U.S. patent number 3,604,711 [Application Number 04/802,767] was granted by the patent office on 1971-09-14 for golf-putting guide.
Invention is credited to George B. Hansburg.
United States Patent |
3,604,711 |
Hansburg |
September 14, 1971 |
GOLF-PUTTING GUIDE
Abstract
This invention relates to a golf-training device and more
particularly to a putting guide which will enable the golfer to
practice putting. The device comprises an upright post which may be
detachably secured in the putting green at the position of the
ball, the post rigidly mounting a reel at its lower end which
carries a cord or tape which may be extended and detachably secured
at the edge of the hole, the tape serving as a guide for the
golfer. The height of the upright post is such that it may be
grasped by the golfer without bending.
Inventors: |
Hansburg; George B. (Walker
Valley, NY) |
Family
ID: |
25184625 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/802,767 |
Filed: |
February 27, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/257;
273/DIG.21 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B
69/3676 (20130101); A63B 2210/58 (20130101); A63B
2071/0694 (20130101); A63B 2071/024 (20130101); Y10S
273/21 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A63B
69/36 (20060101); A63b 069/36 () |
Field of
Search: |
;273/183,176,191,192
;33/138,139 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Marlo; George J.
Claims
What I claim is:
1. A guide device for assisting a player in putting a gold ball
into a gold hole in the ground, said device comprising a post
having a pin extending substantially axially outwardly from one end
thereof for removable mounting of the post in vertical position in
the ground, said post having a height when mounted in the ground
such that the upper end of the post may be grasped by the player
without bending, said post rigidly mounting a spring return reel
adjacent the end thereof from which said pin extends, said reel
carrying an elongated tape defining a guiding means which may be
drawn outwardly from the reel to the edge of the golf hole, said
reel being mounted on an axis at right angles to that of said post,
said tape having means at its free end detachably to secure such
free end to the ground adjacent the edge of the golf hole.
2. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which said securing
means comprises a pin mounted at the free end of said tape.
Description
It is among the objects of the invention to provide a putting guide
which is relatively simple in construction and light in weight so
that it may readily be carried by the golfer in a golf bag, for
example, and which may be detachably mounted in the ground and
which may readily be manipulated by the golfer to provide a guide
line with respect to the golf hole to facilitate training of the
golfer in putting a ball straight to the hole.
According to the invention, these objects are provided by the
arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter described and
more particularly recited in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings in which is shown one of various
possible embodiments of the several features of the invention;
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the use of the putting
guide.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale taken along line
2--2 of FIG. 1, and
FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 taken along line 3--3 of FIG.
1.
Referring now to the drawings, the putting guide comprises an
upright post or standard 11 of any suitable material and preferably
of extruded aluminum which can be carried by the golfer from place
to place in the golf bag and particularly onto the putting
green.
The post 11 has a handle or knob 12 at its upper end and an
elongated pin 13 extending axially from its lower end, said pin
depending from a disc or plate 14 secured to said lower end 15 of
the post 11. Positioned directly above the disc or plate 14 is a
reel 16 of any suitable type and desirably of the conventional
spring return type. The reel 16 is secured to the post adjacent its
lower end as by means of brackets 17. The reel 16 carries a length
of tape or cord 18, the free end of which carries a pin 19.
In use of the device, as is clearly shown in the drawings, the
golfer locates the post 11 on the golf green in upright position by
pressing the pin 13 thereof into the ground as is clearly shown in
FIG. 3. The golfer then pulls on the tape 18 which is carried by
the spring return reel 16 so as to extend the tape to the edge of
the hole 21 and then presses the pin 19 into the ground so that the
tape 18 will extend in a straight line from the reel 16 to the hole
21.
The tape thus serves as a guide for the golfer to facilitate
putting in a straight line to the hole.
With the putting guide above described, a golfer is assured of a
straight guiding line from the ball to the hole and this guide line
facilitates the golfer in his practice strokes to that he is able
to learn the proper grasp of the golf club to facilitate putting in
a straight line more readily.
As many changes could be made in the above device, and many
apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be
made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended
that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the
accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not
in a limiting sense.
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