Patent ID: 7201667
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A device to aid golfers in improving their putting game comprising a straight edge guide, a putter attachment, and a putter; wherein the putter includes a shaft, a putter head attached to the shaft, a putting surface on the putter head, a rear face spaced rearwardly from the putting face, the putter attachment comprising an elongated flat vertical base plate which extends horizontally and is adapted to slide against a horizontal flat surface on the guide, the attachment also including a first vertical arm extending perpendicularly in a vertical plane from the base plate, a horizontal arm extending from an upper edge of the first vertical arm in a horizontal plane from an end of the first vertical arm opposite its attachment to the base plate, the horizontal arm extending in spaced relation with respect to the base plate, the horizontal arm forming a right angle with the first vertical arm so as to extend over an uppermost portion of the putter head, a second vertical arm attached to an end of the horizontal arm opposite from its attachment to the first vertical arm and extending downwardly in parallel relation with the first vertical arm, the second vertical arm being provided with a hole therein through which a thumb screw is threaded, the thumb screw extending through the hole in the second vertical arm in parallel spaced relation with the base plate and being provided with a screw cap on an internal end thereof, the thumb screw being provided with a handle at the exterior end thereof opposite from the screw cap for turning the thumb screw, the screw cap being adapted to bear against a rear face on the putter head when the thumb screw is turned sufficiently so that the putter head is grasped between the first vertical arm and the screw cap whereby a golfer can position the putter with the putter attachment thereon so that the base plate of the attachment lies against a flat surface on the guide and the golfer can practice swinging the putter while the base plate remains in contact with the flat surface of the guide.