US 10,092,810 B2Granted

Golf putting training aid

OwnerMark Sheppard, Lynda Timbersinventors

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Abstract

A golf putting aide, that can be used as part of an independent game using golf equipment, which aide has a large annular platter with a series of evenly spaced spokes thereon on the upper side, and slip impeding means on the underside. Each spoke, is radiused on both side faces thereof, to match the curvature of a golf ball, such that on impact a golf ball will roll down the spoke toward a center opening in the platter rather than ricocheting off at an angle of incidence post impact. The spokes of the preferred embodiment taper inwardly from the rear surface toward the front surface, evenly on both sides of a center line, and taper downwardly along the top surface from the rear surface forwardly to the front. The device may be used at home on grass, at miniature golf locations or on a golf course hole with permission.

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Dependent claims

A device to be used as both a golf putting aide and for use as a tool in a separate golf putting game, said device comprising:

an annular flat platter having a top surface and a bottom surface-, said annular platter having a series of uniformly spaced spokes, each of said spokes has a rear and a front and a vertical center line normal to the annular platter, each spoke directed from an outer edge of the platter to a center through opening of the annular platter, each spoke having 2 side surfaces both of which are progressively decreasingly radiused inwardly, wherein each spoke tapers inwardly toward said vertical center line of said spoke from the rear of each spoke toward the front of each said spoke, said opposite side radii being separated by a horizontal top surface of the spoke, said top surface is directed toward the through opening and wherein an overall width of each spoke diminishes from the outer edge of the platter toward the center through opening of the annulus, said center through opening of said annulus being greater than a diameter of a golf course hole, said diameter of said golf course hole is 4.5 inches, whereby when a convex surface of a golf ball impacts the radiused surface of a spoke, the ball rolls along a length of the spoke within the radiused area toward said center opening of the platter, rather than impacting the spoke and then ricocheting off at an angle of reflection.

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