Golf Training Assembly

Abstract

A golf training assembly for training a golf swing includes a hat that is worn on a user's head. A first light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. In this way the user's head may be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. A second light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter provides a visual reference for aiming.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

[0006] The disclosure and prior art relates to training devices and more particularly pertains to a new training device for training a golf swing.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a hat that is worn on a user's head. A first light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. In this way the user's head may be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. A second light emitter is embedded in the brim to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter provides a visual reference for aiming.

[0008] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

[0009] The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

[0010] The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf training assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0012] FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0013] FIG. 3 is a bottom phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0014] FIG. 4 is a right side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0015] FIG. 5 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0017] With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new training device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

[0018] As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the golf training assembly 10 generally comprises a hat 12 that may be worn on a user's head. The hat 12 has a brim 14 and the brim 14 has a distal edge 16 with respect to the hat 12 and a bottom surface 18. The hat 12 may be a baseball hat 12 and any other hat 12 with a brim 14. The user may wear the hat 12 while the user is practicing swinging a golf club for driving, chipping and putting.

[0019] A first light emitter 20 is embedded in the brim 14 and the first light emitter 20 emits a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball 22 when the user is preparing to swing the golf club. The user attempts to keep the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 shining on a golf ball 22 that is positioned on the ground. In this way the user's head is retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. The first light emitter 20 is embedded in the bottom surface 18 of the brim 14. The first light emitter 20 is aligned with the distal edge 16 of the brim 14 and the first light emitter 20 is spaced from a middle of the distal edge 16. The first light emitter 20 may be a laser light emitter or the like such that the first light emitter 20 produces a visible spot of light on the golf ball 22.

[0020] A second light emitter 24 is provided and the second light emitter 24 is embedded in the brim 14. The second light emitter 24 emits a beam of light onto the ground in front of the golf ball 22 when the user is preparing to swing a golf club. Thus, the second light emitter provides a visual reference for aiming. The second light emitter 24 is embedded in the bottom surface 18 of the brim 14. The second light emitter 24 is aligned with the distal edge 16 of the brim 14 and the second light emitter 24 is spaced from the middle of the distal edge 16. Additionally, the second light emitter 24 may be a unitary structure with respect to the brim 14 such that the second light emitter 24 is embedded in the brim 14.

[0021] The second light emitter 24 is spaced from the first light emitter 20 to shine two individual spots of light on the ground that are spaced apart from each other a distance ranging between approximately 25.0 cm and 30.0 cm. The spot of light from the first light emitter 20 is positioned on the golf ball 22 and the spot of light from the second light emitter 24 is positioned in front of the golf ball 22. The second light emitter 24 may be a laser light emitter or the like such that the second light emitter 24 produces a visible spot of light in front of the golf ball 22.

[0022] A switch 26 is slidably integrated into the hat 12 and the switch 26 is electrically coupled to the first light emitter 20 and the second light emitter 24 to turn the first light emitter 20 and the second light emitter 24 on and off. The switch 26 is selectively positioned in a first on position to turn on only the first light emitter 20. The switch 26 is selectively positioned in a second on position to turn on both the first light emitter 20 and the second light emitter 24. Additionally, the switch 26 is selectively positioned in an off position to turn each of the first 20 and second 24 light emitters off. A power supply 28 is embedded in the hat 12 and the power supply 28 is electrically coupled to the switch 26. The power supply 28 comprises at least one battery 30 and the power supply 28 may be removably positioned within the brim 14.

[0023] In an alternative embodiment 32 as shown in FIG. 6, a housing 34 may be provided and each of the first light emitter 20, the second light emitter 24, the switch 26 and the power supply 28 may each be embedded in the housing 34. A clip 36 may be movably embedded in the housing 34 and the clip 36 may frictionally engage a brim 14 of a hat 12 that does not have the first 20 and second 24 light emitters attached thereto. Thus, the first 20 and second 24 light emitters may be attached to any hat for training the golf swing.

