Golf swing position trainer teaching a golfer to swing a golf club correctly

#In the past, a number of devices have been proposed for use by golfers, to aid them in developing and improving their swings. Unfortunately, many of the prior art devices concerned with the swing of the club have been expensive to purchase and/or difficult to use. As a consequence, these devices have not gained much favor with a large number of golfers.

#The Strahan U.S. Pat. No. 3,351,346 entitled “GOLF SWING TRAINING DEVICE” teaches the use of weighted components on a shaft used for helping a golfer develop his swing. Strahan mentions that it is the goal of his device to provide a golf swing training device for teaching a golfer to perfect an inside-out swing of a golf club, but his device bears little relation to the present invention.

#The Pelz U.S. Pat. No. 3,462,155 entitled “GOLF CLUB HAVING MEANS OF ALIGNING RELATIVE TO A USER” is of marginal pertinence to the instant invention inasmuch as it is a putter type device, having a club head equipped with a striking face designed to contact a golf ball, rather than being strictly a training device bearing some degree of relationship to the present invention, by the use of which a ball is not struck.

#FIG. 1 is a view showing my novel golf swing position trainer in use by a right handed golfer, with this view illustrating how the positioning reference portion of my device is brought into contact with the biceps muscles of the golfer during the upward part of the backswing;

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of my golf swing position trainer, showing the relative positions of several of the significant bends in a device configured for use by a right handed golfer;

#FIG. 3 is a perspective view to a larger scale of the upper portion of my golf swing position trainer, showing in the case of a device configured for a right handed golfer, the relationship of the positioning reference relative to the member by which it is supported;

#A golf swing position trainer in accordance with this invention is adapted to train a golfer to swing a golf club correctly, with an exemplary version of my invention being illustrated in FIG. 1, where it has been placed in use by a right handed golfer. As easily seen in this figure as well as in FIG. 2, my position trainer 10 is constructed essentially of a single piece of rigid material, and is configured to have first and second ends. By way of example, I prefer to use an aluminum rod of 6063 aluminum that is ½″ in diameter in constructing my novel device, but I obviously am not to be limited to this. As an alternative, an industrial grade, rigid plastic could be used when cost is a factor.

#An important ancillary portion of my device is represented by handle portion 12, which is affixed over the first end of my device. The handle portion is typically molded of non-metallic material, such as industrial grade plastic. The handle portion 12 is carefully configured to enable the golfer to grasp the handle portion in a particular relationship with respect to the remaining portion of the swing position trainer. Upon the handle being grasped correctly with both hands, my novel position trainer can be moved or swung in the manner of a golf club, as generally indicated in FIG. 1 as well as in related FIGS. 6 through 11, but it must be borne in mind that the position trainer is not intended to be brought into direct contact with a golf ball.

#It is to be seen from FIG. 2 that the handle portion 12 is affixed to a component of a relatively large U-shaped or arcuately-shaped portion 14 of the position trainer, with an intermediate leg portion 16 of the position trainer representing another important part of the relatively large U-shaped portion 14. The intermediate leg portion 16 resides in approximately the same plane as the handle portion 12 and is disposed somewhat less than 180° away from the handle portion 12. This plane in which the handle portion 12 and the intermediate leg portion 16 reside is shown as plane 20 in FIG. 5.