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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363932 | Collapsible structures A collapsible structure has a first end panel and a second end panel, with each end panel having a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, and a fabric material covering the frame member to form the respective end panel when the frame memb... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7338385 | Golf assisting device The present invention is a putting tool to assist a golfer. The putting tool comprises a box like structural housing having a cavity therein. The housing is further defined by a top wall, bottom wall, back wall, first side wall, and an opposing second side wall. The... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318777 | Par one A golf system that includes a tee or other area for striking a golf ball; and a golf green having a concave surface with a ball receptacle located at the lowest point in the surface so that a ball landing and remaining on the green will roll into the ball receptacle... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7273417 | Golf practice aid A golf practice aid includes two parallel rails separated by crossed spacers. The distance of separation is sufficient to reasonably accommodate a golf club head therebetween, and is contemplated to be adjustable. Within the parallel rows are a line of holes for rec... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258621 | Portable golf putting practice kit A portable golf putting practice kit includes a case member, having a base portion with upstanding walls and a planar bottom surface, and a cover portion hinged to the base portion. The base portion includes one upstanding hinged wall, allowing the hinged wall to pi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7214140 | Golfer training aid A golfer training aid formed, preferably, of a synthetic turf. A first swing channel is defined by an area between opposing uprights projecting from an upper surface of the mat. A second swing channel is defined by a cut-away portion of the mat. The first swing path... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182040 | Personnel guidance and location control system A personnel location control system for controlling and guiding a group of individuals in a selected path to a waiting point and then to an activity in advance of that waiting point. The system in one embodiment relies upon a plurality of disks or like guide path-fo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159864 | Golf game apparatus A golf game apparatus which provides a unique form of swing measurement, scaled course maps for play, and interchangeable club heads to play with. The apparatus is particularly suited to indoor play with the scaled maps. The apparatus features recordable ball distan... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137900 | Apparatus and method for practicing golf ball putting A carpet putting surface having a longitudinal length longer than its lateral width and comprising a predetermined putting location marking, and a plurality of substantially “V” shaped markings placed apart from the predetermined putting location marking, with e... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134966 | Golf putt training device and method A golf putt training device which is characterized as follows. A light apparatus adapted to project an alignment segment and an aiming spot on a playing surface. Whereby the light apparatus is positioned behind a ball and the aiming spot is projected in front of the... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7070511 | Indexing golf mat for a golf driving range A golf practice mat is formed by a circular or rectangular golf mat with a sufficiently large playing surface to support a golfer for address of a golf ball on a tee located in a contiguous outer peripheral margin of the playing surface. The spaced apart golf ball h... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056221 | Ball collection arrangement A golf driving range target (112) comprises pockets (150, 183) suspended for cables (146, 176), the pockets feeding received golf balls to a common receptacle. Between the exits (166) of the pockets and the common receptacle, the balls, w... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6994632 | Golf training installation An installation that is useful in learning to play golf, in training, or in evaluating the level of a golf player, the installation being characterized in that it comprises: a zone (1) marked on the ground and preferably comprising a mat, for monitoring the p... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6939238 | Golf putting training device A golf putting training device is described and which includes an elongated frame having opposite ends and sides, and defining a channel therebetween the opposite ends and sides; and a bridge extending between the opposite sides and located intermediate the opposite... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6926614 | Putting practice member A golf ball putting practice member has a main body portion provided with one or more golf ball receiving pockets. Each of the pockets has a pocket shape which inhibits a ball rolled into the pocket from rebounding back out of the pocket. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916250 | Environmentally simulated golf game An indoor miniature golf game is provided with a plurality of environmentally realistic simulated fairways and greens with an optional plurality of tee off positions. Sequential visual activity segments with intermediate target areas are provided on the fairways bet... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905418 | Golf short game training, practice and contest game kit A Golf Short Game Training, Practice and Contest Game assemblage, which is easy to assemble, disassemble and transport from location to location (in, for example, the provided carrying bag) and which includes a main frame which is assembled from various steel pipes ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6837798 | Putting practice tool and game A putting practice tool and game for PURPOSE includes a mat having an upper surface. The mat has a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. A tee area is defined adjacent to the back edge. A plurality of green indicia is positioned on the u... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6796096 | Impact absorbing surface covering and method for installing the same An impact absorbing surface covering adapted for use with a high impact traffic area is provided. A shock pad of post industrial, recycled closed cell foam is used in conjunction with an impervious wear surface, such as rubber, sprayed polyurethane, or artificial tu... