Golf mat composed of a plurality of parallel brush strips

Claim 1

A GOLF MAT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR PARALLEL HORIZONTAL BRUSH STRIPS EACH INCLUDING AN UPRIGHT CHANNEL WITH A CORE WIRE DISPOSED THEREIN AND A LAYER OF FIBERS FOLDED ABOUT THE CORE WIRE WITHIN THE CHANNEL AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM THE CHANNEL, SAID BRUSH STRIPS BEING UNIFORMLY AND CLOSELY SPACED SO THAT THE UPPER END SURFACES OF THE FIBERS THEREOF FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT HORIZONTAL BALL SUPPORT SURFACE, AND EACH OF SAID BRUSH STRIPS HAVING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS WITH FIBERS TERMINATING BELOW SAID BALL SUPPORTING SURFACE AND APPROXIMATELY IN THE PLANE OF THE UPPER EDGE SURFACES OF THE ASSOCIATED CHANNEL, A TRANSVERSE CENTER SUPPORT MEMBER DISPOSED BENEATH SAID BRUSH STRIPS AND ENGAGING AND SECURING EACH OF THEM AGAINST SIDEWISE MOVEMENT, AND FIRST AND SECOND TRANSVERSE END SUPPORT MEMBERS ENGAGING AND SECURING EACH OF SAID BRUSH STRIPS AGAINST SIDEWISE AND ENDWISE MOVEMENT, EACH OF SAID END SUPPORT MEMBERS INCLUDING A CAP STRIP WHICH OVERLAYS ONE OF SAID OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF EACH BRUSH STRIP AND SECURES THE BRUSH FIBERS AND CORE WIRES AGAINST UPWARD MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THEIR CHANNELS.