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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241227 | Short-hole, sand-trap, golf game A golf-like, short-hole, pitch-and-chip target game has an elongated course of predetermined length and width and at least one lie location at one end of the course and at least one sand trap that is divided into at least first and second divisions, the first divisi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6948713 | Flying disk target assembly for engaging and catching flying disk A flying disk target assembly used as a target in flying disk golf. The assembly includes a strut assembly attached to a vertical lower pole. The lower pole is received inside a basket sleeve centered on an open top basket. The sleeve is attached to an upper pole. T... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6468165 | Millenn golf Millenn Golf is a recreational form of golf played indoors or outdoors in a yard, field, gymnasium or basketball court or other hard surface, in which players use ordinary golf clubs to strike the Nium Flyer from a portable strip of synthetic turf, causin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6409607 | Golf courses and methods of playing golf The present invention provides new golf courses and new methods of playing golf. The golf course has a golf ball hitting area used for a plurality of golf holes. A plurality of target greens are spaced at various distances from the golf ball hitting area.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5516108 | Yard golf game A new and improved yard golf game comprised of a plurality of golf clubs. Included in the game are a plurality of hazards each having two spikes extending from a bottom portion thereof. The two spikes serve to embed the hazards into the yard. Included in ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5439224 | Driving range with automated scoring system A golf range comprising a series of independent targets, each of which consists of a sloped area located at a different distance from a multiplicity of tee stands. The range is also equipped with a scoring system that uses Universal Product Codes on each ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5060956 | Lawn game A game which may be readily played by persons of different ages with equal opportunities. The game includes a plurality of mallets and matching balls with each mallet including a striking head that will loft a ball when the ball is struck by a mallet. The... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4295650 | Surface projectile game with mallets and three-sided targets A system for use by at least one player-contestant characterized by a ball, a plurality of portable, three-sided targets adapted to be positioned in a mutually spaced relationship on a playing surface for designing the course, each of the targets being ch... | 10/20/1981 |
| 3999764 | Golf course A golf course is laid out around a central core with the individual golf holes extending radially from the core. The core comprises a plurality of substantially rigid vertical panels, topped by panels of wire mesh or the like. Mirror images of the holes a... | 12/28/1976 |
