Patent ID: 8241138
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A63B,A63F

Abstract:
1. A golf club swing aid disposed on a golf club, for adjusting the character of the swing of the club which is to be applied to a ball, comprising: a golf club having a grip, a shaft, a ferrule and head; a neutral vertical marking formed on a surface of the grip, parallel with the length of the shaft and formed such that when the club is held by a golfer with the neutral vertical marking positioned at twelve o' clock, along the entire length of the vertical marking, from the golfer's view point looking down the shaft of the club, the club is in its neutral position; a plurality of vertical markings spaced apart from the neutral vertical marking, formed such that when the club is held by a golfer with any of the plurality of vertical markings positioned at twelve o' clock, along the entire length of the vertical marking, from the golfer's view point looking down the shaft of the club, the club face is an open position; wherein vertical markings spaced further apart from the neutral vertical marking result in the club face open to a greater degree when the club is held by a golfer with any of the plurality of vertical markings positioned at twelve o' clock from the golfer's view point looking down the shaft of the club; a plurality of spaced apart parallel horizontal markings intersecting the vertical markings on the grip, forming intersection points to indicate to a golfer where to place the golfers hands along the grip, the spacing of the horizontal markings causing the effective length of the club to increase or decrease depending on which horizontal marking on which the golfer grips the club; a plurality of vertical markings disposed on the ferrule, coplanar with the plurality of vertical markings on the grip, at least one being a neutral vertical marking formed on a surface of the ferrule, parallel with the length of the ferrule and formed such that when the club is held by a golfer with the neutral vertical marking positioned at twelve o' clock from the golfer's view point looking down the ferrule, the club is in its neutral position and the neutral markings on the grip and ferrule both being aligned with each other such that both are in the twelve o' clock position when the club is in the neutral position; and wherein the golf club swing aid allows a golfer to consistently select appropriate grip adjusting opening the club face or adjusting the effective length of the club.