Patents Assigned to Swing Shaper, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6402632
    Abstract: A golf swing training apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a support structure for supporting the golf swing training apparatus in a support plane, and a telescopic swing training arm connected to the support structure and further connectable to a golf club shaft. The telescopic swing training arm is biased toward a predetermined length, whereby the swing training arm is urged toward the predetermined length in response to axial movement thereof in either first or second directions away from the predetermined length. The predetermined length is such as to accommodate a preferred path of travel for a golf club through a portion of a golf swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Swing Shaper, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Hope, Charles E. Rhodes
  • Patent number: 6196933
    Abstract: An adjustable golf swing training apparatus that provides a telescopic swing training arm for teaching a proper golf swing and indicating errors in a golf swing. The telescopic swing arm is magnetically biased toward a predetermined length and may expand and contract to indicate to a golfer that the golfer's swing is in or out of the swing plane. The adjustable golf swing training apparatus also provides an apparatus for repeatedly aligning a golfer in a two-dimensional stance plane in order to consistently utilize the golf swing training apparatus. Indicia are provided for recording the distance of the golfer and the ball from a support plane. In addition, indicia are provided for indicating the spacing between a golfer's feet wherein the distance between the golfer's feet correlate with an indicia that indicates lateral positioning of the golfer with regard to a vertical support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Swing Shaper, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee A. Hope, Charles E. Rhodes