Attachable To Arm, Hand, Or Wrist Patents (Class 473/212)
  • Patent number: 8545339
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf grip training aid that includes a golf grip training aid that includes a glove and a golf club handle grip or grip cover, the handle grip or grip cover having a plurality of discrete co-operating contact zones marked thereon spaced apart therealong in locations to define a good grip position and adapted to be co-operatively used with corresponding discrete co-operating contact zones marked on the glove whereby the user may discern when their hand in the glove is in the required good grip position on the handle grip or grip cover by mutual covering of the co-operating contact zones on the glove with the co-operating contact zones on the handle grip or grip cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Gareth Edwards
  • Publication number: 20130203515
    Abstract: A swing aid for controlling the movement of a sports stick during a swing is disclosed. The swing aid includes a trailing member, a leading member, and a joining member connecting the trailing member to the leading member. The leading member and the trailing member each have an axis that intersect one another at an axis intersection point located within the joining section, the axes thereby defining an obtuse angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Matthew R. Talbot
  • Patent number: 8491397
    Abstract: A watch includes a wrist band and a housing mounted to the wrist band where the housing includes a wrist side and an opposing side, a pliable domed shape pressure plate that extends outwardly from the wrist side of the housing to contact a palm side of a wrist and that responds to movements of muscles and tendons in the wrist that correspond to varying grip pressures applied by a hand extending from the wrist, a battery, memory, circuitry powered by the battery to convert responses of the pliable domed shape pressure plate to digital data, and circuitry powered by the battery to record the digital data to the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventors: Theodore Caldwell, Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 8460121
    Abstract: A putting training apparatus having a frame, a handle on the frame to be gripped by a user to perform a putting stroke, a putter head on the frame for striking a golf ball, and a stabilizer assembly on the frame. The stabilizer assembly is engageable with a user's frontal region with the putting training apparatus operatively positioned to maintain a user's arms braced consistently relative to each other and the handle with the user's hands gripping the handle in a manner to perform a putting stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventor: Gary Pinns
  • Patent number: 8419560
    Abstract: A game ball delivery apparatus that adjusts the delivery of game balls to the actual practice needs of the player returning the delivered game balls, based on a computer analysis of player performance data, including but not limited to data collected from inertial and physiological sensors. The parameters of delivery, such as trajectory, speed, and interval of successive balls, are modified in real-time, as the player is training. One or more highly miniaturized sensors for collecting performance data are worn by the player without affecting the player's motions. A computer capable of analyzing said sensor data, selects delivery parameters for subsequently delivered balls, and transmits said delivery parameters to the ball ejector controller. Further, the system may optionally include a means for generating a feedback signal to the player to indicate deviations of the measured motion of the player from reference performances of the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Alexander Andre Amini
  • Publication number: 20130065702
    Abstract: The present invention is a sport swinging, hitting and throwing assistance device that includes a cumber bun base belt that is wrapped around and secured to an athlete's waist and chest area while the athlete is swinging, hitting or throwing a piece of sports equipment, an arm loop that is attached to the cumber bun base belt by an expandable guide arm and receives the athlete's middle arm area that is inserted through the arm loop and a buckle. The device can also be a vest style base device that is wrapped around and secured to an athlete's torso or a panty style base device that is wrapped around and secured to an athlete's torso while the athlete is swinging, hitting, or throwing a golf club or other piece of sports equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Donald James Taber
  • Publication number: 20130040749
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for providing training and visual feedback of a preferred swing. The apparatus includes arm bands that are secured to the arms of a user and an alignment member that is attached to the arm bands. In use, the ends of the alignment member are visible to the user throughout an entire swing of a sport equipment without requiring head movement of the user. By observing the position of the ends of the alignment member relative to the body of the user, the user or trainer is able to determine whether a preferred swing is being executed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventor: Allan M. Strand
  • Patent number: 8371953
