Patent ID: 7625296

Claim:
A directional practice device adapted to be disposed on a flat surface and adapted for use with a plurality of golf balls and a putter head, the putter head having a heel, said directional practice device comprising: an elongated ball-receiving member adapted to be disposed on the flat surface and having a slot adapted for receiving the golf balls; and an upright heel-engaging surface disposed at a side of said ball-receiving member and adapted to be perpendicular to the flat surface, said heel-engaging surface having a lower end defining a side of a head-traveling path extending along a longitudinal direction, said slot being positioned such that the golf balls can be pushed by the putter head to drop from said slot onto said head-traveling path one at a time, wherein, after one of the golf balls drops onto the head-traveling path, the putter head can be moved along said head-traveling path to strike the one of the golf balls in the longitudinal direction in such a manner that the heel moves on said heel-engaging surface; wherein said ball-receiving member includes a pair of first and second sidewalls parallel to each other, and a bottom wall unit interconnecting said first and second sidewalls to define said slot thereamong, said first sidewall being disposed between said slot and said head-traveling path and having an inner side surface defining a side of said slot, and an outer side surface opposite to said inner side surface and constituting said heel-engaging surface; and wherein each of said bottom wall unit as well as said first and second sidewalls is formed with a curved upper edge that has a middle edge portion, two opposite edge ends, and a height increasing gradually from said middle edge portion to said edge ends, said middle edge portion of said upper edge of said first sidewall being formed with a curved notch permitting the one of the golf balls to drop from said slot onto said head-traveling path therethrough.