Golf putting target

Claim 1

A BALL TARGET DEVICE COMPRISING A FRAME FORMING A TRAY PROVIDING A FLOOR, SPACED ABUTMENTS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TRAY DEFINING A BALL RECEIVING AREA ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN THE ABUTMENTS, AND UPSTANDING WALLS EXTENDING AT AND ALONG THE REAR OF THE FLOOR AND MERGING WITH SAID ABUTMENTS, SAID FLOOR HAVING AN UPWARDLY INCLINED SURFACE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS, AT AND REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT EDGE OF THE FLOOR, TO A RIDGE DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID FRONT EDGE, AND A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED FLOOR PORTION EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE RIDGE TOWARD SAID UPSTANDING WALLS, A RETAINING ROD, LATCH KEEPER MEANS COMPRISING SPACED LATCHING SLOTS FORMED IN THE FRAME AND HOOKS FORMING LATCHES ON AND AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROD FOR DETACHABLE ENGAGEMENT IN SAID SLOTS TO ANCHOR THE ROD ON THE FRAME IN POSITION TO BLOCK BALLS, DIRECTED UPON THE UPWARDLY INCLINED SURFACE AT EXCESS SPEED, FROM CLEARING THE UPSTANDING WALLS, WITHOUT PREVENTING BALLS FROM ROLLING OVER THE RIDGE AND UPON THE DOWNWARDLY INCLINED FLOOR PORTION, AND A SIGNALING DEVICE MOUNTED FOR ROTARY SPINNING MOVEMENT ON THE ROD IN RESPONSE TO ENTRY OF A BALL INTO A TARGET ZONE.