Golf swing practicing article
OwnerYasuhiro Ijiriinventor
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Abstract
A golf swing practicing article which is shorter in overall length than an ordinary golf club and substantially symmetrical around a center axis of a shaft body includes a grip member disposed at first end section of the shaft body and a weight member at an opposite second shaft body end section, the weight member increasing the mass at the said second end section, the weight member occupying 40 to 60% of said overall length. The weight member can have a tapered portion and a receiving portion for reception and removal of weights so as to vary the weight of the weight section, the weights being cylindrical members of different sizes and such that certain of same fit inside others of the weights.
Claims11
A golf swing practicing article comprising a shaft body having first and second ends and the same degree of bending rigidity as that of an ordinary golf club,
- a grip carried on a first end section of said shaft body,
- a weight member carried at an opposite second end section of the shaft body for increasing the article mass at said second end section, said article having an overall length less than that of said ordinary golf club and being substantially symmetrical around a center axis of the shaft body,
- said weight member occupying 40 to 60 % of said overall length, and
- the weight member comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being proximal the shaft body first end section and tapering outwardly of the shaft body center axis in a direction away from said shaft body first end section, the weight member second portion being distal the shaft body first end section and having a substantially constant outer diameter, an end part of the weight member second portion remote from the first portion thereof having a recess wherein weights can be removably received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.