US Patent Issued to Acushnet on March 25 for "Method and apparatus for capturing a golf swing and fitting a golfer" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,771, issued on March 25, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for capturing a golf swing and fitting a golfer" was invented by James P. Harrington (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus is disclosed herein. More specifically, image capturing apparatus disclosed herein will be used to help a golfer properly select a golf club utilizing a high speed camera attached to a gantry apparatus capable of adjusting its own position relative to the golfer in order to capture data of a golf swing in an iron type golf club."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2023, under Appli...