    Abstract: A golf training aide includes a pair of sleeves adapted to be placed on a golfer's arms. Each sleeve includes a pair of visually distinguishable sections, such that when the sleeves are properly positioned on the golfer's arms one of the visually distinguishable sections of each sleeve will face forwardly at the end of a proper backswing of a golf club and the other of the pair of visually distinguishable sections of each sleeve will face forwardly at the end of the forward swing of the golf club.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventor: James L. Baer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130023352
    Abstract: A hand device described to stabilize the handle of a golf club in a golfer's grip throughout the golfer's swing. The device creates a stabilizing connection of the thumb and index finger of the user's dominant hand. The connecting area of the device, which anchors the thumb and index finger of the user's dominant hand together, stabilizes the club handle in the user's dominant hand allowing a more controlled grip, while allowing as much of the user's dominant hand surface to be in contact with the club handle as possible. The device can be used in training or actual play to provide a stable grip on the golf club handle when used with varying grip styles and grip pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: Matthew Ian Percy
  • Patent number: 8342978
    Abstract: A start timing instructing device includes a sensor attachable to the body of a player to detect changes in angle and/or acceleration associated with a backswing movement of the player. A variable resistor sets a start timing associated with a predetermined angle and/or acceleration data and has a volume by which the set start timing is adjustable. A microprocessor calculates an angle and/or acceleration data of the backswing movement based on the detected angle and/or acceleration and generates a start timing instruction if the calculated angle and/or acceleration data meet the angle and/or acceleration data which have been set and adjusted through the variable resistor and the volume. The microprocessor controls a stimulator attached to the body of the player to generate a vibration, sound or electric stimulation upon receiving the start timing instruction so as to inform the player of the body start timing for the downswing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Kunihiro Tamura
  • Patent number: 8337335
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes (1) a swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object; (2) a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and adapted to wirelessly transmit the signal output by the swing measurement device; and (3) a wireless device adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted signal and to provide information regarding the swinging object based on the received signal. The wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Brian M. Dugan
  • Publication number: 20120316004
    Abstract: A swing analyzing device includes at least a motion sensor, a data acquiring unit, a motion detecting unit, and a swing data determining unit. The data acquiring unit acquires detection data of the motion sensor. The motion detecting unit uses the acquired detection data to detect a motion of a swing and extracts, as swing candidate data, data from which the motion of the swing is detected. The swing data determining unit selects true swing data from the swing candidate data based on determination conditions associated with the swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20120316005
    Abstract: A swing analyzing device includes at least an angular velocity sensor, a data acquiring unit, and a motion detecting unit. The angular velocity sensor detects angular velocities generated about a plurality of axes by a swing. The data acquiring unit acquires detection data of the angular velocity sensor. The motion detecting unit detects at least one of motions of the swing. Particularly, the motion detecting unit includes an angular velocity calculating unit which calculates the sum of the magnitudes of the angular velocities generated about the plurality of respective axes using the acquired detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20120264533
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a golf swing trainer for improving a golfer's drive, posture, and technique when swing a golf club. The golf swing trainer includes a base, two lateral arms, and inside and outside guides which form a corridor through which a golf club is swung. Other elongated members are disclosed for securing a golfer's waste with a harness, bracing their leg, and the like. These components allow a golfer to simulate a golf swing and practice posture and technique preparatory to driving an actual golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Quentin Sasser
  • Patent number: 8266719
    Abstract: A glove made from narrow strap material. Glove advantages when used with a striking tool: improved control, improved striking force, improved tool head acceleration, improved energy transfer, reduced hand fatigue, improved grip, and reduced vibration shock. It can be configured for 1, 2, 3 or 4 fingers plus the thumb. The glove forms a web between the thumb and fingers. The width of the web and the tightness of fit on the thumb and fingers is controlled by a single pull-tab type of adjustment. The adjustment is secured by a contact friction loop which increases in friction during impact force use. The glove can be worn on a bare hand or over the top of a more conventional type of glove while still providing the same advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Dante Duby
