Chipping assistant device

Abstract

The Chipping Assistant was designed as a visual aid for use with most irons. The invention is a black, ¼″ thick wafer-like disc approximately 1.25″ in diameter which attaches to the face of the club with pressure sensitive two-sided tape which serves as a visual aid for golfers to hit the sweet spot and assist in golfer's keeping their head down and eye on the ball to connect with the ball and reduce mis-hits with most irons.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This subject non-provisional patent application claims the benefit of application No. 61 / 397,911 filed Jun. 19, 2010STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableREFERENCES TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX[0003]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]For many years, golf has been a highly competitive sport. The game is played by large numbers of individuals around the world at varying degrees of level of skill. All serious golfers are constantly training themselves to play the game better and are concerned with all aspects of the game. There are several important aspects to playing the game of golf an individual must develop to be successful at the sport. The subject invention refers to hand-eye coordination and the skill of the golfer keeping their head down and eye on the ball, specifically when hitting irons.[0005]Various devices have been deve...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]The Chipping Assistant was design as a visual aid for use with most irons. The Chipping Assistant is a thin; ¼″ thick, wafer shaped disc, flat on the top and bottom with a predetermined bevel on all sides. When the Chipping Assistant is positioned on the face of the iron with the provided removable, pressure sensitive tape, the Chipping Assistant provides a visual aid. The Chipping Assistant becomes the primary visual aid for the golf ball's sweet spot on the wedged face. The determined bevel edge of the Chipping Assistant gives the golfer an instant indication that the sweet spot was missed based on the direction the ball travels; either off to the left or off to the right. The Chipping Assistant is of a black color to make it easy to see, becomes the primary visual aid to assist the golfer with keeping golfer's head down and eye on the ball. The Chipping Assist fits a golfer's own equipment.

Problems solved by technology

These devices do not provide the mechanism by which to give the golfer a visual aid for hand-eye coordination to effectively spotlight a point of contact on the iron, which allows the brain to communicate what the eye sees, with the movement of the body; the swing, to connect the desired point of the iron the golfer sees to the ball; also known as hitting the sweet-spot of the club face.

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