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 |
| 4723780 | Golf practice device A practice device including a single net enclosure into which golf balls may be driven wherein a U-shaped canopy is pivotally attached to the upper ends of vertical support members and is held in position for use by brackets which are pivotally attached t... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4703931 | Apparatus for returning or rebounding a ball A rebounding net (16) is supported in a portable frame (19). The net (16) includes a rectangular forward end (18) which provides a ball entry/exit way of a certain area through which a ball can move. The net (16) further includes a rearward end (32) which... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4643423 | Pitching target A pitching target is provided and includes a self-supporting frame having an elongated top crossbar supported above a support surface by legs at each end of the crossbar. A screen having a strike zone depicted thereon is attached to the crossbar so as to ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4556219 | Golf practice cage A golf practice cage having a plurality of nets defining a boxlike enclosure open at the front. The nets are attached to a rigid frame by a plurality of attachment members which locate the net in spaced relation to the frame so that rebounding of flying g... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4523760 | Portable golf driving net assembly A portable golf driving net assembly which is simple to assemble and disassemble. The net is formed of a frame and a net is wrapped around the frame and secured thereto by passing separate lacing members through the wrapped portions of the net which overl... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4511146 | Practice golf net device A practice golf net device utilizes a fabric-like member suspended from a frame to which are attached a plurality of shroud lines. The lines are connected to a mechanism which reflects the impact location of a practice golf ball contacting the net when hu... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4492380 | Arena type game A game apparatus can be used for both hockey and basketball when the method of play of both those games is modified slightly. Both games can then be played inexpensively and without special exclusive skills, yet without losing their basic exciting charact... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4489941 | Sports net apparatus A sports net and frame includes inner frame members, a substantially rectangular outer frame and a netting material. The inner frame is characterized by at least two adjusting rods, each rod being attached by spring elements in a spaced relationship to a ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4395042 | Game apparatus A game apparatus and eighteen hole golf course having a structure which supports three separate gaming levels facing a player for use in competitive entertainment and for developing the player's chipping and pitching golf stroke wherein the player or part... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4381110 | Golf trainer device A golf trainer device is disclosed as including a frame defined by a pair of generally rectangular frame sections arranged in side-by-side vertical, upright positions with a rear hinge connecting the two sections and permitting folding thereof between a s... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4326717 | Golf driving target apparatus A lightweight, portable golf target apparatus, which can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled, and can be used in confined outdoor areas and in the indoors. A multilayered target having a front layer of 20 gauge fiberglass mesh and underlayers... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4188031 | Multisport practice device A multisport practice device for defining a target for and arresting the flight of a ball or other projectile includes a base supporting a pair of laterally spaced-apart upright posts carrying a net closing the space therebetween. Adjustable crossbar memb... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4183524 | Practice net A practice net for tennis that can be attached to a garage door and stored in a plane co-planar with the plane of the garage door in a first condition of operation and be operable in a position substantially perpendicular to the garage door in a second co... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4153246 | Sports net This invention relates to a sports net and the mounting structure therefor which are of some height and width used for play or practice of golf, tennis, basketball, baseball or the like and secured to a one or two car garage and mounted in the garage abov... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4141557 | Simulated golf green Disclosed is a segmented target useful particularly as a simulated golf green. The target is made up of multiple parallel strands of wire supported above the ground and running cross wise to each other, thus defining a number of segmented areas. A netting... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4127267 | Collapsible frame with hanging net ball arresting apparatus A portable frame for suspending a ball arresting net, wherein a collapsible base and standards comprised of telescoping members unfold from a collapsed condition to an adjustably open position where divergent base legs are extensible for support of the st... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4116446 | Game net support apparatus Apparatus for supporting different nets for various sporting purposes including interengaging tubular rods which are arranged to interconnect and have ground engaging portions suitable to be useful for the several functions. The frame of the net support s... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4083559 | Sports training apparatus Apparatus for training players in baseball and other sports employs a mirror which permits the player to view all his body movements while projecting the ball toward the mirror as a target. The apparatus comprises a shock resistant mirror which may be var... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4068846 | Place-kicking football receiving target A football receiving target for practicing place-kicking and improving kicking skills at various distances. The target includes a vertically disposed rim structure, a net secured to the rim, and a pocket sewn in the net to receive footballs. The perimeter... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4063739 | Golf warm up net A golf practice net including a pair of upright posts having a top and bottom section pivotably connected to each other so that they can be folded for storage or transportation but which may be erected and inserted into the ground to support a net therebe... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4045032 | Games practice net and protectve screen A practice net and protective screen incorporates a sheet of flexible material which has a quadrilateral center portion and two triangular wing portions, the bases of which are common with respective opposite parallel sides of the quadrilateral center por... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3986719 | Portable ball target The present invention provides a readily portable device for practicing golf in confined indoor or outdoor areas. The device offers a quick set up and tear down feature, unique compactness and substantial improvements over all golf practice devices of pri... | 10/19/1976 |
