# US 10,946,262 B2 · Golf training aid

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- Number: US 10,946,262 B2
- Document ID: US10946262B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/872,247
- Filed: 2020-05-11
- Published: 2020-08-27
- Granted: 2021-03-16
- Earliest claimed: 2019-05-09
- Applicants: Tony Bush, III
- Inventors: Tony Bush, III
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10946262B2

## CPC

- A63B 15/005: {with a weight movable along the longitudinal axis of the club due to centrifugal forces}
- A63B 69/3632: {Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning (A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00)}
- A63B 60/16: Caps; Ferrules
- A63B 21/0603: {Fluid-like particles, e.g. gun shot or sand}
- A63B 60/24: Weighted handles
- A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user}
- A63B 2071/0633: {without electronic means}
- A63B 2071/0655: {Tactile feedback}
- A63B 2209/08: magnetic
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A golf training aid may appear to take the form of a golf club, sometimes without a club head. At a proximal end, or end near the golfer, the training aid may comprise a standard golf grip attached to a carbon fiber cylinder portion, the cylinder portion containing a magnet, with a rubber seat disposed upon the magnet. A metallic ball bearing may be in magnetic attachment the magnet. A plurality of additional ball bearings, smaller than the metallic ball bearing, may be magnetically retained and distal to metallic ball bearing. The ball bearings may be disposed within a laminated polycarbonate tube. A far end or distal end of the training aid may comprise a rubber plug to contain ball bearings that have traveled down the tube, optional weights and a magnetic end cap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf swing aid (100) comprising:
a) a tube (300) having a distal end (310) and a proximal end (315), the tube having an endcap assembly (700) disposed at the distal end of the tube, the endcap assembly comprising a magnet;
b) the tube further comprising a distal barrier (400);
c) the tube defining a weight void (370) the weight void further defined by the end cap assembly and the distal barrier;
d) the tube further comprising a proximal barrier (450) and a proximal magnet (350); and
e) the tube containing a main ball bearing (600) and a plurality of pellets (650).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The golf swing guide of claim 1 wherein the main ball bearing and the plurality of pellets are disposed within the tube between the distal barrier and proximal barrier.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The golf swing guide of claim 2 wherein the end cap assembly further comprises a spherical surface (740) and the spherical surface defines a pin void (750).

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The golf swing guide of claim 3 wherein a pin (800) is disposed within the pin void.

### Claim 5

The golf swing guide of 1 further including one or more interchangeable weights (380) disposed within the weight void.