US1527786A - Indicator device - Google Patents

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Feb. 24. 1925. x 1,527,786

u c. P. COLE, sR

INDICATOR DEVI CEv Filed July 30, 1924Y QM @e sin,

Patented Feh. 1925.

P. COLE, SR., 0F PATERSO'N, NEW JERSEY.

INDICATOR DEVICE.

Application filed July 30, 1924. Serial No. 729,104.

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. COLE, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the countyof Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicator De vices, of which the followingis a specification.

In playing the game of golf the player in making a stroke is supposed to keep his eye onv the ball, as the expression is, the idea being that by so doing he will not only the more. certainly and fairly hit the ball with the club head but will avoid movements of his head and consequently of other parts of his body which will detract from the form of his swing and among other faults result in the ball, though fairly struck, being caused to spin, which produces afrighthand curve (slice) or a left-hand curve (pull) in its flight, so that the possible distance or direction desired is not obtained. I have found in'practice that this custom results in another fault, to wit, that the player often strikes the ball with the club too high, and this causes the ball to be badly mutilated by the club head, especially if the club is one of lthe so-called irons and as usual presents a sharp edge where it approaches closest to the ground in the swing, and it sometimes causes an over hand spin of the ball, which shortens its Hight.

The object of this invention is to provide an indicator or sighting device, which may be made and sold at little expense and which will not in any way interfere with the stroke, by the use of which the player mayobtain the necessary sightin for his stroke and also avoid hitting the all so high as to mutilate it or spoil the shot. My invention to this end consists in a sighting piece adapted to be arranged to project from under the ball toward the player and having a sighting spot or other portion which the player can see in driving and means for securing or anchoring the device in centered relation to the ball.

My invention has been illustrated herein in connection with some form of supporting tee on which the ball is placed when the player makes certain strokes in the game (usually the first stroke off the tee of each hole of the course) but broadly it is not indispensable that any sup orting tee be employed in association wit it.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device shown associated with a supporting tee of the peg type in fre uent use;

Fig. 2 is a plan o? said device and the peg;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device itself;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a form'of said device associated with the more commonly used sand tee;

Fig. 5 is a plan of whatis shown in Fig. 4; Figs. 6 and 7 each show a plan and side elevation of other forms of the device asi sociated with a sand tee;

Figs. 8 and 9 are a side elevation (partly in section) and a plan. of a form in which the-device embodies a supporting tee;

Fig., 10 shows in side elevation and plan another form in which the device embodies a supportin tee;

Fig. 11 s ows a modification of what is shown in Fig. l0.

Referring,first, to Figs. 1 to 3, a indicates a supporting tee of the peg type, with. a

conical head a lon which the ball A. is adapted to be supported, and a pointed shank a2 to be driven into the ground. This in this instance affords a suitable medium to whichto secure m device, which as shown in the mentioned tigures consists of a strip of sheet material b which may have one end enlarged, as at b', and at the other end has a hole b2' to receive the shank of the tee a; the latter end thus affords its securing means. The enlarged end b of the device b may be colored, as red, as indicated by the crosslining, so as to be conspicuous to the eye of the player. The device is of such length that when it is attached to the peg and lies on the surface of the ground, extending radially from the peg, its end b willl appear to the player (if his stance is correct). as close to a straight line between the players eye and the periphery of the ball. In drivu ing, the player, keeps his eye on the visible projecting end b of the device Z instead of upon the ball, the result of which is that in making the stroke the ball is not struck too high but squarely on the face of the club. The device is intentionally li ht in weight so that should it be struck y the club it will not interfere with the stroke and for this reason it is provided with means, as its apertured end b2, whereby it may be readily secured in that correct position in which it is centered with respect to the ball, as well a's lying flatwise with the indicator portion b squarely facing the player. l

In Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 instead of the peg type of supporting tee being shown a supporting tee made in the 'conventional Way of sand or earth is indicated at c. In Figs. 4 and 5 the device of my invention is shown as a strip l of sheet metal having one end enlarged and conspicuously colored, as at d', and projecting downwardly therefrom is an anchoring shank d2, which may be a pin soldered to the underside of the strip. In `this case the shank is forced into the ground and the tee c is built up so as partly to cover the strip, leaving its end d protruding so as to be sighted by the player as before. The only difference between the construction of Figs. 4 and 5 and that of Fig. 7 is that in the latter case the device e, (having the con` spicuously colored end e) and its shank e2 are both made from a single strip of sheet metal having one end bent back and under and then downward t0 .form said shank; the difference in the construction of Fig. 6 over that in Figs. 4 and 5 is that in the former case the pin is absent, the securing means being afforded by the inner end f of the device f, which inner end is simply embedded in the tee. in all these cases the device is readily centered with reference to the ball because it will be placed in radial relation to the tee c, its elongated shape serving to facilitate the centering.

. ln Figs. 8 to 11 the device and the supporting tee are formed as a unitary element. In Figs. 8 and 9 a truncated conical shell g, of thin'material inverted and with its closed end recessed or dished somewhat at g to afford a seat for the ball A, forms the tee portion and projecting from it is a tab g2 which may have a conspicuously colored portion as shown to be sighted by the player, the same projecting radially from the basal edge of the tee. ln Fig. l() there is a disk h having up-st-anding centrally from it a cup it to form the seat for the ball A, and this disk has projectingv from its edge a tab h2 which may be conspicuousl colored, as shown, to be sighted by the p ayer; Fig. l1 shows a construction which only diers from that last described in that depending centrally from the disk is a pin ha to be driven into the ground. In Figs. 8 to 11 the centering of the device with reference to the ball is of course due to the cup g or k being centrally located on the disk.

The device will be usually arranged by the player so that the indicator portion will project from under that side of the ball which receives the impact of the club; or it may project toward the player. This is a matter of the individual choice of the player and is not of course material to the invention. j

I claim:

1. A golf-ball sightin indicator consisting of a sighting piece aapted to be placed under the ball and project from under the same into the line of vision of the player and having on the part so projecting a conspicuous indicator-portion visible by the player when the device is so positioned and also having means for securing it in centered relation under the ball.

Q. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of an elongated piece adapted to be placed under the ball in position to project radially from its vertical axis and from under the ball into the line of vision of the player andfhaving a conspicuous indicatorportion visible by the player when the device is so positioned and means to secure it fixed in such position.

3. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of an elongatedpielce adapted to be placed under the ball in position to project radially from its vertical axis and from under the ball into the line of vision of the player and having a conspicuous indicatorportion visible by the player when the device is so positioned and also having a depending anchoring shank.

4. A golf-ball sighting indicator consisting of a sighting piece adapted to be placed under the ball and project from under the same into the line of vision of the player and having on the part so projecting a conspicuous indicator-portion visible by the player when the device ispso positioned and iflstl) having a recess forming a'seat fory the al ln testimony whereof I ai'iX my signature.

CHARLES lj.l COLE, Sn.

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