[0024] In use, the hat 12 is worn while practicing hitting a golf ball 22. The user's head is positioned such that the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 is positioned on the golf ball 22. Thus, the user's head is positioned in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club. Moreover, the user attempts to keep the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 positioned on the golf ball 22 throughout the backswing and follow through of swinging the golf club. In this way the preferred posture is maintained throughout the swing thereby improving the swing. Additionally, the beam of light from the second light emitter 24 is positioned in front of the golf ball 22 to serve as an aiming point for driving the golf ball 22. An instructor can observe the motion of the spot of light from the first light 20 emitter to determine if the user's head was in the correct position at impact.

[0025] During driving, the user will direct the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22. Throughout the swing the user will attempt to maintain the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 on the golf ball 22. The beam of light from the first light emitter 30 will tend to travel backwards from the golf ball 22 in a straight line during the backswing. The user will attempt to reposition the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22 during the down swing.

[0026] During putting and chipping, the user will direct the beam of light from the first light emitter 20 onto the golf ball 22. The beam of light from the first light emitter 20 should remain on the golf ball 22 before and during the stroke. The user directs the beam of light from the second light emitter 24 onto a selected aiming point in front of the golf ball 22. The golf ball 22 will travel through the beam of light from the second light emitter 24 when the user maintains proper posture during the stroke.

[0027] With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

[0028] Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word "comprising" is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article "a" does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

Claims

1. A golf training assembly being configured to train proper posture for swinging a golf club, said assembly comprising: a hat being configured to be worn on a user's head; a first light emitter being embedded in said brim such that said first light emitter is secured in a static position relative to said brim wherein said first light emitter is configured to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating the user's head to be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club; and a second light emitter being embedded in said brim such that said second light emitter is secured in a static position relative to said brim wherein said second light emitter is configured to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ball parallel to said beam of light emitted by said first light emitter when the user is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating reference point for aiming.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said hat has a brim, said brim having a distal edge with respect to said hat and a bottom surface.

3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said first light emitter is embedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said first light emitter being aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said first light emitter being spaced from a middle of said distal edge.

4. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said second light emitter is embedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said second light emitter being aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said second light emitter being spaced from said middle of said distal edge.

5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein said second light emitter is positioned on an opposite side of said middle with respect to the said first light emitter wherein each of said first light emitter and said second light emitter are configured to shine two individual spots of light on the ground that are spaced apart from each other.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a switch being slidably integrated into said hat wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said first light emitter and said second light emitter such that said switch turn said first light emitter and said second light emitter on and off.

7. The assembly according to claim 6, further comprising a power supply being embedded in said hat, said power supply being electrically coupled to said switch, said power supply comprising at least one battery.

8. A golf training assembly being configured to train proper posture for swinging a golf club, said assembly comprising: a hat being configured to be worn on a user's head, said hat having a brim, said brim having a distal edge with respect to said hat and a bottom surface; a first light emitter being embedded in said brim such that said first light emitter is secured in a static position relative to said brim wherein said first light emitter is configured to emit a beam of light downwardly onto a golf ball when the user is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating the user's head to be retained in a preferred posture for swinging the golf club, said first light emitter being embedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said first light emitter being aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said first light emitter being spaced from a middle of said distal edge; a second light emitter being embedded in said brim such that said second light emitter is secured in a static position relative to said brim wherein said second light emitter is configured to emit a beam of light downwardly in front of the golf ball parallel to said beam of light emitted by said first light emitter when the user is preparing to swing a golf club thereby facilitating a reference point for aiming, said second light emitter being embedded in said bottom surface of said brim, said second light emitter being aligned with said distal edge of said brim, said second light emitter being spaced from said middle of said distal edge, said second light emitter being positioned on an opposite side of said middle with respect to the said first light emitter wherein each of said first light emitter and said second light emitter are configured to shine two individual spots of light on the ground that are spaced apart from each other; a switch being slidably integrated into said hat wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said first light emitter and said second light emitter such that said switch turn said first light emitter and said second light emitter on and off; and a power supply being embedded to said hat, said power supply being electrically coupled to said switch, said power supply comprising at least one battery.