Patent ID: 6821210
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf training mat for enabling a golfer to improve upon the golfer's aiming and alignment skills, the golf training mat comprising a substantially planar, L-shaped mat, the L-shaped mat comprising a superior mat surface, an inferior mat surface, a longitudinal axis, a latitudinal axis, six peripheral edges, five interior corners, and one exterior corner, the superior mat surface comprising main mat coloration for providing a visualization template, the inferior mat surface for compliantly engaging an underlying substrate surface, the longitudinal axis and the latitudinal axis orthogonally intersecting at the exterior corner, the six peripheral edges comprising three latitudinal edges and three longitudinal edges, the latitudinal edges comprising a distal mat edge distally parallel to the latitudinal axis, a reference-positioning edge coaxial with the latitudinal axis, and a reference-alignment edge proximally parallel to the latitudinal axis, the longitudinal edges comprising a fore mat edge laterally spaced and parallel to the longitudinal axis, an aiming-squaring edge coaxial with the longitudinal axis, and a rear mat edge laterally spaced and parallel to the longitudinal axis, the superior surface comprising positioning-aiming markings, the positioning-aiming markings comprising longitudinal positioning lines and latitudinal aiming lines, the positioning lines comprising a main-ball-positioning pattern and a takeaway-ball-positioning line, the main-ball-positioning pattern comprising a main-ball-positioning line, paired distal-auxiliary-positioning lines, and paired proximal auxiliary-positioning lines, the main-ball-positioning line orthogonally intersecting the reference-positioning edge and the reference-alignment edge, the distal-auxiliary-positioning lines orthogonally intersecting the reference-positioning edge laterally opposite and equidistant from the main-ball-positioning line, the proximal-auxiliary-positioning lines orthogonally intersecting the reference-alignment edge laterally opposite and equidistant from the main-ball-positioning line, the distal-auxiliary-positioning lines being collinear with the proximal-auxiliary-positioning lines, the takeaway-ball-positioning line orthogonally intersecting the reference-positioning edge and the reference alignment edge medial to the main-ball-positioning pattern, the main-ball-positioning line for enabling the golfer to visualize a visual-positioning-line extending distally from the reference-positioning edge collinear with the main-ball-positioning line, the aiming lines comprising a fore-main-aiming line, a rear-main-aiming line, paired fore-auxiliary-aiming lines, and paired rear-auxiliary-aiming lines, the fore-main-aiming line orthogonally intersecting the aiming-squaring edge, the fore-auxiliary-aiming lines orthogonally intersecting the aiming-squaring edge longitudinally opposite and equidistant from the fore-main-aiming line, the rear-main-aiming line orthogonally intersecting the rear mat edge, the rear-auxiliary-aiming lines orthogonally intersecting the rear mat edge longitudinally opposite and equidistant from the rear-main-aiming line, the fore-auxiliary-aiming lines being collinear with the rear-auxiliary-aiming lines, the fore-main-aiming line being collinear with the rear-main-aiming line thus forming a collinear main-aiming-line-pairing, the main-aiming-line pairing for enabling the golfer to visualize a visual-aiming line extending laterally from the aiming-squaring edge collinear with the main-aiming-line-pairing, the main-ball-positioning pattern and the aiming lines for enabling a golfer to visualize an effective ball-placement zone, the ball-placement zone being defined by zone lines collinear with the main-ball-positioning pattern and the aiming lines, the ball-placement zone comprising a preferred golf-ball-position locator, the golf-ball-position locator being defined by an orthogonal intersection of the visual-positioning line and the visual-aiming line, the positioning-aiming markings thus enabling a golfer to align and aim for controlled golf ball flight trajectories.