Golf aide with tactile indicator
AssigneeLime Hook Oy
InventorJanne Martikainen
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Abstract
A golf aide is described for providing tactile feedback to a user during a golf swing. The golf aide has a shaft (12) with a golf grip (11), an arm (14) having a linking element (13) coupling the arm (14) to the shaft (12) at a first end of the arm (14), and a tactile indicator (15) arranged at a distal end of the arm (14) opposite the linking element (13). The tactile indicator has a width greater than a width of the arm and the shaft (12), arm (14) and tactile indicator (15) are fixedly arrangeable such that the distance and angle between a portion of the golf grip to be gripped during a golf stroke and the tactile indicator is equivalent to a predetermined target distance and angle between hands and a lateral upper arm portion of an inside arm of a user at an apex of a backswing of a golf stroke.
Claims20
A golf aide comprising:
- a shaft with a golf grip:
- an arm having at least a partially twisted shape with bending, angles substantially less than 90° and having a linking element coupling the arm to the shaft at a first end of the arm to provide a rotational movement of the arm around a corresponding axis which is substantially perpendicular to the shaft the rotational movement of the arm providing an open position of the arm relative to the shaft and a partially open position of the arm relative to the shaft;
- a tactile indicator configured to provide a tactile feedback to a user, wherein the tactile indicator is arranged at a distal end of the arm opposite the linking element, said tactile indicator having a width greater than a width of the arm,
- wherein the shaft, the arm and the tactile indicator are configured to be fixedly arranged by moving the arm from the partially open position to the open position, and using a. corresponding length of the shaft to provide a distance and a corresponding angle being defined between a portion of the golf grip to be gripped during a golf stroke and the tactile indicator which are equivalent to, respectively, a predetermined target distance and a further angle being defined between hands and a lateral upper arm portion of an inside arm of a user at an apex of a backswing of the golf stroke, and
- wherein said tactile indicator is capable of rotating around an axis to facilitate the movement of the tactile indicator down the upper arm of the user during a downswing of the golf stroke.
A golf aide comprising:
- a shaft with a golf grip, the shaft being extendable from the golf grip for adjusting a length of the shaft and comprising markings for indicating an extended distance from the golf grip,
- an arm having a linking element coupling the arm to the shaft at a first end of the arm to provide a rotational movement of the arm around a corresponding axis which is substantially perpendicular to the shaft, wherein, when the arm is in an open position relative to the shaft, the length of the shaft is fixed, and when the arm is in a partially open position relative to the shaft, the length of the shaft is adjustable,
- a tactile indicator configured to provide a tactile feedback to a user, wherein the tactile indicator is arranged at a distal end of the arm opposite the linking element, said tactile indicator having a width greater than a width of the arm,
- wherein the shaft, the arm and the tactile indicator are configured to be fixedly arranged by adjusting the length of the shaft when the arm is in the partially open position and subsequently fixing the adjusted length of the shaft via corresponding movement of the arm from the partially open position to the open position to provide a distance and a corresponding angle being defined between a portion of the golf grip to be gripped during a golf stroke and the tactile indicator which are equivalent to, respectively, a predetermined target distance and a further angle being defined between hands and a lateral upper arm portion of an inside arm of a user at an apex of a backswing of the golf stroke, and
- wherein said tactile indicator is capable of rotating around an axis to facilitate the movement of the tactile indicator down the upper arm of the user during a downswing of the golf stroke.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.