  • Patent number: 8257190
    Abstract: According to this invention, a golf strap comprised of a flexible soft material with a visual alignment indicator and fastener is provided with a raised flexible bar across the palm portion, which aligns the golf club for proper gripping. The golf strap is worn around a golfer's hand, and the visual alignment indicator directs the golfer in proper golf strap placement before affixing the fastener to secure the golf strap. The flexible bar is so positioned across the palm portion of the golf strap that, when the golf club grip is held, the gripping hand of a golfer wearing the golf strap receives the grip portion of the club shaft across the palm of the golf strap and against the flexible bar. The flexible bar positions the club shaft to lie diagonally across the roots of the fingers. When the hand is closed around the golf club, with the flexible bar cradling the grip portion of the golf club, an automatic proper gripping of the golf club will be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Newman
  • Patent number: 8251833
    Abstract: A dynamic swing-aid device used to improve the golfer's swing action. It also reduces potential risk of swing injuries to golfers. The upper portion of this device is the wrist channel that fits over the forearm and allows the swing correction to occur. The lower part of the device is the handle guide that keeps the shaft of the golf club in the proper position with the clubface square to the target. This wrist swing-aid device is constructed of rigid material, and shaped to fit and support the club handle and to help the golfer's grip and swing motion. Its shape has a locating feature to lock in the top of club's handle. The sponge padded wrist channel has a self-adjusting feature to accommodate player's forearm size. The wrist channel upper portion may rest against the leading forearm to maintain a consistent swing motion and prevent wrist-hinging action during the club swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Inventor: Florian Carol Georgescu
  • Patent number: 8246483
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft with a length, a distal end, and a proximal end separated from the distal end by the length. A hand grip is disposed along the length and an arm-securing attachment is coupled to the proximal end of the shaft and has a substantially spiral-shape with a spiral direction away from the proximal end of the shaft. A club face is coupled to the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: Jeff Garno
  • Publication number: 20120190470
    Abstract: A golf swing training aid is configured to be worn by a player during practice swings or while playing the game of golf. The golf swing training aid includes a forearm plate strapped to the forearm, a thumb plate is strapped to the thumb, and a pivot that connects the thumb plate to the forearm plate. When donned, the pivot is positioned on the radial area of the wrist so that the hand is substantially restricted to extension and flexion movement relative to the forearm throughout the swing. The golf swing training aid automatically positions the player's hands in the correct position and provides muscle memory that instills proper positioning and movement of the arms and hands even when removed for actual game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Gary Sanati
  • Patent number: 8226494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable device and a method for monitoring the performance a sportsman performing a plurality of motor acts, such as golf swings. The device comprises at least one sensor providing an output signal, the sensor being responsive to body movements of the sportsman. A signal processing unit is used for extracting data on the course of each of the plurality of motor acts from the sensor output signal, and a computing unit is used for determining, based on the data on the course of the plurality of motor acts, at least one characteristic number describing the repeatability of the motor act. By the means of the invention, the handicap number of the golfer can be predicted with good accuracy by monitoring several his or her subsequent swings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Michael Miettinen, Eljas Saastamoinen, Jussi Rouhento, Sami Ruotsalainen
  • Patent number: 8216169
    Abstract: A wrist support sleeve is adapted to extend over a wearer's hand and wrist from a location below the ends of the fingers tip to a position just past the wrist region. The sleeve has an opening for receiving the wearer's thumb. A first portion of the sleeve extends around the lower part and opposite sides of a wearer's hand and wrist and has spaced side edges located in an upper region of the sleeve. An insert panel of a different material to the first sleeve portion is secured between spaced side edges of the first portion, so as to extend across the tipper portion of a wearer's hand and wrist when the device is worn. The insert panel material is a strong elastic material which has a higher stiffness than the rest of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Brownmed, Inc.
