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US 12,722,062 B2Granted
Golf putting training device
OwnerScott Lawrence Peterich, IIinventor
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Abstract
A golf putting training device includes a body having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion joined by a center portion having an arcuate recess configured to receive a golf ball. The first and second elongate portions form a channel extending from the arcuate recess at a proximate end to an opening at a distal end. Two guide pins are selectively positionable in paired guide apertures that converge from the proximate end toward the distal end to define multiple putting difficulty levels based on separation distance between the guide pins.
Claims13
A putting training device comprising:
- a body having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion that are joined by a center portion having an arcuate recess at a proximate end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, wherein the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion form a channel that has the arcuate recess at a proximate end and an opening at a distal end;
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- two guide pins;
- wherein each of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion further each includes a mounting aperture disposed near the distal end;
- wherein adjacent to the distal end of the opening, the first elongate portion includes a first set of guide apertures and the second elongate portion includes a second set of guide apertures, the first and second sets of guide apertures being separate from the first and second mounting apertures of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein the first set of guide apertures and second set of guide apertures form paired locations across the channel that converge from the proximate end toward the distal end;
- wherein the channel is open between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, the first elongate portion being separated from the second elongate portion by the channel except where joined by the center portion at the proximate end;
- wherein a first paired guide apertures positions the two guide pins at a maximum separation distance;
- wherein a second paired guide apertures positions the two guide pins at an intermediate separation distance;
- wherein a third paired guide apertures positions the two guide pins at a minimum separation distance;
- wherein the first paired guide apertures, second paired guide apertures, and third paired guide apertures are positioned toward the distal end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein a separation distance between the two guide pins when installed in each paired location defines a putting difficulty level based on a width of a ball gate through which a golf ball must pass after being struck from the arcuate recess.
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A putting training device comprising:
- a body having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion that are joined by a center portion having an arcuate recess at a proximate end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, wherein the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion form a channel that has the arcuate recess at a proximate end and an opening at a distal end;
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- two guide pins;
- wherein each of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion further includes a first mounting aperture disposed near the proximate end and a second mounting aperture disposed near the distal end;
- wherein the channel is open between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, the first elongate portion being separated from the second elongate portion by the channel except where joined by the center portion at the proximate end;
- wherein adjacent to the distal end of the opening, the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion each include multiple guide aperture pairs positioned at progressively narrowing spacings, the multiple guide aperture pairs being separate from the first and second mounting apertures of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein a first guide aperture pair defines a first gap width between installed guide pins;
- wherein a second guide aperture pair defines a second gap width between installed guide pins that is narrower than the first gap width;
- wherein a third guide aperture pair defines a third gap width between installed guide pins that is narrower than the second gap width;
- wherein the first guide aperture pair, the second guide aperture pair, and the third guide aperture pair are positioned toward the distal end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein the first gap width, second gap width, and third gap width define easy, medium, and hard difficulty settings respectively based on a width of a ball gate through which a golf ball must pass after being struck from the arcuate recess.
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A putting training device comprising:
- a body having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion that are joined by a center portion having an arcuate recess at a proximate end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, wherein the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion form a channel that has the arcuate recess at a proximate end and an opening at a distal end;
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- two guide pins;
- wherein each of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion each further includes a mounting aperture disposed near the distal end;
- wherein the channel is open between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, the first elongate portion being separated from the second elongate portion by the channel except where joined by the center portion at the proximate end;
- wherein adjacent to the distal end of the opening the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion each include a first guide aperture pair, a second guide aperture pair, and a third guide aperture pair, the first, second, and third guide aperture pairs being separate from the first and second mounting apertures of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein the first guide aperture pair, the second guide aperture pair, and the third guide aperture pair are positioned toward the distal end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein when the two guide pins are installed in the first guide aperture pair, the two guide pins are separated by a first distance;
- wherein when the two guide pins are installed in the second guide aperture pair, the two guide pins are separated by a second distance that is less than the first distance;
- wherein when the two guide pins are installed in the third guide aperture pair, the two guide pins are separated by a third distance that is less than the second distance;
- wherein the first distance, the second distance, and the third distance each define a width of a ball gate through which a golf ball must pass after being struck from the arcuate recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.