US4934704A
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Indoor golf course
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-05-01
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Granted: 1990-06-19
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Expires: 2009-05-01
Abstract
Abstract An indoor golf game consisting of nine holes of play on a carpet or carpet like substance which is divided into two playing fields having point zones and on which each player, using a golf club, propells a golf ball toward the highest designated point zone in order to obtain the highest number of points over the nine hole course. This specially designed Indoor Golf Course has nine holes of various distances, two fairways, two greens, two targets, rough, several sand traps, a water hazard and a scoring system to numerically evaluate each individual shot. One feature of the target zone comprising scoring system is the three concentric rings and an egg shaped elongated center to represent the putting cup. The scoring system utilizes point values regardless of where ones ball comes to rest. Minus two points for a ball hit completely off the carpet course. Minus one point for a ball hit into a sand trap. Zero points for a ball hit anywhere on the course not otherwise indicated by a specific number. One point for a ball hit on to the one point zone which is slightly larger than the entire green. Two points for a ball hit on the green but not on the target. These points for a ball hit on to the red concentric ring. Four points for a ball hit on to the white concentric ring. Five points for a ball hit on to the blue concentric ring. Six points for a ball hit on to the orange egg or circular shaped center.
Inventors
- 👤 William Mazer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 16:56
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F7/00; A63F7/06; A63F7/0604; A63F7/0628; A63C; A63C19/00; A63C19/003; A63B; A63B69/00; A63B69/36; A63B69/3691; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/16; A63F2250/162
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A golf game device comprising a substantially flat, elongated runner formed of a carpet material for use with a golf ball and putter and having depicted on a surface thereof simulations of a golf course and comprising rough, fairway, green, and hazard areas over which a golf ball may be putted for simulating play on a real golf course, a pair of relatively laterally and longitudinally displaced target areas each including a generally concentric array of different scoring zones located proximate a different one of the ends and sides and within the boundaries of the flat runner and a plurality of differently designated discrete play positions differentially longitudinally and laterally displaced from and arrayed to indicate play in alternating and generally opposite directions between the target areas on the runner, said hazard and target areas bearing designations of different scoring point values used in the game to arrive at an individual player's total competitive performance score for the total number of play positions designated on the runner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A golf game device comprising a substantially flat, elongated runner formed of a carpet material for use with a golf ball and putter and having depicted on a surface thereof simulations of a golf course and comprising rough, fairway, green, and hazard areas over which a golf ball may be putted for simulating play on a real golf course, a pair of relatively laterally and longitudinally displaced target areas each including a generally concentric array of different scoring zones located proximate a different one of the ends and sides and within the boundaries of the flat runner and a plurality of differently designated discrete play positions differentially longitudinally and laterally displaced from and arrayed to indicate play in alternating and generally opposite directions between the target areas on the runner, said hazard and target areas bearing designations of different scoring point values used in the game to arrive at an individual player's total competitive performance score for the total number of play positions designated on the runner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein at least one of the hazard areas on the runner divides the runner into two generally longitudinally extending playing fields each differently configured with differently located and irregularly shaped hazard areas and presenting somewhat different and varied visual aspects of play between the target areas on the runner from the various playing positions thereon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device in accordance with claim 2 wherein the two playing fields are of different widths or lateral dimensions at at least one end of the runner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device in accordance with claim 3 accommodating play for two players commencing in opposite directions from opposite ends of the runner.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device in accordance with claim 4 accommodating substantially simultaneous play for the two players.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device in accordance with claim 2 wherein said at least one hazard area is depicted as a water hazard.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
130 words
A device in accordance with claim 2 wherein the said playing positions are variously differently located on the runner for play commencing from a first play position on a first one of the playing fields to the target area on that field, then to a second play position on the second playing field back to the target area on that second playing field, and then to a third playing position located at a still different position on the said first one of the playing fields and back to its associated target area, whereby play continues in an alternating and oppositely directed manner at different longitudinal and angular distances relative to and between the opposite target areas until completion of play from a designated number of playing positions on the runner.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said target areas on the flat runner comprises a plurality of concentric rings of increasing radial distance from and surrounding a centrally located imperforate area representing a cup.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device in accordance with claim 8 wherein the hazard and target areas are designated and defined by different shapes, colors and scoring point values on the runner.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
A device in accordance with claim 9 wherein the areas between adjacent ones of said concentric target rings additionally have designations such as and selected from the group consisting of "Eagle", "Birdie", "Par", "Bogey" and "Double Bogey" thereon depending on the radial distance from the center of their circumscribed associated target area.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A device in accordance with claim 8 wherein said centrally located area of at least one of the target areas is of an elongated egg-shape.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said carpet material is a cut pile fibre and the playing fields are applied with differently colored and permanently set dyes to at least one surface of the runner.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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