| US 7,575,522 B1 | ||
| Golf setup training device | ||
| Joseph A. Affrunti, 330 Douglas Ave., Crystal Lake, Ill. 60014 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/906,505. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 69/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 473—273 [473/270; 473/272] | 11 Claims |

| 1. A golf setup training device for a user to determine the proper setup for irons comprising:
a pair of oppositely extending axially aligned rigid round tubular foot-alignment bars removably connected to a fitting against
which the toes of a user's feet would be positioned,
a rigid round tubular ball-positioning bar extending intermediate of and at right angles to the foot-alignment bars serving
as a reference along which the center of the user's body would be substantially aligned or offset therefrom,
said ball-positioning bar having a fixed section connected to the foot-alignment bars, and a rigid round tubular extendable
section telescopically received by the fixed section and having a ball placement tip end at which a ball would be positioned
for establishing the proper setup,
said fixed and extendable sections sized such that the extendable section can be received within the fixed section when storing
the device,
incremental graduations on said extendable section coacting with the length of the fixed section for setting the position
of the extendable section according to the height of the user and the club to be used,
and locking means coacting with said fixed section and said extendable section for adjustably retaining the extendable section
at a predetermined position on the fixed section, whereby the user would place the toes of his/her feet along and aligned
with the foot-alignment bars with the center of his/her body substantially aligned with the ball-positioning bar, place the
ball at the tip end of the bar, and manipulate the club head of a given iron gripped by the user in alignment with the ball
thereby defining the substantially ideal setup for the user and thereafter flipping the ball-positioning bar to the rear of
the user prior to hitting the ball.
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