

Claims

1. An indoor golf swing practice implement comprising:

an elongated shaft with a proximal end and distal end;

a weight secured to the distal end;

a total length in the range of sixteen and twenty inches;

a grip attached to and surrounding the proximal end of the shaft; and

having a moment in the range of 9,500 to 11,000 inch grams about a fulcrum point four inches from the proximal end of the implement; and

having a center of gravity located a distance from the distal end and toward the proximal end equal 20 to 25 percent the length of the implement.

2. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and

wherein the total length is eighteen inches.

3. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and

wherein the shaft has a diameter of ⅝

inches.

4. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and

wherein the shaft comprises aluminum or steel tube.

5. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and wherein:

the weight has cylindrical shape and has a mass of in the range of 500 to 1000 grams.

6. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and wherein:

the weight is shaped to simulate a golf head and has a mass in the range of 500 to 1000 grams.

7. An indoor golf swing practice implement, according to claim 1, and wherein;

the end weight has an indicium configured to indicate the alignment of a golf club head;

each said indicium being either a notch or groove cut into cylindrical end weight, or a painted or printed and adhered mark.

8. A practice implement according to claim 1 wherein;

a simulated golf club head is attached to the distal end of the weight.