    Inventors: Aurelia Koby, Ian MacMorran
  • Patent number: 8206233
    Abstract: An apparatus for teaching and practicing the proper positioning of the hands and/or wrists relative to the arms in the performance of an athletic maneuver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a brace to be positioned on the forearm and extend across the wrist and at least partially along the hand. A securing mechanism can be included for selectively attaching the brace to the forearm. A rod extends from the brace and is configured to be gripped by the user while wearing the device. The rod can also receive athletic related devices. The device can be adapted to teach a user the proper positioning of the hands and wrists relative to the arms throughout an athletic maneuver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Baker
  • Patent number: 8177652
    Abstract: A golf downswing guide which prevents medial rotation (rotation towards the center of the body) of the right arm for a right handed golfer during the backswing but more specifically during the downswing. The device consists of a lower and an upper elongated member joined together by an elbow joint which allows pivoting on a single plane. The device attaches to the right arm (for a right handed golfer) A counter acting elongated member is mounted on the lower and upper elongated members by means of pivoting joints. A holding device consisting of a pivoting arm with an elongated opening at the non-pivoting end is attached to a ratchet device which is attached to a base section which in turn attaches to the waist area of the golfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Alwyn J J Schutte
  • Publication number: 20120115624
    Abstract: A golf training aide includes a pair of sleeves adapted to be placed on a golfer's arms. Each sleeve includes a pair of visually distinguishable sections, such that when the sleeves are properly positioned on the golfer's arms one of the visually distinguishable sections of each sleeve will face forwardly at the end of a proper backswing of a golf club and the other of the pair of visually distinguishable sections of each sleeve will face forwardly at the end of the forward swing of the golf club.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: James L. Baer, JR.
  • Patent number: 8167742
    Abstract: A training strap for improving a golfer's golf stroke is provided. The training strap includes a shoulder strap that attaches around the lead shoulder of the golfer with the opposite end attaching around the golfer's thumb on the same lead side of the body. Preferably, the training strap includes a strap length adjuster allowing the training strap to be fitted to the proper length. The golfer practices the stroke with the criterion being to keep the training strap taut. If the training strap stays taut, the user will develop a very fundamentally sound, repeatable stroke. When this is done the golfer is successfully utilizing the radius from the lead shoulder to hands to bottom out at the correct spot, thereby creating a good chipping, pitching or putting stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Bruce McNee
  • Patent number: 8157664
    Abstract: A gripping assist device is removably attachable to the forearm of a user. The assist device has a sleeve with an opening sized to receive a handle or grip of an item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Even Par Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Wayne Duncan
  • Patent number: 8157666
    Abstract: A golf downswing guide which prevents medial rotation (rotation towards the center of the body) of the right arm for a right handed golfer during the backswing but more specifically during the downswing. The device consists of a lower and an upper elongated member joined together by an elbow joint which allows pivoting on a single plane. The device attaches to the right arm (for a right handed golfer) A counter acting elongated member is mounted on the upper elongated member. A holding device with an elongated opening is attached to the torso of the golfer. During the backswing but more specifically the downswing, the counter acting elongated member stays inside the elongated opening of the holding device and prevents the counter acting elongated member from moving out of the elongated opening and consequently prevents the tight arm from medially rotating during the downswing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Alwyn Johannes Jacobus Schutte
  • Publication number: 20120088595
    Abstract: A training strap for improving a golfer's golf stroke is provided. The training strap includes a shoulder strap that attaches around the lead shoulder of the golfer with the opposite end attaching around the golfer's thumb on the same lead side of the body. Preferably, the training strap includes a strap length adjuster allowing the training strap to be fitted to the proper length. The golfer practices the stroke with the criterion being to keep the training strap taut. If the training strap stays taut, the user will develop a very fundamentally sound, repeatable stroke. When this is done the golfer is successfully utilizing the radius from the lead shoulder to hands to bottom out at the correct spot, thereby creating a good chipping, pitching or putting stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventor: Bruce McNee
  • Patent number: 8142299
    Abstract: A wrist guide for athletic training comprises a first wrist structure extending along a user's wrist, the first wrist structure having a first end and a second end, the first wrist structure having an inner surface and an outer surface, a curved element having a first end connected to the first wrist structure and a second end connected to a second wrist structure, the second wrist structure extending from the curved element above the first wrist structure, a visual aid receiver on an upper surface of the second wrist structure, the receiver having a first portion for receiving a visual aid and a second portion in communication with the first portion for movement of the visual aid, the visual aid positioned in the receiver and being positionable in at least one of a first orientation wherein the visual aid is substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the second wrist structure and a second orientation wherein the visual aid is substantially parallel to the outer surface of the second wrist brace stru
