Patent ID: 7601072
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf swing training apparatus having a driving module and a putting module, the driving module comprising: a cylindrical handle configured to assist a user in properly gripping a golf club, the cylindrical handle having a first end connected by a mounting pin to at least one removable weight and a second end having a pivotal joint; a longitudinal shaft attached at an upper end to the pivotal joint and pivotally and removably attachable at a lower end of the shaft to a U-shaped bracket, the shaft having multiple hollow cylindrical sections longitudinally and telescopically mounted therein for extensible and retractable sliding motion with respect to each other, each cylindrical section having upper and lower ends and a hollow interior, the lower end of each cylindrical section being configured to fit closely into the upper end of the adjacent section, the lower end of each of the sections having a cylindrical plug inserted into the hollow interior of that section, the lowest section forming the lower end of the shaft, and each section other than the lowest section having a felt strip about an exterior lower circumference of the respective section and each section other than an uppermost section having a felt strip about an interior upper circumference of the respective section, the felt strips designed to limit air flow into and out of the cylindrical sections when the shaft is telescopically extended or retracted; a nylon cord affixed to the plug of the lowest section and passing through each of the plugs in the cylindrical sections to connect to the plug of the uppermost section; and the U-shaped bracket having first and second pivot points, the first pivot point being removably mounted to the longitudinal shaft with a quick release pin, the U-shaped bracket being slidably coupled to a horizontal bar along a central axis of the horizontal bar, the second pivot point extending about the central axis; and the putting module comprising: a column pivotally and removably attachable to the U-shaped bracket; and at least one connector affixed to the column and having a means for detachably connecting a golf putting club to the column.