Golf swing gauge
OwnerRobert E. Rawsoninventor
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Abstract
A golf swing gauge attached to the shaft of the golf club adjacent the handle of the club. The swing gauge measures the centrifugal force at the gauge during a practice swing. The gauge is equipped with a needle from which the reading may be ascertained after which the needle is reset by pushing a button on the exterior of the gauge. Several weights may be added or removed from the operating shaft of the gauge to accommodate different swings.
Claims10
A golf swing gauge attached to the shaft of a golf club, said golf club having a shaft, a handle and a club head, said gauge being attached below the handle, said gauge comprising:
- a generally cylindrical, hollow support shaft having an outer surface, an inner surface, a central, longitudinal axis, and a side wall;
- an upwardly-biased weight supporting shaft supported within said generally cylindrical, hollow support shaft said weight supporting shaft being supported along the central, longitudinal axis of said support shaft;
- a plurality of weights, at least one of which is affixed to said weight supporting shaft;
- gauge means for reading the downward axial deflection of said upwardly biased weight supporting shaft during a swing;
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- means for resetting the gauge means in preparation for the next swing.
A golf swing gauge attached to the shaft of a golf club, said golf club having a shaft, a handle and a club head, said gauge being attached below the handle, said gauge comprising:
- a generally cylindrical, hollow support shaft having an outer surface, an inner surface, a central, longitudinal axis, and a side wall;
- an upwardly-biased weight supporting shaft supported within said generally cylindrical, hollow support shaft said weight supporting shaft being supported along the central, longitudinal axis of said support shaft;
- a plurality of weights, at least one of which is affixed to said weight supporting shaft;
- gauge means for reading the downward axial deflection of said upwardly biased weight supporting shaft during a swing, said gage means having a generally cylindrical hollow body with a biased, arcuate gear, including gear teeth on the arcuate portion thereof, said arcuate gear being supported within said cylindrical hollow body and said gauge means including a gauge face with indicia and a gauge needle supported above said gauge face and said needle being supported by a needle shaft extending below said gage face and said needle shaft having a needle gear which meshes with the gear teeth of said arcuate gear and said needle shaft contacting brake means for holding said needle in a maximum deflected position;
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- means for resetting the gauge means in preparation for the next swing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.