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Inventor: Sarmad Shah
  • Publication number: 20120034988
    Abstract: A harness assembly for use in controlling and directing the swing of a golf club is shown and described. The harness assembly comprises plurality of flexible cords that stretch and wrap a portion of the body of a golfer when the golf club is swung. One cord attaches one end to the end of the golf club handle and the other end to the belt of the golfer. Another cord attaches one end to the right arm of the golfer and the other end to the belt of the golfer. Another cord attaches one end to the left arm of the golfer and the other end to the belt of the golfer. When a golfer makes a back swing, the cords stretch creating a downward pull tension that guide the down swing of the golf club in the correct swing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Nel R. Fontanilla
  • Publication number: 20120021846
    Abstract: A golf training device includes an elongated pointer shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. A connector is adapted to fasten to a golfer's waist, where the proximal end of the elongated pointer shaft is attached to the connector and the distal end is free to encroach into an inside downward path of the golfer. An elbow swing alignment element upwardly protrudes from the elongated pointer shaft between the proximal end and the distal end. The elongated pointer shaft and elbow swing alignment element are located so that the elbow swing alignment element contacts the golfer's inside elbow when crooked, thus providing a corrective indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Daniel D. Gibbs
  • Publication number: 20120004046
    Abstract: An apparatus for teaching and practicing the proper positioning of the hands and/or wrists relative to the arms in the performance of an athletic maneuver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a brace to be positioned on the forearm and extend across the wrist and at least partially along the hand. A securing mechanism can be included for selectively attaching the brace to the forearm. A rod extends from the brace and is configured to be gripped by the user while wearing the device. The rod can also receive athletic related devices. The device can be adapted to teach a user the proper positioning of the hands and wrists relative to the arms throughout an athletic maneuver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Baker
  • Patent number: 8070619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf grip training aid that comprises a glove and a golf club handle grip or grip cover, the handle grip or grip cover having a plurality of discrete co-operating contact zones spaced apart therealong in locations to define a good grip position and adapted to co-operatively engage with corresponding discrete co-operating contact zones on the glove whereby the user may feel when their hand in the glove is in the required good grip position on the handle grip or grip cover by inter-engagement of the co-operating contact zones on the glove with the co-operating contact zones on the glove handle grip or grip cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventor: Gareth Edwards
  • Patent number: 8043162
    Abstract: A swing training device which positively prevents a player's wrists from uncocking until a desired point the swing is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph Sery
  • Patent number: 8033916
    Abstract: Grip pressure is monitored by a collection of battery powered components embodied in an assembly analogous to an ordinary wrist watch, that is a watch housing or casement and a stretchable band. The system, which we shall refer to as a swing monitor, is worn on the wrist and deployed in such a way that the back of the housing or casement is cinched securely to the back or underside of the wrist. A pressure plate on the back of the watch makes contact with the pulse region of the wrist. The flexing and relaxing of the muscles and tendons of the wearer is read by an electronic pressure sensing device, a piezo sensor. A tighter grip will register greater pressure and a looser grip, less pressure. The device records grip pressure associated with the swing of a golf club, tennis racquest or baseball bat, among other articles of sports equipment meant to be swung. The grip pressure determined to be optimal, that is giving the desired result, can be SAVED in the memory of the swing monitor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Theodore Caldwell, Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 7985144
    Abstract: A garment for retaining proper arm positioning throughout a complete golf swing while being substantially unnoticeable to nearby persons. The garment includes a shirt having a torso portion, a first and second sleeve extending from the torso portion, a pair of anchor members secured to the interior surface of the torso portion via a support strip, and a pair of retaining bands separately encircling the first and second sleeves along an interior surface and generally retained within a channel along the inside of the respective sleeve, the retaining bands being comprised of a stretchable material and each having a catch portion with adjustment slots. The retaining bands extend out of the respective sleeve through a sleeve slot and interior to the torso portion via a torso slot to be secured to the respective anchor member and thus separately restrict movement of the sleeves with respect to the torso portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventor: Richard J. Gonzales
