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US3608901A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Simulated golf board game

Assignee: ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE PRIVATE
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Filing: 1968-03-06
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Granted: 1971-09-28
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Expires: 1988-03-06
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Abstract

Abstract A board game adapted to simulate the game of golf includes at least one game board depicting one or more, and preferably 9 or 18, holes in a golf course, pin markers adapted to be positioned on said board and to protrude above said board for recording the lie of a golf ball thereon, chance means for selecting coordinate indicia for determining a possible golf shot and a plurality of different indicator means each representing a different golf club and each adaptable to interpret a golf shot of the chance means onto said board. Each indicator means has a datum aperture for receiving a pin marker therethrough to pivotally position said club-designating indicator means on the board in a manner permitting proper alignment positioning. In one form the clubdesignating indicator means may have the form of transparent fanshaped protractorlike members having a plurality of arcuately and radially dispersed holes therein related to the aperture datum for potentially locating by a pin marker on the board a lie for a golf shot determined from the chance selected coordinate indicia. Other forms of the indicator means include either a single elongated (putter) member or a pair of such limblike members pivotally connected at one of their ends for varying angular relation for a golf shot and having a plurality of points related to the aperture datum for establishing potential golf shot lies by the use of pin markers, as determined from the coordinate indicia.

Inventors

  • 👤 William H Royle

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 20:34
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00028; A63F3/0005; A63F11/00; A63F11/0011; A63F2011/0016; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/10; A63F2250/1005; A63F2250/1036; A63F2250/1042

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 225 words
A board game adapted to simulate the game of golf including at least one board depicting at least one hole in the golf course, at least one pin marker adapted to protrude above said board and be positioned on said board to record the lie of a golf ball on said board, chance means having coordinate indicia adapted to dEtermine a possible golf shot, a plurality of different indicator means each representing a different club and each having means adapted to interpret a golf shot of the chance means onto said board, a datum aperture in each of said indicator means, said pin marker being received within said datum aperture to position said indicator means on said board while permitting said indicator means to be pivoted on said pin for proper positioning, and wherein said chance means is divided into a plurality of sectors each having first indicia means designating said sectors as different coordinates of a first set of coordinates for a golf shot, each of said sectors being divided into a plurality of subsectors, each of which has different indicia means to designate these latter subsectors as different coordinates of a second set of coordinates of said golf shot whereby each operation of said chance means determines one coordinate of each of said first and second sets of coordinates of said golf shot.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 225 words
A board game adapted to simulate the game of golf including at least one board depicting at least one hole in the golf course, at least one pin marker adapted to protrude above said board and be positioned on said board to record the lie of a golf ball on said board, chance means having coordinate indicia adapted to dEtermine a possible golf shot, a plurality of different indicator means each representing a different club and each having means adapted to interpret a golf shot of the chance means onto said board, a datum aperture in each of said indicator means, said pin marker being received within said datum aperture to position said indicator means on said board while permitting said indicator means to be pivoted on said pin for proper positioning, and wherein said chance means is divided into a plurality of sectors each having first indicia means designating said sectors as different coordinates of a first set of coordinates for a golf shot, each of said sectors being divided into a plurality of subsectors, each of which has different indicia means to designate these latter subsectors as different coordinates of a second set of coordinates of said golf shot whereby each operation of said chance means determines one coordinate of each of said first and second sets of coordinates of said golf shot.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 60 words
A board game as defined in claim 1 wherein said chance means is a top having a spindle and wherein each of said plurality of sectors are quadrants and wherein said coordinates of said first and second sets of coordinates are read from the quadrant and subsector which come to rest on a surface on which the top is spun.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 101 words
A game board as claimed in claim 1 wherein each said indicator means comprises a pair of limblike members pivotably connected together at one of their ends, said datum aperture being adjacent the other or nonpivoted end of one of said pair of limblike members, means to indicate an angular relation between said members about said pivot, and spaced-apart lie-indicating means provided at least in the other of said pair of members and adapted to fix on said board possible lies for a golf shot designatable by a pin marker as determined from aid coordinate indicia read from the chance means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 98 words
A game board as claimed in claim 1 wherein each said indicator means comprises a pair of limblike members pivotably connected together at one their ends, said datum aperture being adjacent the other or nonpivoted end of one of said pair of limblike members, means to indicate an angular relation between said members about said pivot, and spaced-apart lie-indicating means provided in each of said pair of limblike members and adapted to fix on said board possible lies for a golf shot designatable by a pin marker as determined from said coordinate indicia read from the change means.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-09-27 1975-03-29 1975-09-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-09-27 1979-03-29 1979-09-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-09-27 1983-03-29 1983-09-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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