Golf putting arm guide

Abstract

A golf-putting arm guide has an arm serpentine ( 1 ) that is attached detachably to a top end of a golf-club grip ( 4 ) and articulated to entwine the golfer's cupward arm ( 8 ) in straightness orientation for acquiring a sense of the straightness orientation to learn putting accuracy. The arm serpentine is preferably a wire having a club-grip end ( 2 ) that fits snugly into a club-grip orifice ( 16 ) in the top end of the golf-club grip. The arm serpentine includes a fore-arm guide ( 7 ) proximate a mid section that fits snugly against an inside of the front or cupward forearm of the golfer. Outwardly from the forearm guide, the arm serpentine includes an arm hook ( 6 ) that hooks onto golfer's cupward or front arm. The club-grip end can include one or more linear ridges ( 18 ) as anti-rotation fins and a snap ridge ( 17 ) which can be built onto or attachable to the club-grip end of the arm serpentine. The arm serpentine is preferably bendable to fit one arm size or a class of arm sizes rigidly. The arm serpentine can be predeterminedly flexible and have fixable rigidity with ball-and-socket beads ( 21 ) tightened intermediate the arm hook and the club-grip end. Also, the arm serpentine can have structural memory with metallic or non-metallic material.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A golf-putting arm guide comprising: 
 an arm serpentine having a club-grip end and an arm-hook end;    the club-grip end being attached detachably to a top end of a predetermined golf-club grip that is fixable on a putter;    an arm hook proximate the arm-hook end;    a forearm guide intermediate the club-grip end and the arm hook;    the arm hook being articulated for positioning on a cupward side of a golfer's cupward arm with the golfer's hand grasping the golf-club grip; and    the forearm guide being articulated for positioning against an inside of the golfer's cupward arm upwardly from the golf-club grip.    
     
     
         2 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes an anchoring curvature which is extended from the club-grip end into an inside periphery of a hollow top end of the putter; and  
 the anchoring curvature is buttressed intermediate a side wall of an inside periphery of the hollow top end of the putter and a side wall of an orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         3 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes a metallic rod having a diameter of about one-eighth of an inch.  
 
     
     
         4 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes a plastic rod having a diameter of about one-eighth of an inch.  
 
     
     
         5 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes a snap ridge that is extended outward circumferentially from proximate a tip of the club-grip end for preventing removal of the club-grip end from a club-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip without predetermined pulling of the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         6 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes at least one linear ridge that is extended outward radially from proximate the tip of the club-grip end for preventing rotational twisting of the club-grip end in the club-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip predeterminedly.  
 
     
     
         7 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 6  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes a snap ridge that is extended outward circumferentially from proximate a tip of the club-grip end for preventing removal of the club-grip end from the club-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip without predetermined pulling of the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         8 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes a material that is bendable without resilience memory for being bent to select sizing, shaping and positioning of the arm hook on the cupward side of the golfer's cupward arm and for being bent to select sizing, shaping and positioning of the forearm guide against the inside of the golfer's cupward arm.  
 
     
     
         9 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes a material that is bendable predeterminedly and has predetermined resilience memory for being bent to select sizing, shaping and positioning of the arm hook on the cupward side of the golfer's cupward arm and for being bent to select sizing, shaping and positioning of the forearm guide against the inside of the golfer's cupward arm.  
 
     
     
         10 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip by snug-fit insertion of the club-grip end into the cub-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         11 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes a clamp with which it is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         12 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 11  wherein: 
 the clamp is articulated to grasp sides of the top end of the golf-club grip that are orthogonal to insides of the golfer's wrists.  
 
     
     
         13 . A golf-putting arm guide comprising: 
 an arm serpentine having a club-grip end and an arm-hook end;    the club-grip end being attached detachably to a top end of a predetermined golf-club grip that is fixable on a putter;    the arm serpentine being bendable to include an arm hook proximate the arm-hook end;    the arm serpentine being bendable to include a forearm guide intermediate the club-grip end and the arm hook;    the arm hook being bendable for positioning on a cupward side of a golfer's cupward arm with the golfer's hand grasping the golf-club grip; and    the forearm guide being bendable for positioning against an inside of the golfer's cupward arm upwardly from the golf-club grip.    
     
     
         14 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 13  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes a plurality of ball-and-socket members having line orifices intermediate ball sides and socket sides of the ball-and-socket members;  
 the ball sides and the socket sides of the ball-and-socket members being oppositely disposed;  
 the ball-and-socket members are strung juxtaposed on the arm serpentine;  
 the arm serpentine being inserted through the line orifices sequentially;  
 the ball sides being positioned in the socket sides of adjacent ball-and-socket members intermediate the club-grip end and the arm-hook end; and  
 the arm serpentine includes a joint tightener for tightening the ball sides against the socket sides of the ball-and-socket members for rigidity of select shaping of the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         15 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 14  wherein: 
 the line orifices include orifice entrances having diameters that are predeterminedly larger than a diameter of the arm serpentine onto which the ball-and-socket members are strung.  
 
