GB2584036A

GB2584036A - Golf swing practice mat

Info

Publication number: GB2584036A
Application number: GB2011521.8A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Park Othili
Original assignee: Smart Body LLC
Current assignee: Smart Body LLC
Priority date: 2018-01-18
Filing date: 2019-01-16
Publication date: 2020-11-18
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-16
Also published as: GB202011521D0; JP2021510593A; WO2019143663A1; GB2584036B; KR20200111201A

Abstract

A golf swing practice mat (100) including a ball practice area (103) and a resistance area (120) is disclosed to provide a physical resistance to the club head at the time of ball impact and through the follow through. In one embodiment, the golf mat (100) includes a generally rectangular rubber base (110) and a simulated grass material (112) overlying the rubber base (110). The simulated grass upper layer (112) may be a typical fairway length simulated grass. The mat (100) has a central ball placement area (104) which may include a tee (103) and a resistance area (120) in front of the ball placement area (104), i.e. in the follow -through area immediately after striking the ball (102). The spacing of the resistance area (120) from the ball placement area (104), and or tee (103) may be variable.

Claims

What is claimed:

1. A golf swing practice mat comprising: a ball placement area having a top surface covered in artificial turf; and a resistance area disposed adjacent to the ball placement area having a top surface covering a first area with artificial turf and a second area having a plurality of resistance fingers extending upward from the top surface a greater distance than the artificial turf; wherein the top surface of the ball placement area is substantially co-planar with the top surface of the resistance area.

2. The golf swing practice mat of claim l, wherein the resistance area is in a fixed location relative to the ball placement area.

3. The golf swing practice mat of claim 1, wherein the resistance area includes a plurahty of through holes extending from a bottom surface to the top surface of the resistance area and through the artificial turf.

4. The golf swing practice mat of claim 3, wherein the plurahty of resistance fingers extend through the plurality of through holes.

5. The golf swing practice mat of claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers comprise a flange base portion having a diameter greater than a diameter of the through hole, and a finger portion extending upward from the flange base portion having a diameter less than the diameter of the through hole.

6. The golf swing practice mat of claim 5, wherein the plurality of resistance fingers are rubber.

7. The golf swing practice mat of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers includes a lumen extending through the flange base portion.

8. The golf swing practice mat of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance ringers includes a finger portion extending through both the lumen of the flange and the through hole.

9. The golf swing practice mat of claim 1, further comprising a recess disposed proximate to the ball placement area and wherein the resistance area is moveably disposed in the recess.

10. The golf swing practice mat of claim 9, wherein the recess includes two parallel rails, and wherein the resistance area is shdably disposed on the rails.

11. The golf swing practice mat of claim 10, wherein the recess further includes at least one spring disposed in a travel path of the resistance area, wherein the resistance area is configured and arranged to advance from a first proximal location to a second distal location when struck by a golf club along the rails, and wherein the at least one spring is configured and arranged to actuate the resistance area from the second distal location to the first proximal location.

12. The golf swing practice mat of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers comprises artificial turf having a height greater than the remainder of the artificial turf.

13. The golf swing practice mat of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of resistance fingers includes a flag portion extending substantially perpendicular to the resistance finger.

14. A golf swing practice mat comprising: a frame including a proximal ball placement area; a distal recess area having two rails extending longitudinally from a proximal end, proximate to the ball placement area, to a distal end; and a resistance mat slidably disposed in the distal recess, the resistance mat including at least one resistance finger extending upward from a top surface of the resistance mat, wherein a top surface of the proximal ball placement area and the top surface of the resistance mat are co-planar, and wherein the resistance mat is configured to slide within the recess along the rails.

15. The golf swing practice mat of claim 14 further comprising an array of springs disposed at a distal end of the recess, wherein the array of springs is configured and arranged to actuate the resistance mat from the second distal location to the first proximal location.

16. The golf swing practice mat of claim 15, wherein the springs of the array of springs are helical springs.

17. The golf swing practice mat of claim 14, wherein the resistance mat further includes wheels disposed on the underside of the resistance mat, and wherein the wheels are configured and arranged to ride along the rails.

18. The golf swing practice mat of claim 14, wherein the resistance mat includes a plurality of U shaped brackets disposed on the underside of the resistance mat, and wherein the rails of the recess extends through the plurality of U-shaped brackets.