Ultra Light Golf Practice Platform

Abstract

An ultra light, low cost and easy-changed-contour-surface golf swing platform is invented. The platform is easy to operate and capable of providing plurality of lie conditions such as uphill, downhill, sidehill up and sidehill down lies which usually are provided only by complicated inclination and rotation mechanisms in other inventions of similar purpose. The ultra-light and low cost golf swing platform needs no power to operate so that it is also portable to anywhere. It is easily affordable for driving range stations and individual golfers.

Description

1. FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a golf practice device. Specifically, the present invention relates to an ultra light and low cost to build golf practice device including a practice platform capable of simulating a plurality of hitting conditions. 2. STATE OF ART [0002] It has been always a hot topic for inventors to create good methods and practical devices to help a golfer to improve his skill in hitting ball on various fairway surfaces. To see this, all one needs to do is to search USPTO patent database, using “golf” as keyword in title field and “platform” in description field, one will find a lot of patents about platforms for improving swing on variety of hitting surfaces. For example, U.S. Published Nos. 20020187848, 20020128084, 20020119827, 20010044344, 20010034272, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,921,342, 6,514,152, 6,450,895, 5,944,615, 5,720,670, 5,558,334, 5,527,042, 5,470,074, 5,358,251, 5,340,111, 5,046,741, 5,005,837, 4,875,684, 4,331,332, 4,279,420, 3...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] The golf driving platform ideal for both individual and driving range station use is an ultra low cost, sturdy platform which generic golfers can build up consistent swings by repeatedly using it with affordable cost in the long term. The present invention aims to such goal as an ideal device for generic golfers to use. It offers easy adjustment of downhill, uphill and sidehill lies through light manual rotation of the entire platform and less frequent operations of moving contour pads around for creating uneven hitting surface contours. Because there is no moving parts or rotation mechanism, the cost of manufacturing is largely reduced and can be easily affordable in the driving range installations or by personal uses.

[0011] The present invention offers four obvious advantages. First, it is extremely low cost to build without sacrifice much of the plurality of inclinations. Second, it is ultra light as compared to those platforms with rotational and inclination mechanisms, consequently makes it highly portable to any practice ground. Third, present invention offers absolutely secure platform because no linkages or moving parts will be in action when a golfer is swinging on the platform, and last, the platform can be easily rotated to any orientation without using electric or hydraulic power and consequently is portable to any place.

Problems solved by technology

Second, it is ultra light as compared to those platforms with rotational and inclination mechanisms, consequently makes it highly portable to any practice ground.

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