Golf swing guide

Abstract

A completely portable lightweight training aid to guide the golfer during the backswing and downswing, while at the same time allowing the golfer to strike golf balls. The aid works on the principle that movement go where there is least resistance and is designed in such a manner that when a successful swing is performed, no part of the training device would have been touched by the golfer at any stage during the entire golf swing. The training aid consist of a rigid elongated member, with the longer edges arcuately shaped and from a side on view in three dimensional space the member also curves and twists inwardly.The underlying surface of the member is called the guiding surface. A v-shaped tubular member with a planar surface on the end of one v and with attachment means for a golf club, guides the hands along the guiding surface of the training aid at a constant distance without touching the guiding surface. The planar surface of the club attachment also indicates and guides the relationship of the clubface and club shaft to the guiding surface at any given point during the backswing or downswing. A downwardly extending padded tubular member that is mounted to the training aid, indicate clearly where the shaft of the golf club should travel. If the golf club strikes the padded tubular member it rotate upwards, thereby indicating the wrong move.

What I claim as my invention is:  
     
         1 . A c-shaped member wherein the upper part is curving faster than the lower part And; 
 Whereas the c-shaped member is continuously curving inwards and away from a vertically extending axis with the lowest end starting to twist or rotate inwardly at a certain point, so that the only planar surface left on the member is on a ninety degree angle directly between the two longer edges, but excluding the area where the lowest end is in the process of twisting or rotating inwardly.    
     
     
         2 . The member as set forth in  claim 1  is suspended above the ground at a preferred angle, in such a way as to accommodate the height of a golf player in the address position and whereas the combination of curved, twisted and planar surface closest to the golfer's hands in the address position, is referred to as the guiding surface and whereby the hands of a golf player are overlaid or on the inside of the guiding surface.  
     
     
         3 . A v-shaped member with a planar surface on the end of one v and with attachment means for a golf club, whereas the planar surface is running preferably parallel to a golf club shaft after attachment to said golf club shaft and the planar surface is overlying the hands of a golf player.  
     
     
         4 . Whereas the training aid as set forth in  claim 3  is used to guide and protect the hands of the golf player along the guiding surface as set forth in  claim 2  and at a predetermined constant distance without touching the said guiding surface.  
     
     
         5 . The training aid as set forth in  claim 3  is also used to control the correct relationship between the club face, the shaft of the golf club and the guiding surface of the training aid as set forth in  claim 2 , by means of the planar surface as set forth in  claim 3  staying square both on a horizontal and vertical axis to the guiding surface of the training aid as set forth in  claim 2 , during the backswing and downswing of the golf player.  
     
     
         6 . A downwardly extending elongated padded tubular member, pivotally mounted towards the lower part of the training aid as set forth in  claim 1 , on the surface opposing the guiding surface as set forth in  claim 2  whereas the padded tubular member serves as an additional control mechanism for the path of the club shaft in the downswing of a golf player.  
     
     
         7 . The padded elongated tubular member as set forth in  claim 6  having a means of adjusting height.  
     
     
         8 . The padded elongated tubular member as set forth in  claim 6 , is set at a preferred angle by means of a force releasing mechanism.  
     
     
         9 . A stopper means mounted to the surface opposing the guiding surface as set forth in  claim 2  to stop the rotation of the elongated padded tubular member if struck by the golf club, whereby striking the padded tubular member, the wrong move by the golf player is indicated.  
     
     
         10 . A self standing stand in the form of a tripod with a supporting arm folding out sideways to a preferably horizontal position as to support the training aid as set forth in  claim 1  in a preferred position.  
     
     
         11 . The supporting arm as set forth in  claim 10  connected to the upper side of the training device as set forth in  claim 1  at a preferred angle and on the opposing side to the guiding surface as set forth in  claim 2 ,in such a way that the supporting arm runs parallel to the mounting surface.  
     
     
         12 . The stand as set forth in  claim 10  having an adjustable means for height and direction for the supporting arm.  
     
     
         13 . During a successful swing neither the golfer, nor the v-shaped member as set forth in  claim 3  or the golf club would have made any contact with either the c-shaped member as set forth in  claim 1 , the padded member as set forth in  claim 6  or the self standing stand as set forth in  claim 10.