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Golf return game

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-08-14
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Granted: 1964-07-28
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Expires: 1981-08-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Portteus James Gold

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 05:53
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B57/00; A63B57/40; A63B57/405

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 389 words
A GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY AND A RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY, SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF STATIC STRUCTURES FORMING A STATIC COMBINATION OF A GOLF BALL RESERVOIR MEANS, A STATIC GOLF BALL DISPENSING MEANS, AND A STATIC GOLF BALL RECEPTACLE MEANS ON ONE PAD, SAID MEANS ALL BEING AFFIXED TO SAID PAD AND THE DISPENSER AND RECEPTACLE FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND SAID DISPENSER AND SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN EDGE OF AN OUTLET AND AN INLET ORIFICE RESPECTIVELY AT GROUND LEVEL, SAID RESERVOIR MEANS OPENING TO SAID BALL DISPENSING MEANS, THE RESERVOIR MEANS HAVING A FLOOR DOWNWARDLY SLOPED TO AN UPWARDLY SLOPED DISCHARGE LIP THEREOF DISCHARGING TO SAID DISPENSER MEANS, SAID DISPENSER MEANS COMPRISING A CHUTE ON SAID PAD AND MEANS FOR HOLDING A GOLF BALL IN TEEING POSITION, SAID CHUTE LEADING TO AND CONNECTING TO SAID MEANS FOR HOLDING, SAID PAD BEING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SHEET AND COMPRISING AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY AT GROUND LEVEL FOR PLACEMENT OF THE PLAYER''S FEET, SAID AREA BEING SPACED AWAY ON SAID PAD FROM SAID MEANS FOR HOLDING IN TEEING POSITION, SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY BY A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFROM SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY BY A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE AT THE ENDS OF WHICH SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY AND SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY ARE POSITIONED, SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A STOPPING BOARD WITH SPACED APART INLET AND OUTLET ORIFICES THEREIN OPENING TOWARDS SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, AND A CURVED WALL ATTACHED AT ITS ENDS TO SAID BOARD ADJACENT AND LATERAL OF SAID ORIFICES, THE END SEGMENT OF SAID WALL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE OUTLET ORIFICE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT, AND TANGENT TO A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE LATERAL EDGE OF SAID OUTLET ORIFICE AND THE INLET ORIFICE OF SAID RECEPTACLE MEANS OF SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, WHEREBY BALLS LEAVING SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY OUTLET ORIFICE ARE RETURNED TO THE RECEPTACLE MEANS OF SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, THE SEGMENT INTERMEDIATE SAID END SEGMENTS BEING SMOOTHLY CURVED, AND SAID WALL HAVING A LOWER EDGE IN THE SAME FLAT PLANE AS THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID STOPPING BOARD, SAID INTERMEDIATE SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE BEING SLOPED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY OF SAID WALL AND SAID SURFACE BEING TILTED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID STOPPING BOARD, AND BLOCKING MEANS SLIDABLY ATTACHED TO SAID STOPPING BOARD AND MOVABLE IN FRONT OF SAID INLET ORIFICE AND SAID STOPPING BOARD EXTENDING LATERALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID INLET ORIFICE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 389 words
A GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY AND A RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY, SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF STATIC STRUCTURES FORMING A STATIC COMBINATION OF A GOLF BALL RESERVOIR MEANS, A STATIC GOLF BALL DISPENSING MEANS, AND A STATIC GOLF BALL RECEPTACLE MEANS ON ONE PAD, SAID MEANS ALL BEING AFFIXED TO SAID PAD AND THE DISPENSER AND RECEPTACLE FACING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND SAID DISPENSER AND SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN EDGE OF AN OUTLET AND AN INLET ORIFICE RESPECTIVELY AT GROUND LEVEL, SAID RESERVOIR MEANS OPENING TO SAID BALL DISPENSING MEANS, THE RESERVOIR MEANS HAVING A FLOOR DOWNWARDLY SLOPED TO AN UPWARDLY SLOPED DISCHARGE LIP THEREOF DISCHARGING TO SAID DISPENSER MEANS, SAID DISPENSER MEANS COMPRISING A CHUTE ON SAID PAD AND MEANS FOR HOLDING A GOLF BALL IN TEEING POSITION, SAID CHUTE LEADING TO AND CONNECTING TO SAID MEANS FOR HOLDING, SAID PAD BEING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SHEET AND COMPRISING AN AREA SUBSTANTIALLY AT GROUND LEVEL FOR PLACEMENT OF THE PLAYER''S FEET, SAID AREA BEING SPACED AWAY ON SAID PAD FROM SAID MEANS FOR HOLDING IN TEEING POSITION, SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY BY A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFROM SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY BY A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACE AT THE ENDS OF WHICH SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY AND SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY ARE POSITIONED, SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A STOPPING BOARD WITH SPACED APART INLET AND OUTLET ORIFICES THEREIN OPENING TOWARDS SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, AND A CURVED WALL ATTACHED AT ITS ENDS TO SAID BOARD ADJACENT AND LATERAL OF SAID ORIFICES, THE END SEGMENT OF SAID WALL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE OUTLET ORIFICE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT, AND TANGENT TO A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE LATERAL EDGE OF SAID OUTLET ORIFICE AND THE INLET ORIFICE OF SAID RECEPTACLE MEANS OF SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, WHEREBY BALLS LEAVING SAID RETURN SUB-ASSEMBLY OUTLET ORIFICE ARE RETURNED TO THE RECEPTACLE MEANS OF SAID DISPENSING SUB-ASSEMBLY, THE SEGMENT INTERMEDIATE SAID END SEGMENTS BEING SMOOTHLY CURVED, AND SAID WALL HAVING A LOWER EDGE IN THE SAME FLAT PLANE AS THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID STOPPING BOARD, SAID INTERMEDIATE SEGMENT INTERIOR SURFACE BEING SLOPED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY OF SAID WALL AND SAID SURFACE BEING TILTED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID STOPPING BOARD, AND BLOCKING MEANS SLIDABLY ATTACHED TO SAID STOPPING BOARD AND MOVABLE IN FRONT OF SAID INLET ORIFICE AND SAID STOPPING BOARD EXTENDING LATERALLY ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID INLET ORIFICE.

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