Golf training device
OwnerMark Gaddyinventor
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Abstract
A golf training device that assists a golfer in sighting the direction to hit, and in the proper alignment of his body with respect to the golf ball. The device has a housing for mounting at least two lasers having a vertical element that provides vertical support for the lasers, a base element that enables at least a portion of the housing to be oriented to a desired sighting, and a spike for stabilizing the housing. Each of the lasers has a diffraction optical element that converts a laser beam into a planar arc of light which when projected onto a surface, such as the ground, produces a laser line. The diffraction optical elements are oriented orthogonal to each other and the resulting lines produced by the lasers are orthogonal. One of the laser lines provides feet alignment and the other provides a feet to ball laser reference line.
Claims20
A golf training device for assisting a golfer in sighting a direction for hitting a golf ball, and for assisting the golfer in aligning his body with respect to the ball, where said device comprises:
- a housing for mounting at least two lasers, said housing comprised of a vertical element that provides vertical support for the at least two lasers, a base element that enables at least a portion of the housing to be oriented to a desired sighting, and a spike for stabilizing the housing;
- a first laser having an optical element that projects a feet alignment directional laser line, said first laser being further comprised of a first axial element that enables adjustment of the first laser to provide the feet alignment directional laser line at a desired distance from the device, where said feet alignment directional laser line is aligned with the desired sighting;
- a second laser having an optical element that projects a feet to ball laser line that is orthogonal to the feet alignment directional laser line, said second laser being comprised of a second axial element or a common first axial element that enables adjustment of the second laser to provide a reference point for a ball with respect to the feet to ball laser line;
- wherein, when the device is positioned in front of a golfer addressing the ball or preparing to address the ball, the feet alignment directional laser line has a length that is at least as long as a width of a golfer's stance;
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- wherein the feet to ball laser line has a length that is at least as long as a span from the golf ball to the golfer's feet.
A golf training device for assisting a golfer in sighting a direction for hitting a golf ball, and for assisting the golfer in aligning his body with respect to the ball, where said device comprises:
- a housing for mounting at least two lasers, said housing comprised of a vertical element that provides vertical support for the at least two lasers, a base element that enables at least a portion of the housing to be oriented to a desired sighting, and a spike for stabilizing the housing;
- a first laser having an optical element that projects a feet alignment directional laser line, said first laser being further comprised of a first axial element that enables adjustment of the first laser to provide the feet alignment directional laser line at a desired distance from the device, where said feet alignment directional laser line is aligned with the desired sighting;
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- a second laser having an optical element that projects a feet to ball laser line that is orthogonal to the feet alignment directional laser line, said second laser being comprised of a second axial element or a common first axial element that enables adjustment of the second laser to provide a reference point for a ball with respect to the feet to ball laser line.
A golf training device for assisting a golfer in sighting a direction for hitting a golf ball, and for assisting the golfer in aligning his body with respect to the ball, where said device comprises:
- a housing for mounting at least two lasers, said housing comprised of a vertical element that provides vertical support for the at least two lasers, a base element that enables at least a portion of the housing to be oriented to a desired sighting, and a spike for stabilizing the housing;
- a first laser having an optical element that projects a feet alignment directional laser line, said first laser being further comprised of a first axial element that enables adjustment of the first laser to provide the feet alignment directional laser line at a desired distance from the device, where said feet alignment directional laser line is aligned with the desired sighting;
- a second laser having an optical element that projects a feet to ball laser line that is orthogonal to the feet alignment directional laser line, said second laser being comprised of a second axial element or a common first axial element that enables adjustment of the second laser to provide a reference point for a ball with respect to the feet to ball laser line;
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- wherein said first and second optical elements are diffraction gradients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.