Patent ID: 6814672
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A positioning device for aiding an individual in positioning a club face of a golf club relative to an intended line of flight of a golf ball so that the golf ball travels a desired path once struck by the golf club; said positioning device comprising:(a) a body having an opening for receiving a shaft of a golf club; and, (b) an indicator for indicating the proper position of the club face of a golf club relative to an intended line of flight of a golf ball so that the golf ball travels a desired path once struck by the golf club, said indicator being disposed in said body such that said indicator is visible, said indicator comprising a transparent chamber having a curved working surface and a material enclosed in said chamber that operates freely based on gravity against said curved working surface for the purpose of finding true vertical, said curved working surface of said chamber is oriented such that the nadir of said curved working surface is the point on the curve closest to an axis of the shaft of a golf club received in said opening of said body, all points on said curved working surface of equal distance on either side of said nadir are substantially of equal distance from the axis of the shaft of the golf club.