Target device and method therefor

Abstract

A target device for improving a user's aim includes a base, a magnet and a rotatable target rod having a reset end member. The target device has a first state wherein the reset end member is releasably held in place by the magnet.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A target device for improving a user's aim, the target device comprising:
 a base;   a magnet;   a rotatable target rod having a reset end member;   wherein the target device has a first state wherein the reset end member is releasably held in place by the magnet.   
     
     
         2 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein the base in cross section is wedge shaped and includes the magnet to releasably hold the reset end member in the first state. 
     
     
         3 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein the reset end member includes the magnet and the base includes at least a metallic portion to releasably hold the reset end member in the first state. 
     
     
         4 . The target device of  claim 2 , wherein the magnet is located in a channel of the base. 
     
     
         5 . The target device of  claim 2 , wherein the reset end member extends in a reset direction parallel to a top surface of the base in the first state. 
     
     
         6 . The target device of  claim 2 , wherein the target device has a second state wherein the reset end member is detached from magnet. 
     
     
         7 . The target device of  claim 2 , wherein in the second state the reset end member has rotated a first direction between five and ninety degrees relative to a first position of the resent end member in the first state. 
     
     
         8 . The target device of  claim 7 , wherein the reset end member is rotatable between five and ninety degrees in a second direction that is opposite the first direction to return the target device to the first state. 
     
     
         9 . The target device of  claim 5 , wherein in the first state, a target end of the rotatable target rod extends in an end direction transversely to the first plane. 
     
     
         10 . The target device of  claim 9 , wherein in the second state, the reset end member extends in a third direction transversely to the top face, and a target end of the rotatable target rod extends in a fourth direction transversely to the third direction, the third and fourth direction being different directions. 
     
     
         11 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein the base includes a top surface that is a top plate that is releasably secured to the base. 
     
     
         12 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein a target end of the rotatable target rod includes a removable target having a mounting portion for receiving the target end, the target end forming an acute internal angle measured from a top surface of the base toward the target end. 
     
     
         13 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein rotating the reset end member rotates a target end of the rotatable target rod. 
     
     
         14 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein the rotatable target rod includes a target end and a first member, the first member located between the target end and the first member; and wherein the first member is sandwiched between the base and a top surface covering the base. 
     
     
         15 . The target device of  claim 11 , wherein top magnets located in the base releasably secure the top plate to the base and wherein the top plate extends radially beyond a front end of the base. 
     
     
         16 . The target device of  claim 1 , wherein the rotatable target rod includes a target end, the target end includes forty-five degree bend along its length. 
     
     
         17 . A method for improving a user's aim, the method including the steps of:
 aiming at a target device;   applying a first force to a target end of a target device to rotate a target end and a reset end member of the target device in a first direction;   applying a second force to the reset end member to rotate the reset end member in a second direction opposite the first direction;   releasably securing the target end to a base of the target device.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the step of applying the first force to the target end includes the step of putting a golf ball at the target end to provide the first force. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the step of applying a second force to the reset end member includes the step of contacting the reset end member with a golf putter. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the step releasably securing the target end to the base includes the step of magnetically holding the target end on a magnet of the target device.