     
     
         16 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 14  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes a tightener wedge that is forcible intermediate a terminal-end ball-and-socket member and a tightener base on the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         17 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 14  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes a tightener wedge that is forcible intermediate two adjacent ball-and-socket members on the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         18 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 14  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip by snug-fit insertion of the club-grip end into the club-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         19 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 14  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes a clamp with which it is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         20 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 19  wherein: 
 the clamp is articulated to grasp sides of the top end of the golf-club grip that are orthogonal to insides of the golfer's wrists.  
 
     
     
         21 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 13  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes an anchoring curvature which is extended from the club-grip end into an inside periphery of a hollow top end of the putter; and  
 the anchoring curvature is buttressed intermediate a side wall of an inside periphery of the hollow top end of the putter and a side wall of an orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         22 . A golf-putting arm guide comprising: 
 an arm serpentine having a club-grip end and an arm-hook end;    the club-grip end being attached detachably to a top end of a predetermined golf-club grip that is fixable on a putter.    the arm serpentine being bendable to include an arm hook proximate the arm-hook end;    the arm serpentine being bendable to include desired forearm-guide formation intermediate the club-grip end and the arm hook;    the arm hook being bendable for positioning on a cupward side of a golfer's cupward arm with the golfer's hand grasping the golf-club grip;    the forearm-guide formation being bendable for positioning against an inside of the golfer's cupward arm upwardly from the golf-club grip;    the arm serpentine includes a plurality of ball-and-socket beads having line orifices intermediate ball sides and socket sides of the ball-and-socket beads;    the ball sides and the socket sides of the ball-and-socket beads being oppositely disposed;    the ball-and-socket beads are strung juxtaposed on the arm serpentine;    the arm serpentine being inserted through the line orifices sequentially;    the ball sides being positioned in the socket sides of adjacent ball-and-socket beads intermediate the club-grip end and the arm-hook end; and    the arm serpentine includes a joint tightener for tightening the ball sides against the socket sides of the ball-and-socket beads for rigidity of select shaping of the arm serpentine.    
     
     
         23 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes a tightener wedge that is forcible intermediate a terminal-end ball-and-socket bead and a tightener base on the arm serpentine.  
 
     
     
         24 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip by snug-fit insertion of the club-grip end into the club-grip orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         25 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the club-grip end of the arm serpentine includes a clamp with which it is attached detachably to the top end of the golf-club grip.  
 
     
     
         26 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 25  wherein: 
 the clamp is articulated to grasp sides of the top end of the golf-club grip that are orthogonal to insides of the golfer's wrists.  
 
     
     
         27 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes a joint tensioner for providing rigidity-tension pressure of the ball sides against the socket sides of the adjacent ball-and-socket beads.  
 
     
     
         28 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 27  wherein: 
 the joint tensioner includes a double-nut tensioner with the arm-hook end of the arm serpentine attached to a tightener bolt on which an adjustment nut is screwed against the arm-hook end.  
 
     
     
         29 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 28  wherein: 
 the terminal bolt includes a rounded socket head and the adjustment nut is a finger nut with a prong-wrench orifice.  
 
     
     
         30 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes a line tensioner for providing rigidity-tension pressure of the ball sides against the socket sides of the adjacent ball-and-socket beads.  
 
     
     
         31 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 30  wherein: 
 the line tensioner includes a cam axle with an eccentric projection rotatable against a line anchor that is positioned proximate an opposite side of a cam-axle housing from the arm serpentine;  
 a hand lever is attached to the cam axle;  
 the cam-axle housing is positioned on the attachment base; and  
 the arm-hook end of the arm serpentine is secured to a terminal ball-and-socket bead.  
 
     
     
         32 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the joint tightener includes an arm serpentine which is high-tensile wire that is resiliently and conveniently bendable;  
 the high-tensile wire is tightened with a predetermined contraction pressure intermediate the club-grip end and the arm-hook end of the high-tensile wire;  
 the ball-and-socket beads have a predeterminedly minute amount of resilience;  
 the high-tensile wire has a predeterminedly minute amount of resilience; and  
 the resilience of the ball-and-socket beads in combination with the resilience of the high-tensile wire have a predetermined total tightening-tension resilience for maintaining a hand-bendable shape of the golf-putting arm guide.  
 
     
     
         33 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the ball-and-socket beads are sized, shaped and colored for use convenience and identification predeterminedly.  
 
     
     
         34 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the line orifices include orifice entrances having inside diameters that are predeterminedly larger than an outside diameter of the arm serpentine onto which the ball-and-socket beads are strung.  
 
     
     
         35 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine has a diameter of about one-to-two millimeters, the ball-and-socket beads have an outside diameter of about six-to-twelve millimeters, the inside diameters of the orifice entrances are about two-to-four millimeters, and the arm serpentine has a predetermined length of about one-to-two feet for adjustment to arm lengths and sizes of golfers.  
 
     
     
         36 . The golf-putting arm guide of  claim 22  wherein: 
 the arm serpentine includes an anchoring curvature which is extended from the club-grip end into an inside periphery of a hollow top end of the putter; and  
 the anchoring curvature is buttressed intermediate a side wall of an inside periphery of the hollow top end of the putter and a side wall of an orifice in the top end of the golf-club grip.