Patent ID: 8956237
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf swing training apparatus for a person comprising: a base for supporting the person thereon and including at least one target path; at least one riser fixed with the base; an arm mechanism pivotally fixed with the at least one riser at one end thereof and extending up and over the person's head and terminating at a distal end, the arm mechanism adapted to pivot between a bottom position and a top position; an urging mechanism adapted to urge the arm mechanism into the top position; a cable fixed between the distal end of the arm mechanism and the at least one riser and including a shackle at a distal end thereof; a generally cylindrical handle slidably fixed with and capturing the shackle of the cable between a forward stop and a rear stop thereof, the handle including a first laser for projecting a first beam of light out of a forward end of the handle and a second laser for projecting a second beam of light out of a rear end of the handle; whereby with the person standing on the base facing the riser and grasping the handle as though it is a golf club, the second laser illuminating the target path, the person may pull the handle down in a simulated golf club swing to pull the cable which rotates the arm mechanism towards the bottom position and loads the urging mechanism, the handle when inverted at a low point in the swing allowing the shackle to move from the forward stop to the rear stop and produce an audible impact noise, the first laser illuminating the target path.