Patent ID: 7918744

Claim:
A removable golf-ball aligning device (RGAD) that functions in combination with a golf head gear that includes a front-facing bill having a downward-facing radiused front edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a right edge and a left edge, said RGAD comprising: a) a bill attachment member made of spring steel and having a downward-facing radiused front edge and rear edge, wherein the radius substantially conforms to the radius of the bill's front edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a right edge that integrally terminates with a right upper-facing spring-clip and a left edge that integrally terminates with a left upper-facing spring-clip, wherein the clips are designed to frictionally grasp the respective right and left edges of the bill, b) a panel having a lower straight edge, a radiused upper edge that substantially conforms to the radiused front edge of said bill attachment member, a lower darkened section having a straight edge, a truncated right edge that terminates adjacent to the right spring clip, a truncated left edge that terminates adjacent to the left spring clip, a front surface and a rear surface, c) a structure for attaching the radiused upper edge of said panel to the radiused front edge of said bill attachment member comprising: (1) a horizontal member having a slot that is dimensioned to frictionally receive and retain the radiused front edge of said bill attachment member, and (2) a vertical member having a slot that is dimensioned to frictionally receive and retain the radiused upper edge of said panel.