Apparatus for providing wrist angle feedback
AssigneeWhyGolf LLC
InventorsBradley R. Mason, Jeffrey T. Mason
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing wrist angle feedback to a user is disclosed, the apparatus including an arm cuff having a front end, a back end, a top face, and a bottom face shaped to engage the user's forearm, and a dorsal interface module hingedly coupled to the arm cuff so its distal end pivots relative to the front end while contacting the backside of the user's hand. A feedback element disposed within the dorsal interface module is configured to deliver feedback, such as auditory and/or haptic, whenever the dorsal interface module rotates toward the arm cuff, thereby giving the user immediate, repeatable cues at a predetermined wrist-extension threshold to help train optimal wrist angles, enhance swing mechanics, improve consistency, and reduce injury risk.
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An apparatus for providing wrist angle feedback to a user, comprising:
- an arm cuff comprising a front end, a back end opposite the front end, a top face, and a bottom face opposite the top face, the bottom face comprising a concave face configured to engage with a forearm of the user;
- one or more arm straps coupled to the arm cuff,
- a dorsal interface module hingedly coupled to the arm cuff, the dorsal interface module configured to contact a hand backside of the user, the dorsal interface module comprising:
- a proximal end and a distal end extending along a longitudinal axis wherein the proximal end is hingedly coupled to the front end of the arm cuff,
- a dorsal contact plate configured to rotate omnidirectionally, the dorsal contact plate configured to engage with the hand backside of the user;
- a set knob externally accessible to a user to adjust a set angle,
- a shuttle configured to linearly reciprocate upon actuation of the set knob, wherein the shuttle is configured to translate along the longitudinal axis,
- a trigger coupled to the shuttle wherein upon translation of the shuttle the trigger is configured to rotate toward or away from the arm cuff, wherein the trigger is hingedly coupled to the arm cuff;
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- a feedback element disposed within the dorsal interface module, the feedback element configured to provide mechanical feedback caused by mechanical deformation of the feedback element to the user upon the set angle between the dorsal interface module and the arm cuff being reached thereby causing the trigger to bend the feedback element, wherein the mechanical feedback comprises auditory feedback, haptic feedback, or both.
An apparatus for providing wrist angle feedback to a user, comprising:
- an arm cuff comprising a front end, a back end opposite the front end, a top face, and a bottom face opposite the top face, wherein the bottom face is configured to engage with a forearm of the user;
- a dorsal interface module hingedly coupled to the arm cuff, the dorsal interface module configured to contact a hand backside of the user, the dorsal interface module comprising a proximal end and a distal end extending along a longitudinal axis wherein the proximal end is hingedly coupled to the front end of the arm cuff;
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- a feedback element disposed within the dorsal interface module, the feedback element configured to provide feedback to the user upon rotation of the dorsal interface module toward the arm cuff.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.