Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Practice projectile addressing surface
Patent
1996-08-06
1998-09-08
Harrison, Jessica
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Practice projectile addressing surface
473257, A63B 6936
Patent
active
058038264
ABSTRACT:
A user-friendly golf swing practice mat is provided, comprising: (a) a low friction, compliant and resilient top sheet having a rigidity of less than 40 pounds per square inch; and (b) a bottom pad (natural grass or an accompanying compliant, resilient pad) for supporting the top sheet a finite distance above the underlying base, for providing space for the top sheet to yield to and accommodate the bottom-most portion of a reasonably well-aligned golf club swing-arc. The golf swing practice mat avoids the mechanical limitations and problems associated with prior art mats. In typical usage, the respective properties of the top sheet and the bottom pad together enable the whole mat to function so that--like a natural-grass-covered fairway--it imposes very little resistance as it readily yields to and accommodates the bottom-most portion--between the bottom of the ball and the underlying ground/base--of any fill, and reasonably well aligned golf club swing arc. Golf clubs that are swung through arcs which hit down before one's stance and rotation center, and would otherwise tend to dig into a natural earth base, or a typical practice-range mat, impact relatively softly and slide forward without appreciable loss of momentum, and allow the golfer to complete the somewhat mis-aligned swing-arc without discomfort and deterrence to future efforts.
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