Golf putters and a golf putting trainning aid

Abstract

The present invention provides an improved putter and putter training device or aid that assists a golfer in improving their putting stroke. In one embodiment of the invention a putter is provided featuring a putter head having a front surface and a rear surface, and at least one guide displaceable relative to the front surface from a first position wherein the guide extends forward of the front surface to a second position wherein the front surface of the putter head is unobstructed by the guide. In one embodiment the guide is displaceable through a bore provided in the putter head. In a further embodiment of the invention the guide is rotatably displaceable in relation to the putter head. In another embodiment of the invention, a putter incorporating features of the invention is illustrated, the putter comprising a putter head having a front surface and a rear surface, two guides extending from the front surface, and two guides extending from the rear surface. In a further aspect of the invention a putter training device or aid is provided. The putter training aid comprises a substantially planar body having two faces, one of the faces featuring a fastener to releasably secure the putter training aid to a putter head.

1 . A putter comprising: 
 a) a putter head having a front surface and a rear surface; and    b) at least one guide displaceable relative to the front surface from a first position wherein said guide extends forward of the front surface to a second position wherein the front surface of the putter head is unobstructed by the guide.    
   
   
       2 . A putter according to  claim 1 , wherein said putter head has at least one bore therein open to the front surface, said bore of a shape and configuration to receive therethrough said displaceable guide.  
   
   
       3 . A putter according to  claim 2 , further comprising a locking mechanism adapted to lock said displaceable guide against relative movement within said bore at least when said dispacebale guide is in the second position.  
   
   
       4 . A putter according to  claim 3 , wherein said locking mechanism comprises a threaded bore within said putter head that intersects with said at least one bore, and a threaded screw rotatably displaceable within said threaded bore, said threaded screw to engage said displaceable guide within said at least one bore when said locking mechanism locks said displaceable guide.  
   
   
       5 . A putter according to  claim 4 , wherein said threaded bore is open to a bottom surface of said putter head.  
   
   
       6 . A putter according to  claim 2 , wherein said at least one bore extends through the putter head to the rear surface.  
   
   
       7 . A puffer according to  claim 6 , wherein said displaceable guide is of a length sufficient so that in one position a portion of said guide extends forward of the front surface and a further portion of said guide extends rearward of the rear surface.  
   
   
       8 . A pufter according to  claim 1 , wherein said displaceable guide is two guides that are substantially parallel to each other.  
   
   
       9 . A pufter according to  claim 8 , wherein the two guides extending forward of the front surface at an angle substantially perpendicular to the front surface.  
   
   
       10 . A pufter according to  claim 1 , wherein the displaceable guide is rotatably secured to an upper surface of the pufter head.  
   
   
       11 . A pufter according to  claim 10 , wherein the displaceable guide is rotatably displaceable from the first position wherein said guide extends forward of the front surface to the second position wherein the front surface of the pufter head is unobstructed by the guide.  
   
   
       12 . A pufter according to  claim 11 , wherein the displaceable guide is two guides.  
   
   
       13 . A pufter training aid comprising: 
 a) a substantially planar body having two faces, one of the faces having a fastener thereon to releasably secure the pufter training aid to a pufter head; and    b) at least one guide extending from the body and in substantially in the same plane as the body.    
   
   
       14 . A putter training aid according to  claim 13 , wherein said at least one guide is two guides extending from the body, the two guides are substantially parallel to each other.  
   
   
       15 . A putter training aid according to  claim 14 , wherein the two guides are substantially perpendicular to a length defined by the body.  
   
   
       16 . A putter training aid according to  claim 13 , wherein said at least one guide is two guides extending from one side of the body and two guides extending from an opposite side of the body.  
   
   
       17 . A putter training aid according to  claim 16 , wherein the two guides extending from one side of the body are substantially parallel to each other and the two guides extending from the opposite side of the body are substantially parallel to each other.  
   
   
       18 . The putter training aid of  claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of the other face of the body is adapted to receive advertisement.  
   
   
       19 . A putter comprising: 
 a) a putter head having a front surface and a rear surface;    b) two guides extending from the front surface; and    c) two guides extending from the rear surface.    
   
   
       20 . A putter according to  claim 19 , wherein the two guides extending from the front surface are substantially parallel to each other and the two guides extending from the rear surface are substantially parallel to each other.