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US 6,306,050 B1Granted
Swing training device
OwnerAndrew A. Holderinventor
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Abstract
A swing training device 10 is shown comprising a base 12, a securing member 16 and a suspension system 20 positioned there between. A ball 40 is supported by the suspension system which may be hit repeatedly without obstruction in order to improve a person's swing. The swing training device 10 includes the additional advantages of minimizing undesired horizontal and vertical movement of the ball 40 while stabilizing the ball 40 substantially within a preferred trajectory path.
Claims21
A swing training device comprising:
- a base having a base surface;
- a securing member positioned above the base, said securing member substantially lying within a plane parallel to the base surface;
- a suspension system positioned between the base and the securing member, the suspension system including a plurality of elastic segment lengths, at least a first and second segment lengths each having an end secured to one of the securing member and the base, the first and second segment lengths extending from the respective ends toward a reference point defined by an intersection of an imaginary projection of a first axis of the first segment length and a second axis of the second segment length, a third segment length having an end secured to another of the first securing member and the base, the first, second and third segment lengths each substantially lying within a plane that is perpendicular to the base surface at a static position;
- a ball supported by the suspension system between the base and the securing member;
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- the reference point being spaced substantially equidistantly from each end of the first and second segment lengths, a distance between a surface of the ball and the reference point being less than a distance between the reference point and the base surface.
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A swing training device comprising:
- a base having a base surface;
- a securing member positioned above the base;
- a suspension system positioned between the base and the securing member, the suspension system including a plurality of elastic segment lengths, at least a first and second segment lengths each having an end secured to one of the securing member and the base, the first and second segment lengths extending from the respective ends toward a reference point defined by an intersection of an imaginary projection of a first axis of the first segment length and a second axis of the second segment length, a third segment length having an end secured to another of the first securing member and the base, the first, second and third segment lengths each substantially lying within a plane that is perpendicular to the base surface at a static position;
- a ball supported by the suspension system between the base and the securing member, the ball being slidably positioned on the third segment length;
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- the reference point being maintained at a substantially constant distance from the ball as the ball is adjusted on the third segment length a distance between a surface of the ball and the reference point being less than a distance between the reference point and the base surface.
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