US 5,294,125 AGranted

Golf training aid

OwnerDennis R. Mietzinventor

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A readily portable golf training aid consisting of six flexible segments and a number of intermediate eyelets can be anchored to the ground (e.g. with golf tees) to provide a fixed and visible reference that any player can use for a shot made with any club. This device provides a consistent framework for building a "muscle memory" of desired hip and shoulder rotations that is important to learning the game of golf.

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A practice aid for a golfer including a plurality of segments and a plurality of eyelets, each said eyelet adapted for the insertion of an anchoring device therethrough, each said eyelet at an end of a said segment, said aid comprising

a first, aiming-line, segment having a first predetermined length, said aiming-line segment extending between a first eyelet and a second eyelet,
a second, front-line, segment having a second predetermined length, said front-line segment extending between said first eyelet and a third eyelet,
a third, back-line, segment having said second length, said back-line segment extending between said second eyelet and a fourth eyelet, and
a fourth, toe-line, segment having said first length, said toe-line segment extending between said third eyelet and said fourth eyelet,
a fifth, hip-line, segment having a third length approximately equal to the quotient formed by dividing said first predetermined length by the square root of two, said hip-line segment having a fifth eyelet at a first end thereof, wherein said fifth eyelet is adapted for the insertion of an anchoring device therethrough, said hip-line segment having attachment means at a second end thereof, said attachment means adapted to co-anchor said second end of said hip-line segment with said first eyelet,
a sixth segment having said third length, said sixth segment extending from said fifth eyelet to a sixth eyelet,
whereby said golf aid may be anchored to the ground to form a composite geometrical figure comprising a parallelogram having said aiming-line segment as a side thereof, said aiming-line co-linear with a fictitious line extending from said first eyelet to a target, said hip-line segment extending from an apex, at said first eyelet, of said parallelogram, said hip-line segment extending toward the center of said parallelogram at a forty-five degree angle to said aiming-line side of said parallelogram, and a fictitious perpendicular bisector line bisecting said aiming-line side of said parallelogram, said fictitious perpendicular bisector line denoted by a plurality of markers.

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a first, aiming-line, segment having a first predetermined length, said aiming-line segment extending between a first eyelet and a second eyelet,
a second, front-line, segment having a second predetermined length, said front-line segment extending between said first eyelet and a third eyelet,
a third, back-line, segment having said second length, said back-line segment extending between said second eyelet and a fourth eyelet, and
a fourth, toe-line, segment having said first length, said toe-line segment extending between said third eyelet and said fourth eyelet,
a fifth, hip-line, segment having a third length approximately equal to the quotient formed by dividing said first predetermined length by the square root of two, said hip-line segment having a fifth eyelet at a first end thereof, wherein said fifth eyelet is adapted for the insertion of an anchoring device therethrough, said hip-line segment having attachment means at a second end thereof, said attachment means adapted to co-anchor said second end of said hip-line segment with said first eyelet,
a sixth segment having said third length, said sixth segment extending from said fifth eyelet to a sixth eyelet,
whereby said golf aid may be anchored to the ground to form a composite geometrical figure comprising a parallelogram having said aiming-line segment as a side thereof, said aiming-line co-linear with a fictitious line extending from said first eyelet to a target, said hip-line segment extending from an apex, at said first eyelet, of said parallelogram, said hip-line segment extending toward the center of said parallelogram at a forty-five degree angle to said aiming-line side of said parallelogram, and a fictitious perpendicular bisector line bisecting said aiming-line side of said parallelogram, said fictitious perpendicular bisector line denoted by a plurality of markers.

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