The Biggest Golf Technology Breakthrough Since Perimeter Weighting?
Well, it probably won’t find a home in any golf equipment museum, but the invention is interesting nonetheless. The ground breaking invention at hand is found in a patent application that recently published as US Pub. No. The present invention relates to a slip prevention golf sock, and more particularly, a slip prevention golf sock that has a slip prevention means in the bottom of the sock at a big toe region in the ball of the left or the right foot in which a load is concentrated during a golf swing. The slip prevention means comprises silicon coating in the shape of ring or flower with non-coated region in its center. The slip prevention golf sock prevents slip effectively because the slip is prevented not only by the coating material but also by the structural characteristics of the coating with the big toe region of the ball of the foot being located in the center of the ring or flower shape coating so that a wearer is provided more stability during a golf swing. Furthermore, it provides educational benefit of teaching a beginner a support point in the sole of the foot.
The application goes on to explain:
[0020] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by explaining preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the attached drawings. A slip prevention golf sock 10 according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, comprises slip prevention means at the ball of left or right foot in which a load is concentrated during a golf swing. While the disclosure is described in the context of several embodiments, it will be understood that the disclosure is not limited to any particular embodiment.
[0021] Particularly, slip prevention means 100 comprises a silicon coating 12 in the shape of ring with central non-coated region 15 in its center at the big toe region 5 of the ball of the foot.
[0022] The silicon coating 12 in the shape of ring, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, may be formed with indiscrete coating or may be formed with silicon dots within the shape of ring.
[0023] Hereinafter, the operation and effects of the present invention will be described.
[0024] When a golf player wearing the slip prevention golf sock 10 of the present invention swings a golf club, that is, from the address pose to backswing to follow-through, the golf player’s left foot would be a main supporting point for a right-handed person and conversely, right foot would be a main supporting point for left-handed person. At this time a load is concentrated at the ball of left or right foot.
[0025] The big toe region 5 of the ball of the foot is located at the central non-coated region 15 of the silicon coating 12 in the shape of ring coated at the bottom of the slip prevention golf sock.
[0026] In other words, because the big toe region 5 of the ball of the foot is located at the central non-coated region 15 of the silicon coating 12 in the shape of ring, the present embodiment provides an excellent slip prevention effect because of both the material and structural characteristics compared to the silicon coating in the shape of plane surface found in the prior art. The slip prevention effect of the present disclosure enables a golfer to swing stably while wearing the disclosed slip prevention golf socks.
[0027] Furthermore, the slip prevention golf sock may provide an educational benefit whereby beginner golfers may learn to recognize the big toe region 5 of the ball of the foot which is located at the central non-coated region 15 of the silicon coating 12 in the shape of ring as a supporting point and help the beginner golfers position themselves into a desirable swing posture.[0028] Accordingly, the slip prevention golf sock provides excellent effects of slip prevention both by the material and the structural characteristics of its silicon coating and thus enables a golfer to swing stably. The slip prevention golf socks have a silicon coating in the shape of ring or flower specifically at the big toe region in the ball of the foot in which a load is concentrated during a golf swing and the big toe region of the ball of the foot is located in the center of the ring or flower shape coating. Furthermore, it provides the educational benefit of teaching a beginner a supporting point in the sole of the foot during golf swings.
Personally, I kind of like a smooth sock that lets my foot move within my golf shoe!