Patent Publication Number: US-10780332-B1

Title: Laser golf swing trainer assembly

Description:
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     (g) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to golf swing trainer devices and more particularly pertains to a new golf swing trainer device for practicing proper golf swing form. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to golf swing trainer devices. Many existing golf swing trainer devices employ optical sensors and lasers in a complex system to analyze a user&#39;s swing. Such devices often require technologically advanced equipment, may require a computer, and thus are cost prohibitive to most golfers. The current invention seeks to utilize lasers as an efficient means to create an optical plane in three-dimensional space without requiring additional technology. 
     (h) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of light units and a mirror. Each light unit comprises a tripod having a center pole and a set of foldable legs coupled to the center pole. The center pole is telescopable. A mount is coupled to a top end of the center pole of the tripod. A laser is coupled to the mount. The laser has a housing coupled to the mount and a spinning mirror coupled to a topside of the housing. The spinning mirror projects the laser 360° and forms a complete plane. The mirror comprises a frame and a mirror glass coupled to the frame. The mirror glass is coupled to a front side of the frame. A kickstand is coupled to a backside of the frame. The kickstand supports the frame in conjunction with a bottom edge of the frame. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       (i) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a laser golf swing trainer assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a detail view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     (j) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new golf swing trainer device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the laser golf swing trainer assembly  10  generally comprises a pair of light units  12  and a mirror  14 . Each light unit  12  comprises a tripod  16  having a center pole  18  and a set of foldable legs  20  coupled to the center pole  18 . The center pole  18  is telescopable and may have a pair of adjustment clamps  22  to selectively tighten or loosen the center pole  18  and adjust its height. The center pole  18  may have a set of support arms  24  extending from a bottom end  26  of the center pole to the set of foldable legs  20 . 
     A mount  28  is coupled to the tripod  16 . The mount  28  may have a collar  30  coupled to a top end  32  of the center pole. A ball  34  has an extension rod  36  coupled to the collar  30 . A cup  38  is pivotably and rotationally coupled to the ball  34 . A laser  40  is coupled to the mount  28 . The laser  40  has a cylindrical housing  42  coupled to the cup  38  of the mount and a spinning mirror  44  coupled to a topside  46  of the housing. The spinning mirror  44  may be a truncated cone. The spinning mirror  44  projects the laser 360° and forms a complete plane. A base diameter  48  of the laser is less than a housing diameter  50  of the housing. A cup diameter  52  of the cup is also less than the housing diameter  50 . 
     The mirror  14  comprises a frame  54  and a mirror glass  56  coupled to the frame  54 . The mirror glass  56  is coupled to a front side  58  of the frame. A kickstand  60  is coupled to a backside  62  of the frame. The kickstand  60  supports the frame  54  in conjunction with a bottom edge  64  of the frame to allow the user to watch his swing in the mirror glass  56 . 
     In use, the mirror  14  is positioned in front of the user&#39;s practice area six feet from the golf ball and the pair of light units  12  is placed four feet behind the user. One light unit  12  is positioned such that the laser  40  projects over the user&#39;s shoulder along a target line intersection the golf ball and parallel to the user&#39;s stance. The other light unit  12  is positioned at the same height and rotated to create an angle of 20° with the target line and intersecting the target line at the golf ball. The user may then watch his swing in the mirror  14  to see if the laser  40  projects onto a club head  66 , knowing he has broken the desired swing path. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.