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6623370 | Golf training facility A chipping and putting golf training facility for practice, education, competition, and recreational use. The golf training facility is comprises a plurality of strip greens and fringe grass aprons specifically designed and arranged in an order to provide... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6503152 | Putting trainer The putting trainer includes a substantially flat plate upon which a golfer may place and strike a golf ball. The plate includes a first end having a recess shaped and dimensioned for receiving a golf ball and maintaining the golf ball in position adjacen... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6248022 | Golf putt improvement system A golf practice system is provided including a supporting surface having at least one set of concentric rings. Also included is a base positioned on the supporting surface in spaced relationship with the concentric rings.... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6004219 | Golf game for swimming pools A golf game is played with a standard golf club in and around a swimming pool having a surrounding deck. The game contains a floating green made of a sheet of floating foam having a cross-sectional area of at least about 10 square feet with an upper surfa... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5916034 | Miniature golf hole system A miniature golf hole system includes an expanded polystyrene foam base having a porous rubberized material applied to an upper exposed side of the expanded polystyrene base, and a porous outdoor carpeting applied to the exposed surface of the rubber mate... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5848940 | Playground A playground golf course with an artificial turf, the greens of which are formed by disposing a thin resilient urethane foam layer below the artificial turf so as to reduce golf ball bounce and hence roll on the artificial turf. Greens are formed by dispo... | 12/15/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5630719 | Golf putting teaching aid A golf putting teaching aid includes a putting surface that has disposed thereon a cup near one end and a number of patterns disposed along the length thereof. Each of the patterns has parallel lines aligned with the desired putting path, the two parallel... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628694 | Training putter and rug A Training Putter and Rug consisting of tugging with two short lines drawn on the top surface of and near one end of the rugging parallel with the long central axis of symmetry of the rug and one center line co-extensive with the central axis equidistant ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5609528 | Compact golf driving range net A compact golf ball driving range net apparatus has a rigid frame with a substantially fabric ramp 14 having a lower leading edge 60 releasably connected to a lower portion of the frame and an upper trailing edge releasably connected to an upper end of th... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5409231 | Golf putting trainer A putting accuracy training aid providing an elongated, flat rolling surface and a non-slip base. A recessed tee supports a ball forward of an adjustable stroke gauge and elastomer limit stop. Inclined surfaces, projections and/or grooves provided adjacen... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5351962 | Golf putting practice device A golf putting practice device permitting inspection of linear perpendicular movement gravitational center of a putting club, composed of a connecting seat, a perpendicular standard strip and a pad member, wherein the pad member is rectangular, formed wit... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5306009 | Golf practice kit The golf practice kit of this invention utilizes a canvas ramp including a curved upper portion and an inclined target portion that slopes upwardly and away from the tee where the user stands. The kit is designed for practice with all of the golf clubs ex... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5039103 | Golf game apparatus A golf game wherein players attempt to putt their balls into a generally rectangular goal cup placed at each end of a linear mat. The goal cups preferably have a curved roof to deflect balls and have padding on the inside back and bottom of the cups. Angl... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5007644 | Golf putting practice target A golf putting practice target is disclosed comprised of a one hpiece molded plastic target piece adapted to rest on a floor surface. The target requires careful control over the speed of the ball, which must be putted so as to be directed into an interme... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4989876 | Practice golf club and system This invention discloses a system for improving ones golf game by using a practice club with a very small head to hit practice balls that are light weight and preferably are very small in diameter. The novel practice golf club has a head or ball-hitting s... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4896886 | Portable golf putting apparatus A portable golf putting apparatus includes a simulated grass carpet that can be rolled up in compact sections without interference from any cups. The carpet is unrolled and sections joined together with flat seams that do not interfere with smooth rolling... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4877250 | Portable golf putting course A portable putting course consists of a surface layer of a material suitable as a putting surface bonded to an underlying layer of flexible, resiliently compressible material. A flexible barrier partially surrounds and is detachably attached to one end of... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4875682 | Practice putting game A practice putting game having a rigid base of predetermined width and length has a top putting surface. The rigid base has a bottom surface for contact with a support surface, such as a floor, and has first and second ends having the predetermined width.... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4826174 | Putting practice device A device used to practice putting including a putting station and a remote target station. The putting station comprises a mat on which two parallel rows of posts are provided which straddle parallel strips that serve as guides for the putting head. The n... | 05/02/1989 |
