Patent ID: 6958018
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club swing practice mat, comprising: a non-cushioned ball-supporting mat having an artificial grass layer on an upper surface, a planar, slidable lower surface, a leading end and a trailing end; a golf ball-supporting structure mounted on the upper surface of the ball-supporting mat between said leading end and said trailing end; a planar anchoring mat disposed in a parallel, face-to-face position with respect to the ball-supporting mat, the anchoring mat having an upper surface; the anchoring mat being movable away from said face-to-face position to a coplanar position with respect to the ball-supporting mat; a body disposed entirely on the upper surface of the anchoring mat, said body having a weight sufficient to maintain the anchoring mat in a fixed position with respect to a supporting surface as the upper surface of the ball-supporting mat is struck by a golf club; resilient means for connecting the ball-supporting mat to the anchoring mat when the ball-supporting mat and the anchoring mat are in a coplanar first position, in which the trailing end of the ball-supporting mat abuts the anchoring mat, and a second position in which the trailing end of the ball-supporting mat is spaced from the anchoring mat when the upper surface of the ball-supporting mat is struck by a golf club moving toward the leading end of the ball-supporting mat; and said resilient means comprising an elastic band, and first means for connecting the elastic band to the anchoring mat in a position above the plane of the lower surface thereof, and second means for connecting the elastic band to the ball-supporting mat in a position above the plane of the lower surface of the ball-supporting mat the resilient means being operative to bias the ball-supporting mat from said second position toward said first position.