Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887059 | Bag toss golf game and game target A bag toss game target has an angled landing surface with a target opening that rotates on a base of the game target whereby rotation of the landing surface changes direction of the slope of the landing surface and the target opening location relative to the base. T... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7740246 | Novelty golfing device having magnetic projectile A game system that uses a swinging launcher to strike and propel a magnetic projectile. The magnetic projectile is propelled toward a primary target. If struck, the magnetic projectile clings to the primary target with magnetic attraction. Optional obstacles may be ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7540500 | Foldable launch monitor for golf A novel golf ball launch monitor with a foldable design is disclosed. This launch monitor has a bottom housing that is connect to a top housing through a hinge. The top housing contains an image sensor for capturing an image of a golf ball. The top housing may also ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7364164 | Reconfigurable golf game A reconfigurable golf game having an interchangeable body, a hollow shaft, a swing actuation system, and a coupler. The coupler allows a user that purchases one game system including multiple interchangeable bodies to easily attach different interchangeable bodies t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337965 | Ball identifying device A device (80) for reading a coded golf ball (40) comprises a helical track (82) on the inside or outside of a cylindrical housing (81), the track serving to change the orientation of the ball relative to an antenna coil (85) to ens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7153216 | Putter alignment training system A laser assembly is removably attached to the shaft of a putter slightly above the head. The position and orientation of the laser assembly is adjusted to direct the laser horizontally in a plane passing through the sweet spot of the putter's face and perpendicular ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104902 | Throw and catch game and method of playing same A throwing and catching game makes use of a series of pylons known as poles that operate analogously to a hole in the game of golf. In the course of play, a player advances the ball, or other throwing object, by throwing the object or the ball in the air and catchin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6998965 | Enhanced golf range play using RFID and GPS A new and useful golf range target and system is disclosed. The new target incorporates an area having a top surface that will guide a golf ball which hits the surface to a golf ball receiver. The target receiver includes an RFID reader and a GPS receiver, which, up... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6953403 | Golf ball and a method for controlling the spin rate of same A golf ball with a precise spin rate is disclosed. The distribution of weight among the layers within the golf ball relative to a centroid radius is realized to precisely control the moment of inertia of the ball. In accordance to one aspect of the present invention... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6908402 | Perimeter weighted golf ball A perimeter weighted golf ball with a low compression core is provided. The core preferably comprises a diene polymer that has low cross-link density or not cross-linked with a reactive co-agent. This core has low compression and low specific gravity. The low specif... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902498 | Perimeter weighted golf ball A perimeter weighted golf ball with a low compression core is provided. The core preferably comprises a diene polymer that has low cross-link density or not cross-linked with a reactive co-agent. This core has low compression and low specific gravity. The low specif... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6793585 | Swing measurement method, golf swing analysis method, and computer program product A swing measurement method of directly measuring a swing behavior without being influenced by flexure of an impact implement, such as a golf club or baseball bat is provided. In addition, a golf swing analysis method and computer program product having computer prog... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6774349 | Teaching and gaming golf feedback system and methods The invention provides a golf feedback system. A mat is used to determine player foot position, and a 3D golf tracking system tracks golf balls hit from the mat to determine (a) a ground ball track and (b) a player orientation axis, based on the foot position and re... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6602146 | Putting skill game A putt trainer system includes a plurality of ball sensors, each having a lever which pivots at impact with a putted golf ball between a rest position, wherein it blocks a light beam from a light source, and a deflected position. The light beam passes thr... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595863 | Golf simulator A golf simulator has a flooring system comprising a tee area, a green area, a green-side area and a ball feed system adjacent the flooring system. From measurements taken when the ball is hit, the computer control system computes the next shot position of... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6227973 | Video game system using terrain profile information A video game system for simulating a golf game displays three-dimensional image information indicative of the terrain profile of a golf course and image information of a golf ball on the display screen of a television monitor. The golf ball is moved on th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6155569 | Golf ball A coated golf ball has an ionomer cover and a paint layer thereon, wherein an ionomer resin cover substantially contains no fluorescent brightener, Wcie reading which indicates whiteness after coating of the paint is within the range of 110 to 125, Tw rea... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6116605 | Magnetic toss game A magnetic toss game simulative of a sports game. The game is comprised of a number of flat magnetic disks simulating hockey pucks, soccer balls, footballs, basketballs, golf balls, and the like. Each type of magnetic disk has a corresponding magnetic tar... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5975530 | Dartboard golf game A golf dart game played upon a circular playing field having a playing field center and having a plurality of hole wedges extending from the playing field center. The hole wedges are divided into sections which include hazard sections and desired sections... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5908673 | Textile damping material and tee-off golfing mat and impact and water absorbing mat made thereof Disclosed is a textile damping material which has the structure of a flexible, three-dimensional, textile spacing structure (50) which is stable in respect of shape. The spacing structure (50) has an upper layer portion (7) and a lower layer portion (9) w... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5780169 | Golf ball Disclosed is a golf ball comprising a core 1 composed of a center 1a and an outer shell 1b, and a cover 2 covering said core 1, wherein a specific gravity of said center 1a is 0.2 to 1. The golf ball has excellent flying distance and satisfies other perfo... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5642886 | Method of playing a simulated golf game A method of playing a simulated golf game, which game may be played using a dart and a dart board having a generally circular playing surface that is adapted to receive the dart. The surface of the dart board includes a plurality of wedge-shaped zones, ea... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5636844 | Simulated golf game A simulated golf game including a substantially reduced size course in which each "hole" (10) and its respective tee marker (40) is separated from each other by a minimum of about fifty (50') feet and a maximum of about one hundred and fifty (150') feet f... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5575483 | Golf toss game A transportable and inexpensive golf toss game includes colored tossing bags, golf hole cups, flag sticks, markers and a scoring sheet. The game is played by tossing a small bag at receptacles simulating golf holes on a playing course planned and set up b... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5558337 | Dart board golf game A dart board golf game adapted for use in association with a regulation size dart board including numbered sectional areas and regulation size darts, the dart board golf game comprising: a plurality of score cards formed in a planar configuration, the sco... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5553850 | Golfing game dart board, golfing dart game and an associated method A golfing game dart board including a plurality of landing zones having distance indicia thereon which correspond to distance indicia on a plurality of floor markers spaced from the golfing game dart board. An associated golfing dart game and a method of ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 4511142 | Golf training device A golf training device characterized as a miniaturized model of a player arranged to simulate, through hand control, swinging action, as well as weight shifting, through a full 270° to 360° back and forward range, for instructional and amusement purpose... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4322081 | Finger tip golf game A scaled-down golf game has a plurality of golfers with respective clubs pivotally mounted to the player bodies; each club has an actuator at the rear of the golfer; an integral length of wire forms the clubs and actuator; the wire is folded over itself a... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4098507 | Portable miniature golf game A portable, table type miniature golf game consisting of a game board made of easily and quickly assembled sections to take up minimum room when not in use. The game board has the configuration of a cross with the end of the main leg remote from the cross... | 07/04/1978 |
