Patent ID: 7727081
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus used to train a golfer how to make a proper putting stroke with a putter by guiding said golfer with a plurality of visual cues indicative of a time position accelerative sequence of said proper putting stroke comprising: a) An elongated housing of about four feet in length comprising a clear plastic tube about three quarters of an inch in diameter which is placed lengthwise on a putting surface parallel to and a few inches outside the intended stroke path made by said golfer using said putter such that during address the line made by the face of said putter aligns laterally with the middle of said clear plastic tube; b) A microcontroller module comprising a low cost microcontroller, a serial receive port programmed to respond to a unique address, a printed circuit board of about 1 foot in length and narrow enough in width to fit within said elongated housing, a plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators mounted on said printed circuit board, a 3 wire serial command bus further comprising a power line, a serial receive data line and a ground line, said 3 wire serial command bus extending from input terminals on one end to output terminals on the other end of said printed circuit board, wherein a plurality of said microcontroller modules are physically interconnected together and mounted within said elongated housing with said output terminals of one module tied to said input terminals of the next to form a subsystem responsive to commands to turn on one of said plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators over said 3 wire serial command bus; c) A peripheral computing device comprising a user interface with which to obtain a set of putting stroke parameters and a serial transmit port which connects to said 3 wire serial command bus, said user interface comprises a personal tempo in beats per minute selector, a green speed selector, and a target roll distance selector, wherein said peripheral computing device computes an accelerative sequence of putterhead positions associated with said set of putting stroke parameters and issues resulting commands to said serial transmit port wherein said plurality of uniformly spaced linearly arranged visual indicators show said golfer said proper putting stroke.