  • Publication number: 20110177874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf grip training aid that comprises a glove and a golf club handle grip or grip cover, the handle grip or grip cover having a plurality of discrete co-operating contact zones spaced apart therealong in locations to define a good grip position and adapted to co-operatively engage with corresponding discrete co-operating contact zones on the glove whereby the user may feel when their hand in the glove is in the required good grip position on the handle grip or grip cover by inter-engagement of the co-operating contact zones on the glove with the co-operating contact zones on the glove handle grip or grip cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Gareth Edwards
  • Patent number: 7976398
    Abstract: A golf swing formation aid has a resilient cushion sandwiched between two additional resilient cushions, with sleeves to receive the arms of a golfer holding a golf club to provide between the arms a predetermined spacing during a swing of the golf club by the golfer. A differential in the resilience of the cushions allows for accommodation of the movement of the arms during the swing while maintaining the predetermined spacing. The cushions have different degrees of resilience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas S. Clawson
  • Publication number: 20110136582
    Abstract: A dynamic swing-aid device used to improve the golfer's swing action. It also reduces potential risk of swing injuries to golfers. The upper portion of this device is the wrist channel that fits over the forearm and allows the swing correction to occur. The lower part of the device is the handle guide that keeps the shaft of the golf club in the proper position with the club face square to the target. This wrist swing-aid device is constructed of rigid material, and shaped to fit and support the club handle and to help the golfer's grip and swing motion. Its shape has a locating feature to lock in the top of club's handle. The sponge padded wrist channel has a self adjusting feature to accommodate player's forearm size. The wrist channel upper portion may rest against the leading forearm tot maintain a consistent swing motion and prevent wrist hinging action during the club swing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Florian Carol Georgescu
  • Patent number: 7914388
    Abstract: A golf swing training apparatus consisting of positioning, indicating and guidance means cooperable with a golf club for learning, practicing and performing essential components of a swing method based on a concept of a lower swing phase related predominantly to a vertical virtual axis around which the body rotates, an upper swing phase related predominantly to a horizontal virtual axis tied to the vertical virtual axis and around which the arms swing and a “wrist cocking plane” maintained in a fixed relationship to the forearms, said essential components being: appropriate gripping formation; configuration of the forearms wrists hands and club when the wrists are fully cocked within the “wrist cocking plane”, appropriate relationships of arms, wrists, hands and club to the lower body in the lower swing phase; and relationship of the club and ‘wrist cocking plane” to the shoulders at the end of the backswing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Cox Family Trust
    Inventor: Robert William Cox
  • Patent number: 7896756
    Abstract: A golf swing training apparatus allows a user to learn a stable swing motion by acquiring a correct swing posture in performing a swing motion and to train turning motion of the user's shoulder and a rotating motion of the user's waist in a natural manner. The golf swing training apparatus includes: a body, which is arranged between both arms when a user takes an address posture, and has a reverse trapezoid-shape corresponding to a shape formed by the arms. The golf swing training apparatus controls changes in shapes of both arms, such as the interval between the arms becomes widened, bending of elbows, etc. when a golfer performs a swing motion in a swing training so as to guide his/her shoulder and waist to be smoothly turned. As a result, the golfer can learn a stable swing motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Young Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20110009203
    Abstract: A golf swing formation aid has a resilient cushion sandwiched between two additional resilient cushions, with sleeves to receive the arms of a golfer holding a golf club to provide between the arms a predetermined spacing during a swing of the golf club by the golfer. A differential in the resilience of the cushions allows for accommodation of the movement of the arms during the swing while maintaining the predetermined spacing. The cushions have different degrees of resilience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas S. Clawson
  • Patent number: 7789763
    Abstract: A golf swing teaching aid includes an arm cuff positionable on an upper portion of a golfer's forward arm. A hand engaging member is positionable on a hand of the forward arm and has a first side, a second side, a forward edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A plurality of couplers engages and urges toward each other the first and second lateral edges. An elongated rod has a cuff end and a hand end. The cuff end is pivotally coupled to the arm cuff. The hand end is pivotally coupled to the first side of the hand engaging member. The rod is straight and maintains a distance between the arm cuff and the hand engaging member. The hand engaging member and the arm cuff are positionable on the forward arm to resist bending of the forward arm during a golf swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventor: Richard G. Smith
  • Patent number: 7758436
