Golf swing training process

• US 5,334,028 A
• Filed: 03/12/1993
• Issued: 08/02/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edmund J. Melligan
• Original Assignee: Edmund J. Melligan
• Inventors: Melligan, Edmund J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/030,635
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 273/188 R, 273/191 R, 273/191 A, 273/192, 273/186.1, 273/187.2, 273/188 A, 273/35 R, 434/252
• US Class Current: 434/252
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/093 Height
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0062 Leg restraining devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3608 Attachments on the body, e.g. for measuring, aligning, restraining A63B69/0059, A63B69/3673 take precedence

Abstract

A golf swing training process comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a golf swing training device having a support frame, a force translation member, and a pivot, said support frame supporting said pivot for rotation about a generally vertical axis and enabling the vertical position of said pivot to be adjusted, said force translation member having two ends and being engaged with said pivot for pivoting said ends about said generally vertical axis;

(b) adjusting the vertical position of said pivot such that said force translation member is substantially the same distance above ground level as one'"'"'s knees;

(c) assuming a golf stance wherein one'"'"'s legs are generally apart and one'"'"'s knees are bent such that a back of each said knee is engaged with an end of said force translation member;

(d) swinging a golf club through an arc generally across the front of one'"'"'s body such that the back of one of said knees moves in a first direction against one end of said force translation member to cause said force translation member to rotate about said axis, thereby moving the other end of said force translation member against the back of the other of said knees to force said other knee to move in a direction generally opposite to said first direction.

Claims

1. A golf swing training process comprising, providing a golf swing training device having a support frame, a force translation member and pivot means;

said support frame being configured to support said pivot means for pivoting about a generally vertical axis;

said force translation member having two ends and being engaged with said pivot means for pivoting said ends about said generally vertical axis in response to engagement of said ends at about the knees of a standing golfer;

a golfer, standing with legs generally apart and knees bent, such that the back of each said golfer'"'"'s bent knees engage an end of said force translation member;

said golfer swinging a golf club through an arc generally planar to the front of said golfer'"'"'s body such that as the back of one knee of said golfer forces against an end of said force translation member, said force translation member pivots about said axis and an other end of said force translation member forces against the back of the other knee of said golfer in substantially an opposite direction.

2. A golf swing training process comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a golf swing training device having a support frame, a force translation member, and pivot means, said support frame being configured to support said pivot means for pivoting about a generally vertical axis and having means for adjusting the vertical position of said pivot means, said force translation member having two ends and being engaged with said pivot means for pivoting said ends about said generally vertical axis;

(b) adjusting the vertical position of said pivot means such that said force translation member is substantially the same distance above ground level as one'"'"'s knees;

(c) assuming a golf stance wherein one'"'"'s legs are generally apart and one'"'"'s knees are bent such that a back of each said knee is engaged with an end of said force translation member;

(d) swinging a golf club through an arc generally across the front of one'"'"'s body such that the back of one of said knees moves in a first direction against an end of said force translation member to cause said force translation member to pivot about said axis, thereby moving another end of said force translation member against the back of the other of said knees to force said other knee to move in a direction generally opposite to said first direction.