Patent ID: 6231453
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An improved golf swing indicator adapted for attachment to a golf club shank, the golf swing indicator being of a known type having an elongated housing having indicia thereon, an elongated shaft rotatable within the housing, the shaft having a row of teeth and a smooth section alongside the row of teeth, an indicator weight adapted to slide along the shaft, a spring pawl mounted on the indicator weight and adapted to engage the teeth when the shaft is rotated to a first position and to slide on the smooth section of the shaft when the shaft is rotated to a second position, and a first spring biasing the indicator weight toward a first end of the shaft, said improved golf swing indicator comprising:a cylindrical bushing mounted on said first end of the elongated shaft, said bushing having a radial cam pin, a release button having a cylindrical bore arranged to slidably and rotatably receive the bushing and having a cam slot receiving said radial cam pin, a release button housing mounted in said elongated housing arranged to slidably receive the release button and having means preventing rotation of the release button, said cam slot being arranged to rotate the cam pin and shaft from the first shaft position to the second shaft position when the release button is pushed by an operator, and a release button return spring adapted to return the release button when it is no longer being pushed, whereby the return movement of the release button causes the cam slot to rotate the cam pin and shaft from the second position back to the first position, andan improved attachment for the golf club swing indicator comprising a pair of resilient C-clamp members attached to said elongated housing and dimensioned to receive and frictionally hold said elongated housing parallel to said golf club shank, the C-clamps being oriented in opposite lateral directions with respect to the elongated housing so that the golf club shank is engaged by twisting the swing indicator housing with respect to the golf club shank.