Golf practice device with solenoidactuated ball return means

Claim 1

A GAME DEVICE COMPRISING A FRAME FORMING A BALL KICKING STATION, AN ELECTRICAL SOLENOID HAVING AN AXIAL CHANNEL EXTENDING THERETHROUGH FROM END TO END AND SUPPORTED IN THE FRAME IN POSITION DISPOSING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SOLENOID RESPECTIVELY AT AND REMOTE FROM THE STATION, A ROD FORMING AN ARMATURE AXIALLY SLIDABLE IN SAID CHANNEL BETWEEN RETRACTED AND PROJECTED POSITIONS, BIAS MEANS NORMALLY URGING THE ROD YIELDINGLY TOWARD RETRACTED POSITION, AN ADJUSTABLE STOP FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE ARMATURE WITH RESPECT TO THE SOLENOID WHEN IN RETRACTED POSITION, SAID ROD HAVING A BALL STRIKING END NORMALLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE SOLENOID, WHEN THE ROD IS IN RETRACTED POSITION, SAID STRIKING END BEING PROJECTABLE OUTWARDLY OF THE STATION MOUNTED END OF THE SOLENOID TO STRIKE A BALL AT SAID STATION WHEN THE SOLENOID IS ENERGIZED TO MOVE THE ROD FROM RETRACTED TO PROJECTED POSITION AGAINST THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIAS MEANS, SAID ROD ALSO HAVING A STATION REMOTE END EXTENDING AT AND OUTWARDLY OF THE STATION REMOTE END OF THE SOLENOID AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH