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  Golf swing training deviceUSPTO Application #: 20060019764Title: Golf swing training device Abstract: The golf swing training device includes a mat and a plurality of guide members. The mat has a first set of spaced slots. Each of the slots receives a different guide member in a position adjustable manner. The positions of those guide members collectively define one boundary of a permissible golf club head swing path. Additional guide members are mounted on the mat, either in a second set of spaced slots in a position adjustable manner, or in a set of spaced openings in a non-position adjustable manner. The positions of the additional guide members collectively define the second boundary of the permissible golf club swing path. (end of abstract)
Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP - New York, NY, US Inventor: Chris Gegelys USPTO Applicaton #: 20060019764 - Class: 473265000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Golf, Practice Swingable Implement Or Indicator Associated With Swingable Implement, Swingable Implement Swing Path Indicator, Barrier Which Monitors Swingable Implement Head Movement, Plural Barriers, Horizontally Spaced Apart The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060019764. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The present invention relates to a golf training device and more particularly a golf training device designed to assist a golfer in improving his or her swing. [0002] Apparatus of various types for improving the accuracy of the swing of a golf club are known. Many have the common function of defining a swing path for the club head and providing feedback of some sort to the golfer as to how accurately the club head has traveled along the defined path. Such apparatus range from sophisticated, expensive electronic or mechanical devices to simple, inexpensive "low-tech" devices. [0003] In the latter variety are included devices that mechanically define a path through which the club head must travel to achieve a desired ball trajectory. One such device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,913,440 to Ellington. That patent teaches a golf club swing training device including a mat having an artificial grass surface. The mat is provided with a plurality of openings at predetermined locations. Upstanding swing guide members are arranged on the mat by inserting them into selected ones of the openings. The guide members can define different golf club swing paths, depending upon the placement of the guide members on the mat. [0004] The golfer swings the club over the mat. If the club head deviates from the defined path as it travels over the mat, it hits one or more of the guide members, providing feedback to the golfer. Ellington teaches a mirror-image set of guide member placement locations to enable the device to be used by both left-handed and right-handed golfers. [0005] However, the Ellington device has two major drawbacks. Adjustment of the width and/or curvature of the designed club head path in the Ellington device requires that the guide members be removed from the openings in the mat and then reinserted into other ones of the openings. Further, the guide members can only define those paths that are in accordance with the pre-set locations of the guide member receiving openings. [0006] My device overcomes those disadvantages by providing means for continuously adjusting one and preferably both of the boundaries of the swing path within a limited range. That is accomplished through the use of position adjustable guide members that are received in one or more sets of spaced, parallel elongated slots. Each of the members is slidable to any position along the slot within which it is received. [0007] In this way, the width and the contours of the boundaries of the desired golf club head swing path can be infinitely adjusted within a range defined by the slot length. Moreover, adjustments to the path width and curvature can be achieved by simple sliding the guide members along the respective slots, without the necessity of removing and replacing the guide members. [0008] It is therefore, a prime object of the present invention to provide a simple "low tech" golf swing training device. [0009] It is another object of the present invention to provide a golf swing training device in which the width and curvature of the desired golf club head swing path are continuously adjustable within a given range. [0010] It is another object of the present invention to provide a golf swing training device in which the width and curvature of the desired golf club head swing path are adjustable without the necessity of removing and replacing the guide members. [0011] In accordance with the present invention, a golf swing training device is provided including a mat and a plurality of guide members. The mat has a first set of slots. Each of the slots is adapted to receive a different one of the guide members in a position adjustable manner so as to define a first set of positions on the mat. The first set of positions collectively defines one of the boundaries of a permissible golf club head swing path. [0012] Means are provided for mounting the guide members in a second set of positions on the mat. The second set of positions collectively defines a second boundary for the permissible golf club head swing path. [0013] In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the means for mounting the guide members in the second set of positions includes a second set of slots. Each of the slots of the second set of slots is adapted to receive a different one of the guide members in a position adjustable manner to define the second set of positions. [0014] The slots of the first set of slots are spaced from the slots of the second set of slots. Each of the slots of the first set of slots is substantially aligned with a different one of the slots of the second set of slots. [0015] In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the means for mounting the guide members in the second set of positions includes a set of openings. Each of the openings is adapted to receive a different one of the guide members in a non-position adjustable manner so as to define the second set of positions. The slots of the first set of slots are spaced from the set of openings. Each of the slots of the first set of slots is substantially aligned with a different one of the openings. [0016] Preferably, the slots of the first set of slots are substantially parallel to each other. Preferably, the slots of the second set of slots are also substantially parallel to each other. [0017] The boundary defined by the first set of positions is spaced from the boundary defined by the second set of positions so as to define a permissible path for the swing of the golf club head. [0018] The mat has a front edge. Each of the slots of the first set of slots is elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the front edge of the mat. Each of the slots of the second set of slots is elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the front edge of the mat. The openings form a row extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front edge of the mat. [0019] Each of the guide members has a base and an upstanding guidepost mounted on the base. Each of the slots has a width. The base of each of the guide members is wider than the width of the slots. [0020] Each of the guide members preferably takes the form of a rubber golf tee. [0021] The device of the present invention also includes an additional opening. That opening is for mounting a golf tee on the mat at a location, aligned with the golf club head swing path. [0022] To these and such other objects which may hereinafter appear, the present invention relates to a golf swing training device as described in the following specification and recited in the annexed claims, taken together with the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like parts and wherein: [0023] FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention; [0024] FIG. 2 is an isometric view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Continue reading... Full patent description for Golf swing training device Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Golf swing training device patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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