Golf swing trainer apparatus and method
OwnerJohn Michael Novosel, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
The subject invention is comprised of a striking member adapted to emulate a specific selected sport, such striking member having removable indicator appendages that enable the user to feel by vibration and replicate by sight where the striking member is during the striking movement, and a target member adapted to emulate the playing object of the same selected sport, the target member including flexible, elongate momentum elements selectively attachable to the target member to provide progressive resistance and accurately simulate the characteristics of an actual ball or playing object.
Claims12
A sports swing trainer apparatus comprising:
- a striking member having a striking head portion and an upwardly extending shaft portion, said striking head portion having a contact element comprising a first fastener material;
- a first target member having a ramped target surface and a base surface, said ramped target surface comprising a second fastener material, said second fastener material being removably attachable to said first fastener material, and said base surface comprising a third fastener material;
- a plurality of momentum elements, each of said plurality of momentum elements having an elongated portion and a fastening surface, each fastening surface comprising a fourth fastener material, said fourth fastener material being removably attachable to said third fastener material, each of said plurality of momentum elements extending from said base surface and being aligned with said ramped target surface;
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- wherein, in use, said target member and one of the plurality of momentum elements rest on a playing surface and are oriented in line with a target and said ramped target surface is inclined at an angle relative to said playing surface.
The sports swing trainer apparatus of claim l wherein said target member has a substantially triangular cross sectional shape in a vertical plane that intersects with said target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.