Patent ID: 7775899
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that enables a golfer to more consistently achieve a desired angle between a golf club shaft and the horizontal prior to initiating a golf swing, the apparatus comprising, in combination: a golf club comprising a golf club shaft having an outside diameter; said shaft including a grip portion at one end and a golf club head at an opposite end of said shaft; an angle indicating device comprising a fluid-filled curved bubble level containing a bubble and having markings along its circumferential edge corresponding to a plurality of different angles between the golf club shaft and the horizontal; a flexible clip having an inside diameter for removably securing the angle indicating device to a position on the golf club shaft or the grip portion; said flexible clip enabling the angle indicating device to be moved along said golf club shaft or said grip portion until said flexible clip reaches a position wherein the outside diameter of either the golf club shaft or the grip portion exceeds the inside diameter of the flexible clip, whereby the flexible clip is securely engaged with the golf club shaft or the grip portion; said angle indicating device being secured to said flexible clip and arranged with respect to said flexible clip such that the curved bubble level is both curved downward toward the horizontal when the flexible clip is attached to either the grip portion or the golf club shaft and further wherein said curved bubble level is viewable from the grip portion end of the golf club in a normal address position prior to a golf swing; the downward curve of the bubble level enabling the bubble to move along the arc of the curved bubble level in concert with the angle that the shaft of the golf club makes with the horizontal; whereby the bubble moves within the fluid chamber in response to different angles that the angle indicator makes with the horizontal as the shaft is moved upwardly or downwardly with respect to the horizontal.