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Golf putting training aidRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Golf, Practice Swingable Implement Or Indicator Associated With Swingable Implement, Swingable Implement Swing Path IndicatorGolf putting training aid description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060276260, Golf putting training aid. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims an invention which was disclosed in Provisional Application No. 60/687,462, filed Jun. 03, 2005, entitled "GOLF PUTTING TRAINING AID". The benefit under 35 USC .sctn.119(e) of the U.S. provisional application is hereby claimed, and the aforementioned application is hereby incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The invention pertains to the field of sports equipment and training methods. More particularly, the invention pertains to aids for training golfers in correct putting procedure. [0004] 2. Description of Related Art [0005] In the game of golf, when the ball lies close to the hole, it is necessary to propel the ball the last few feet across the green using a specialized club called a "putter". The action is consequently called "a putt" or "putting". [0006] This part of the game is considered particularly challenging by many golfers, because of the difficulty in maintaining proper alignment of the face of the putter and the desired path of the ball. If the face is even slightly misaligned, the ball will miss the hole. [0007] There have been many patents on aids to putting. For example, Miner, U.S. Pat. No. 4,765,625, shows a t-shaped member with a sighting hole, which is placed on the ground behind the ball. The golfer is supposed to sight in the sighting hole with his club face parallel to the T, and move the club along a line scored on the long arm of the T. A parallelogram assembly surrounds the member, showing the golfer where to place his feet. [0008] U.S. Pat. No. 4,949,971 discloses a golf training aid of rotatably T-shaped pointer mounted a block. The block is made of two sections which then fastened together onto the shaft of the club. [0009] Other aids help the golfer envision an imaginary line he is supposed to be putting along. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,273,893 discloses a pointer mounted to the club shaft by a mounting body. The pointer is normal to the club face or parallel to and alongside the club shank. With the pointer normal to the club face, the golfer aligns the pointer parallel to an imaginary putting line to line up a putt. [0010] U.S. Pat. No. 5,472,204, projects a line of light from a laser mounted up on the putter shaft to visually demonstrate the direction the club is aimed. [0011] U.S. Pat. No. 5,499,817 discloses a training device which is attached to the shaft of the golf club. In a first embodiment, an elongated rod with indicia is used to align the ball and estimate displacement distance of the ball to the putt. The elongated rod is perpendicularly attached to the shaft. In a second embodiment, an attachment rod is attached perpendicular to the elongated rod or parallel to the putting face, forming a right angle. When making a putt, the ball is aligned with the right angle formed between the elongated rod and the attachment rod. [0012] U.S. Pat. No. 5,551,924 discloses a training apparatus of a base plate with a body, a pointer, a guide strip, and a warning background and a club member. The club member includes an extension arm and, a mounting clip and a colored blade coupled together and attached to the golf club. The golfer aligns the colored blade over the base plate on the ground and when the correct color results, the golf club is aligned correctly for the putt. [0013] U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,007 discloses a putter training device that is attached to the lower portion of the putting grip of the club. The putter training device has a triangular shape in top view and is positioned on the grip so that when viewing the long outer edges of the device, the golfer sees down a line of sight that the putter head touches and the edge of the device is normal to an imaginary target line. [0014] U.S. Pat. No. 5,762,564 discloses a torsion spring clamp that attaches a shaft to a golf putter. Using their eyes, a golfer visually sites a line between the end of the shaft and the ball and aligns the shaft along an invisible intended path on the putting surface. [0015] All of the above patents have the golfer imagine a line in which to align a putting aid device with, however golfers learning how to putt cannot accurately envision this line leading to inaccurate putts. The Applicant has found that an actual physical line is needed to ensure the correct alignment with hole. By using the putting aid of the present invention and the physical alignment line, the golfer can putt the ball along the alignment line or path to the hole accurately. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0016] The invention is a golf putting training aid which attaches to a golf club ("putter") to help the golfer learn to putt in a straight line. The aid comprises an alignment indicator in the form of a T-square or L-square or the like, which attaches to the putter shaft with a clamp or bracket, or to the putter reverse face with a magnet. The base of the "T" or "L" is aligned parallel with the face of the club. The long arm of the "T" or "L" extends perpendicular to the base, and indicates a straight line along which a ball hit by the putter will travel. [0017] To train the golfer in putting correctly, a straight line is created from the center of the hole through and past the ball at the putting position by snapping a builders' chalk line or tacking a thread or string. The golfer takes his stance over the ball, and aligns the long arm of the aid over the straight line. By keeping the long arm of the aid over, and aligned with, the straight line as he swings, the golfer will hit the ball squarely and propel it into the hole. Thus, he is trained in correct putting procedure. [0018] Eventually, the golfer learns to envision the line without the need for a real chalk line, and finally the training aid can be removed from the putter when the golfer has learned to putt correctly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING [0019] FIG. 1 shows a front view of the invention in use, in an embodiment in which the aid clamps to the putter shaft [0020] FIG. 2 shows a front view of the invention in use, in an embodiment in which the aid is magnetically attached to the reverse side of the putter head. Continue reading about Golf putting training aid... 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