Global Patent Index - EP 3244978 A1

EP 3244978 A1 20171122 - ALIGNMENT AID

Title (en)

ALIGNMENT AID

Title (de)

AUSRICHTUNGSHILFE

Title (fr)

ACCESSOIRE D'ALIGNEMENT

Publication

EP 3244978 A1 20171122 (EN)

Application

EP 15816855 A 20151222

Priority

  • GB 201500702 A 20150116
  • GB 2015054124 W 20151222

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2534188A] Alignment aid 10 for golfers which provides a reference means for ensuring optimal positioning of the feet, relative both to each other and a golf ball, for a given club selection. The alignment aid 10 comprises a foot-positioning rail 12; a ball-positioning rail 14; and linking arms 16a, 16b, 18a, 18b that are pivotably coupled to the respective rails 12, 14 so as to interconnect them and maintain them in a selected spaced apart, parallel alignment. The alignment aid 10 is adjustable between: a fully expanded condition; a partially collapsed condition; and a fully collapsed condition in which the respective rails and linking arms are arranged in a fully overlapped configuration for storage or transport. The foot and ball positioning rails 12, 14 can have visible, coloured-coded, graduated markings. Bracing members 32, 34, 42, 44 may be connectable between each linking arm 16a, 16b, 18a, 18b and its adjacent rail or ball positioning rail 12, 14.

IPC 8 full level

A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB US)

A63B 69/36 (2013.01 - GB); A63B 69/3621 (2020.08 - EP US); A63B 69/3667 (2013.01 - EP GB US); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01 - EP US); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01 - EP US); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016113529A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 201500702 D0 20150304; GB 2534188 A 20160720; EP 3244978 A1 20171122; US 2018008877 A1 20180111; WO 2016113529 A1 20160721

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 201500702 A 20150116; EP 15816855 A 20151222; GB 2015054124 W 20151222; US 201515543902 A 20151222