Portable simulated golf game

Claim 1

A miniature golf game comprising a portable table-type panel having a substantially planar upper surface marginally surrounded by a complemental frame having an upstanding ball confining rim defining a playing surface, said surface representing a fairway and embodying a starting area at one end constituting a ball placing and putting tee, and a target and scoring area at an opposite end provided with a stationary ball receiving and scoring cup, a pair of insertable and removable individual hazards seated atop a predetermined area of said playing surface midway thereof and spaced from said tee and cup, respectively, and attaching and retaining means securing said hazards in position on the playing surface, one hazard being located and seated toward the left side of the playing surface and having predetermined portions removably abutting interior faces of coacting portions of the left rim, the other hazard being located and seated toward the right side of said playing surface and likewise having predeterminedportions removably abutting interior faces of coacting portions of the right rim, both of said hazards having inwardly disposed marginal edges which are opposed to each other in spaced relationship transversely of the playing surface and in a manNer to delineate and border an intervening open-ended pathway, said pathway affording restricted communication between said tee and target areas, said hazards being distinct and different in top plan configuration and having flat top and bottom surfaces, said hazards being rectangular in cross-section and of a cross-sectional dimension less than the height of the upstanding rim, whereby the top surfaces are disposed in a plane below the upper lengthwise edges of said rim, said attaching and retaining means including a pair of apertures in said panel oriented in equally spaced relation to the side and end rims, each hazard having a pin associated therewith, said pins being located an equal distance from the outside peripheral edge of the hazards thereby enabling removal and interchange of hazards, and a miniaturized pendulum-type putter comprising a head having a complemental upstanding balanced shank, said head being perpendicular to the shank and extending equally to oppsoite sides thereof, said shank having a right angularly directed upper end providing a finger-piece, an anti-slipping sleeve on said finger-piece, said sleeve constituting a finger-grip which is capable of being rocked and rolled between the users thumb and fingers, and a small golf ball which is adapted to be struck and set into motion by the pendulum action of said putter.