Title: Training apparatus for improving a golfer's putting technique

Abstract: A training apparatus for use by golfers in improving their putting, having a base for placement on a putting surface adjacent a golf ball, and a cantilever projecting outwardly from the base. The cantilever has, at its outer edge, horizontal upper and lower guide strips of different colors in spaced vertical relation, for placement directly over the golf ball and for providing a reference of the direction in which the golf ball is desired to be putted. The apparatus is preferably formed of transparent plastic material and the cantilever is also provided with a series of spaced reference lines normal to said guide strips.

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Inventors: Berkey, George V. (Palm Desert, CA, US)

Application Number: 725688
Filing Date: 1976-09-23
Publication_date: 1978-04-04
Assignee: Mr. Putt, Incorporated (Palm Desert, CA)
Primary Class(es): 473/261 206/315.9
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US Patent Ref:

1091186	Mar, 1914	Brown	273/183.
2754125	Jul, 1956	Engler	273/192.
3471155	Oct, 1969	Donaldson	273/192.
3524650	Aug, 1970	Brandell	273/183.
3656752	Apr, 1972	Moriarty	273/192.
3857570	Dec, 1974	Gutierrez et al.	273/186.
3880430	Apr, 1975	McCabe	273/183.

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Primary Examiner: Marlo, George J.
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Attorney: Fulwider, Patton, Rieber, Lee & Utecht