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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7294062 | Indoor putting game device An indoor putting game device includes a main body, a plurality of goal boards with different patterns and ball holes of different numbers optionally selected to be mounted on the main body, and a flexible ball course member wound on a shaft in the main body possibl... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7241228 | Golf swing alignment device Devices and methods for aligning an individual's golf swing have been developed. The devices and methods help a golfer to properly position a golf ball and to properly execute a swing, increasing the likelihood of an accurately hit golf shot. Golf swing alignment de... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6939240 | Golf putting device An improved portable putting cup is disclosed that more effectively reproduces an accurate representation of a regulation putting cup for practice putting. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6761643 | Training device for teaching pocket billiards A training device for teaching pocket billiards comprises an overlay placed on a playing surface of a pool table having indicia representing a plurality of predetermined shots. Indicia for each of the shots including a cue ball marker and an object ball marker for i... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6616141 | Foldable play-table multi-game assembly A play-table game assembly characterized by a support surface which includes two halves hinged together by a hinge, the support surface having a first orientation in which the two halves are folded towards each other along the hinge, and a second orientat... | 09/09/2003 |
| 5996839 | Golf ball dispenser A portable tripodal support formed from a plurality of interconnected legs adapted to receive a flexible hopper for holding a supply of golf balls to be individually dispensed to a golf club striking position with one of the legs being the discharge chute... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5765828 | Pool table golf apparatus and method of play A golf game, for one or more participants, played on a plurality of tables, a single golf hole played upon each table including providing of multi-sided, substantially non-symmetric playing tables, each table having a playing area to simulate a golf hole,... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5538253 | Floor game for VELCRO-receptive balls and VELCRO bearing disks A miniature golf game that utilizes hook and loop material commonly referred to as VELCRO to capture a ball rolled onto a green. The game includes a miniature green that has a simulated hole covered with VELCRO material. The VELCRO material can either be ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5480167 | Table-top miniature golf game A table-top miniature golf game comprising a plurality of spheres and with each sphere constituting a golf ball; a plurality of golf clubs with each club having a toe at one end for striking a golf ball and a handle at the other end for allowing a user a ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5316302 | Golf game of skill and chance A golf game of skill and chance intended for two to four players is provided and consists of a playing board with a course end having a plurality of cups and an opposite end having a single cup. A plurality of lines are transversely positioned at the cour... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5116048 | Golf game, apparatus and method therefor A game comprising: a playing course including an elongated, preferably rectangular playing area arranged on particular given surface, including a marker for defining outer boundaries thereof; a plurality of movable playing pieces placed into play relatively ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4875680 | Miniature golf game apparatus A miniature golf game apparatus adapted to be used with a movable playing piece, such as a golf ball, and a stick member for propelling the playing piece, such as a golf stick or putter, including a mat having a playing surface upon which a plurality of s... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4856783 | Striking appliance for a game of golf, playing area including the use of said appliance, and a game assembly comprising the appliance and the area An appliance for simulating playing of the game of golf on a suitable playing area. The appliance includes an arm (1) at the end of which is fixed a striking member (2) in the form of a golf club of reduced size contained substantially in the same plane a... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4790534 | Table top golf game A table-top golf game provides a game board, clubs, and balls, yielding a three-dimensional nature of play simulating that of conventional golf. The board has multi-textured surfaces as playing holes for golf, which include simulated greens, fairways, rou... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4343469 | Golf game practicing apparatus A golf game practicing apparatus capable of simulating putting shots on a putting green comprises: a memory section for storing data concerning the distribution of heights of the curved surface of the green; a device for displaying the image of this curve... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4130279 | Indoor golf A game for indoor or outdoor use comprising a hollowed out hand held club having a notch on top for a thumb hold. A series of markers numbered from one to eighteen are placed about the legs of furniture. The object is to hit a golf ball with the hand held... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4123058 | Game: Disk-golf A horizontal circular disc is disposed upon and is manually rotatable about the center of a square shaped horizontal top. A depressed central circular area of the disc simulates the green of a hole of a golf course and has an offset depression simulating ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4114876 | Pool table golf game A golf game apparatus in combination with a conventional pool table is provided by the present invention in which the skills developed in playing the game of pool are utilized in a simulated golf course environment including contoured golf greens, sand an... | 09/19/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4095793 | Marble game resembling golf A simplified and inexpensive table game resembling golf is played with marbles propelled by the fingers of players on an imitation grass playing surface. The playing surface has cut-outs to resemble sand and water hazards as well as the holes of a golf co... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4093222 | Miniaturized golf game A game having a contoured game board on which a miniature game ball is moved by manual manipulation. A map depicting in miniature the playing field of a particlar sport is also provided. Movement of the ball on the contoured board is translated onto the m... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4053155 | Multiple-game game board with golf putting selecting means A multiple-game game board having a plurality of locations, markers movable to each of the locations, progress in each game being indicated by advancing a marker through a plurality of locations, and selecting means for determining the next location to wh... | 10/11/1977 |
