PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16275351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["473", "257000"]

Abstract:
The correct golf swing path is that of an angled sphere. Typically, when a golf club swings through impact it is at a shaft-angle of between 44 and 65 degrees—with a driver swung at the lower angle of 44 to 50 while irons become progressively steeper in angle; the shorter more lofted wedges approach a 65 degree lie-angle. That said, for a short period of time during the swings of professionals and accomplished amateurs, the club is swung STRAIGHT through into the ball and down the target-line for a period of 12 inches (30 cm)—6 inches before and 6 inches after impact (referred to as the flat spot). This swing training aid helps less accomplished golfers achieve this flat spot—swinging straight through impact on the correct angle with all golf clubs. Four, six-inch angled polymer poles attach to a base made for driver and wood shots off a tee, and iron and wood-shots off the ground. The goal is to swing the club between the poles and into the ball without striking the poles. The player gets feedback on his or her swing-path when he or she hits or misses the poles and then adjusts the swing accordingly. Different sets of angled poles (Driver/Woods and Irons) are fixed to the base's external driver and iron lines for use with the various clubs; the ball is aligned with one of the two center lines; one line is for tee-shots and the other is for shots hit from the ground.

Claim (Index 2):
A device according to  claim 1  wherein the device is characterized by one or more of:\n a width of the base being sufficiently wide enough to accommodate use with the driver as well as irons; \n internal target line dimensions on the left and right side of center lines (for use by left or right handers) on the base to correspond with: a center of the driver-face at impact when the ball is teed half-a-balls-width above a standard big headed driver (typical tee height), and the center between the two poles when the driver comes through impact at 56 mm above the ground; \n poles constructed at various angles for various club angles from 44 to 65 degrees; \n the base having two external lines that poles are placed on (woods and irons lines correspond with woods and irons poles) wherein the line closer to the center is for ground shots or on the exterior line is for teed-up wood shots; \n driver poles which are different to iron poles; \n base measurements mirror a flat spot at the bottom of the swing that professional and accomplished amateurs' swing pass through, and practice can be done through practice swings and hitting balls with the device; \n u-shaped base recess cuts in at 70 mm of the 320 mm total length\u2014making a hollow channel for hitting that is three times the recess/channel length and vastly different to any of the known iron-only bases available.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9021
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12883675', '13674574', '13591910', '13172629', '10721854']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6045740201969785
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5080738368753487
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5949240018648155
- Mean Citation Score: 195.587934
- Max Citation Score: 207.85463
- Similarity Product: 125.26769080672264

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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