Appeal No. 2002-1904
Application No. 09/156,540
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to apparatus and method for analyzing a golfer’s swing
and determining a suitable golf club configuration for that individual. Claim 16 is
reproduced below.
16. A method for configuring a golf club in accordance with an individual
golfer’s swing, comprising the steps of:
providing to a golfer a first golf club with predetermined dimensions, said
first golf club including a shaft and club head with a strike face;
positioning a golf ball in a striking location;
positioning high-speed video camera means near the striking location to
obtain video images of the first golf club, the golf ball, and the golfer using the
first golf club during the golfer’s swing at the golf ball in the striking location;
activating said video camera means to obtain the video images during and
after impact by said first golf club upon the golf ball;
storing images obtained by said video camera means during a golfer’s
swing;
determining from said stored video images the position of the first golf
club during the golfer’s swing; and
configuring and dimensioning a second golf club that will produce
predetermined golf ball performance results for the golfer based on data
obtained from the position of the first golf club during the golfer’s swing.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gobush et al. (Gobush) 5,501,463 Mar. 26, 1996
Nesbit et al. (Nesbit) 5,772,522 Jun. 30, 1998
(filed Nov. 23, 1994)
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