Training device
AssigneeMark Rivera
InventorMark Christopher Rivera
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Abstract
A putting training device having the same size and feel of a standard golf ball yet adapted to exaggeratedly deviate from an expected line of action when mishit relative to a predefined line of action. The putting training device may have one or more inner cavities wherein an inner spherical object rolls along a tracked, concentric first curvature when the putting training device is struck with a putter accurately along the predefined line of action, and wherein the inner spherical object moves to a side portion of the one or more cavities upon the putting training device being mishit, resulting in the exaggerated deviation that affords the user a visual feedback they can learn from and recalibrate their future putts to.
Claims19
A training device, comprising:
- a spherical body having an axis of rotation;
- a track defining a track cavity within the spherical body, wherein the track curves approximately 360-degrees about the axis of rotation;
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- a mass dimensioned to ride along the track when the spherical body rolls about the axis of rotation and along a prime circumference, wherein the mass rolls off the track configured to deviate from an expected line of action when a force is applied obliquely relative to the prime circumference.
A training device, comprising:
- a spherical body having an axis of rotation;
- a track defining a track cavity within the spherical body, wherein the track is defined by a first curvature that curves 360-degrees about the axis of rotation;
- a spherical object dimensioned to ride along the track when the spherical body rolls about the axis of rotation and along a prime circumference, wherein the spherical object rolls off the track when a force is applied obliquely relative to the prime circumference;
- two side cavities within the spherical body, one side cavity on each side of the track so that when the spherical object rolls off the track into the one of the two side cavities,
- wherein the two side cavities and the track are symmetrically relative to the prime circumference, wherein each side cavity communicates with the track cavity;
- a prime circumferential indicium along an outer surface of the spherical body, wherein the spherical body has both a weight and a diameter approximately similar to a regulation golf ball, wherein the prime circumferential indicium visibly indicates a line of action,
- whereby the training device is used for golf and the applied force is imparted by a golf putter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.