    Abstract: A swinging and hitting training aid for batters and golfers having first, second and third attachment members that attach to a person's arm, calf, and foot respectively. The training aid includes an stretchable band of resistance tubing that provides a visible indicator between the first and second attachment members. The visible indicator includes a pair of abutting sleeves that form a separable cover about the resistance tubing. The visible indicator is connected to the first attachment member by a first tether, and the second attachment member is connected to the third attachment member by a second tether. The tethers may be fixed or variable length and may include resistance tubing of greater resistance than the stretchable band of the visible indicator portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Launch Pad 39A, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7758437
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a golf swing training that assists a trainee or golfer in improving their golf swing. The apparatus includes a device supported between the forearms of the trainee or golfer during the golf swing. The dimensions of the device are selected so the device can be supported in relationship to the arms of trainee in the same configuration as the relationship of the arms during a natural and proper golf swing. By supporting the golf training apparatus between the forearms, the golf training apparatus induces the trainee or golfer to maintain the forearms, and importantly, the wrists, in a “quiet state” that produces a more effective golf swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Spirit Merchandising Group, LLC
    Inventor: Glenn Stewart
  • Patent number: 7740544
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of improving a participant's ability to move an object toward a desired target through athletic movement is provided. The method comprises establishing a point of focus that is positioned outward from a participant's body. The method further comprises instructing the participant to continuously move the point of focus through one or more series of bodily movements within the field of vision of the participant. By shifting his or her emphasis on continuously moving the point of focus, the participant is able to improve focus and concentration, and eliminate the stress and anxiety associated with executing an athletic movement. The method also naturally triggers correct body mechanics, including the proper sequential release of the participant's joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Taly Williams
  • Patent number: 7699714
    Abstract: A multi-functional golf swing training apparatus includes first and second arm braces that are adapted to be removably attached to user forearms respectively. A first mechanism is provided for pivotally mating the first arm brace to the second arm brace such that the first and second arm braces simultaneously pivot about a first axis. Such a first mechanism can be selectively toggled between unlocked and locked positions such that a desired angle is adjustably and fixedly defined between the first and second arm braces during the golf swing motion respectively. Further, a second mechanism may be provided for resiliently articulating the first and second arm braces about a second axis registered orthogonal to the first axis such that the first and second swivel mounts independently reciprocate along mutually exclusive arcuate paths adjoining the first and second arm braces respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventor: Nicholas Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7585229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a training device to be used by a golfer to help the golfer develop proper arm motion and placement during putting and chipping comprising a rigid lateral spacing member having a distal side and a proximal side, the member including a pair of upper arm cradling means in the distal side for holding the upper arms in spaced relationship to the chest and to each other and a chest cradling means on the proximal side for placing the device against the mid chest and holding the arms in spaced relationship to the mid chest during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventor: Patrick Thomas Hersom Kelley
  • Publication number: 20090197692
    Abstract: A golf swing connector training device for maintaining a user's upper arms and/or legs at a fixed distance relative to one another during a dual-arm swing. The golf swing connector training device having first and second arm/leg-receiving cuff assemblies and assembly-adjusting means, each cuff assembly comprising a band assembly, the band assemblies each having an are length and a longitudinal cuff axis. The assembly-adjusting means extending intermediate. The band assemblies enable the user to selectively and rigidly fix the distance intermediate the band assemblies. The assembly adjusting means includes two transverse members configured such that a first member receives a second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Terrence P. Eck
  • Publication number: 20090181787
    Abstract: A golf putting training system for a golfer is disclosed generally comprising a linear measurement device that is placed on the ground such that a golf ball is placed at one end and a stopper for engaging a putting head is positioned along the measurement device at a desired distance from the ball. A golfer putts the golf ball, taking a backswing that moves the putter head to the surface of the stopper prior to accelerating towards the ball. The golfer then compares the distance between the end of the measurement device and the stopper to the distance between the end of the measurement device and the final destination of the golf ball. In this way, the golfer can calculate a backswing-to-putt ratio to quickly determine the required backswing distance for any desired putt distance for a given stroke acceleration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph Lane