ADJUSTABLE STANCE GOLF PRACTICE MAT
An adjustable stance golf practice mat has first and second stance pads on a floor pad or panel, with the stance pads secureable at longitudinally spaced apart incremental positions on the floor pad. The floor pad may be split in two and/or provided as a first floor panel attachable to a second floor panel. The spacing between the stance pads may be adjusted depending on the type of shot the user is practicing. Markings may be provided on the stance pads to provide visual indicators to the user. Ridge patterns may be used between the floor panel and the stance pads to provide for incremental adjustment.
Golf mats are often used for practice indoors, or outdoors if natural grass is not convenient or available. Larger golf mats may be unrolled or laid out with an area large enough for the golfer to stand on the mat while hitting a golf ball also positioned on the mat. With other smaller types of golf mats or golf pads, the golf ball is placed directly on the pad, or on a tee on the pad. The golfer then stands on the floor or ground, with the golfer's feet off to one side of the pad. This can make it more difficult for the golfer to achieve a proper position relative to the ball, and it may also affect how the golfer grips the golf club. Accordingly, improved golf practice mats are needed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAn adjustable stance golf practice mat first and second stance pads on a floor pad or panel, with the stance pads secureable at longitudinally spaced apart incremental positions on the floor panel. The spacing between the stance pads may be adjusted depending on the type of shot the user is practicing. Markings may be provided on the stance pads to provide visual indicators to the user. Ridge patterns may be used between the floor panels and the stance pads to provide for incremental adjustment. /
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The floor panels 15 may be made of foam or synthetic rubber, with or without surface texturing on one or both sides. In
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The stance width markings 40 and the foot centerline markings 44 provide visual indicators of the golfers foot position and coordinates. The foot angle markings 42 provide visual indicators of the golfer's toe-in/toe-out foot angle. The top surface of the mat 10 is substantially at the same height as the ball 52 so that the golfer does not need to compensate for any vertical position offset.
For practicing shots where the feet are spaced further apart, the stance pads 14 may be moved away from each other outwardly up to the position as shown in
Golfer foot positions vary depending on the shot contemplated and the club used. For example, for putting or chip shots the feet may be relatively close together with a spacing of perhaps only 25 cm. For practicing this type of shot, the stance pads 14 may be arranged as shown in
As the two floor panels may be the same, and the two stance pads may be the same, the mat 10 may be provided via only two unique parts. The mat 10 may also be packaged, shipped and stored in a compact space with the floor panels 15 separated from each other and stacked up with the stance pads 14.
Thus, a novel adjustable golf stance mat has been shown and described. Various changes and substitutions may of course be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The invention, therefore, should not be limited, except by the following claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. An adjustable stance golf practice mat, comprising:
- a floor pad;
- a first stance pad on the floor pad;
- a second stance pad on the floor pad; and
- a positioning device, wherein the first and second stance pads are secureable, by the positioning device, at longitudinally spaced apart incremental positions on the floor pad.
2. An adjustable stance golf practice mat, comprising:
- a floor pad, with the floor pad including a first floor pad attachable to a second floor pad;
- a first stance pad on the floor pad;
- a second stance pad on the floor pad, with the first and second stance pads secureable at longitudinally spaced apart incremental positions on the floor pad;
- a plurality of stance width markings on a top surface of the first and second stance pads; and
- floor pad ridge patterns on left and right sides of the first floor pad meshed with stance pad ridge patterns on left and right sides of the first stance pad.
3. The golf practice mat of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of stance width markings on a top surface of the first and second stance pads, and a plurality of foot angle markings on the top surface of the first and second stance pads.
4. The golf practice mat of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of stance width markings on a top surface of the first and second stance pads, and a plurality of centerline markings on the top surface of the first and second stance pads.
5. The golf practice mat of claim 1 with each stance pad having a curved front edge and a straight back edge.
6. The golf practice mat of claim 2 further including left and right positioner strips attached to a bottom surface of the first stance pad at left and right sides of the first stance pad, respectively, and with the stance pad ridge patterns on the left and right positioner strips.
7. The golf practice mat of claim 1 with the floor pad and the stance pads comprising foam rubber.
8. The golf practice mat of claim 2 wherein the first floor pad is interchangeable with the second floor pad.
9. The golf practice mat of claim 1 with the floor pad and the first stance pad together having a thickness of 1.5 to 3.5 cm.
10. The golf practice mat of claim 6 with the positioner strips and the floor pad having the same thickness.
11. The golf practice mat of claim 1 with the first stance pad comprising a felt material adhered to a foam lower layer, with a plurality of stance width markings on the felt material.
12. The golf practice mat of claim 6 with the first stance pad comprising a felt material adhered to a foam lower layer, with the markings on the felt material, and wherein the foam lower layer forms the bottom surface of the first stance pad.
13. The golf practice mat of claim 5 with the floor pad having a curved front edge collinear with the curved front edge of the stance pad.
14. An adjustable stance golf practice mat, comprising:
- first and second floor pads with a back end of the first floor pad attachable to a back end of the second floor pad;
- a plurality of equally spaced apart positioning projections on left and right sides of each floor pad; and
- first and second stance pads each having a plurality of equally spaced apart positioning recesses on left and right sides of each stance pad, with the recesses adapted to receive the projections, for positioning the first and second stance pads on the first and second floor pads, respectively, with the first and second stance pads spaced apart from each other by a variable dimension.
15. The golf practice mat of claim 14 with each of the first and second floor pads having a front end having a curvature, and with each of the stance pads having a front end having the same curvature as the front end of the floor pads.
16. The golf practice mat of claim 14 with each of the stance pads having a straight back end.
17. The golf mat of claim 14 wherein the positioning recesses face inwardly toward each other.
18. The golf practice mat of claim 17 with the positioning recesses in left and right positioning strips attached to a bottom surface of each stance pad.
19. The golf practice mat of claim 14 wherein the first floor pad is congruent to the second floor pad.
20. The golf practice mat of claim 19 wherein the first stance pad is congruent to the second stance pad.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 15, 2014
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2016
Inventor: Allen Keith Holland (Sheffield)
Application Number: 14/461,291