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US 10,828,546 B2Granted
Golf swing practice mat for strengthening swing and increasing club head speed
AssigneeSmart Body LLC
InventorOthili Park
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Abstract
A golf swing practice mat including a ball practice area and a resistance area is disclosed to provide a physical resistance to the club head at the time of ball impact and through the follow through. In one embodiment, the golf mat comprises a generally rectangular rubber base and a simulated grass material overlying the rubber base. The simulated grass upper layer may be a typical fairway length simulated grass. The mat has a central ball placement area which may include a tee and a resistance area in front of the ball placement area, i.e. in the follow-through area immediately after striking the ball. The spacing of the resistance area from the ball placement area, and or tee may be variable.
Claims16
A golf swing practice mat comprising;
- a ball placement area having a top surface at least partially covered in artificial turf;
- and
- a resistance area disposed adjacent to the ball placement area, said resistance area having a top surface at least partially covered with artificial turf,
- said resistance area disposed immediately forward of the ball placement area and defining a follow through area through which a club passes after striking a ball in the ball placement area,
- said resistance area further having a plurality of resistance fingers extending upward from the top surface of said resistance area a greater distance than the artificial turf, said plurality of resistance fingers being disposed immediately forward of the ball placement area, and
- wherein the top surface of the ball placement area is substantially co-planar with the top surface of the resistance area and wherein a club passing through the resistance area after striking the ball passes through said resistance fingers extending above the top surface of the resistance area and engages the plurality of resistance fingers such that forward movement of the club is resisted by the plurality of resistance fingers.
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A golf swing practice mat comprising:
- a ball placement area having a top surface at least partially covered in artificial turf;
- and
- a resistance area disposed adjacent to the ball placement area having a top surface covering a first area with artificial turf and a second area having a plurality of resistance fingers extending upward from the top surface a greater distance than the artificial turf;
- wherein the top surface of the ball placement area is substantially co-planar with the top surface of the resistance area,
- wherein the resistance area includes a plurality of through holes extending from a bottom surface to the top surface of the resistance area and through the artificial turf
- wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers comprise
- a flange base portion having a diameter greater than a diameter of the through hole, and
- a finger portion extending upward from the flange base portion having a diameter less than the diameter of the through hole;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers includes a lumen extending through the flange base portion;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance ringers includes a finger portion extending through both the lumen of the flange and the through hole.
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A golf swing practice mat comprising:
- a ball placement area having a top surface at least partially covered in artificial turf;
- and
- a resistance area disposed adjacent to the ball placement area having a top surface covering a first area with artificial turf and a second area having a plurality of resistance fingers extending upward from the top surface a greater distance than the artificial turf,
- wherein the top surface of the ball placement area is substantially co-planar with the top surface of the resistance area, and
- said practice mat further comprising a recess disposed proximate to the ball placement area wherein the resistance area is moveably disposed in the recess.
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A golf swing practice mat comprising,
- a frame including
- a proximal ball placement area having a top surface at least partially covered in artificial turf;
- a distal recess area having two rails extending longitudinally from a proximal end, proximate to the ball placement area, to a distal end;
- and
- a resistance mat slidably disposed in the distal recess, the resistance mat having a top surface at least partially covered with artificial turf and including a plurality of resistance fingers extending upward from the top surface of the resistance mat,
- wherein a top surface of the proximal ball placement area and the top surface of the resistance mat are co-planar, and
- wherein the resistance mat is configured to slide within the recess along the rails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.