Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Simulated game
Patent
1989-06-21
1990-08-14
Marlo, George J.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Simulated game
273181F, 273182A, 273 29A, 273184R, 273176G, 272 3, A63B 6702, A63B 6936
Patent
active
049481410
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to the playing, in competition or practice, of golf and other games wherein, in normal play, a ball is projected or "shot" such as by hitting it with a club or the like from a "tee", with the object of landing it at or on a desired remote location such as a "green".
Such games often require extensive links ovals and other sequestered tracts of land, usually with careful preparation and care of greens and suchlike areas. Furthermore, the playing of such games may call for considerable movement of the player, usually walking to his ball from the "tee" wherefrom he last hit. Such exercise is by some considered a beneficial, recreational, and even enjoyable aspect of the game. Others, however, see it merely as a time- and energy-wasting incidental to the essence of the game i.e. the striking of the ball into a trajectory which, with due allowance for wind and other factors, will take it to the green and preferably come to rest in the hole.
However there will be times when most players, no matter how skilled at the game or convinced of the benefit of an eighteen-hole walk, will want simply to play or practise their shots, either in a serious or social context.
An object of my invention is to provide a convenient and compact range facility for the playing or practising of golf and suchlike games.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent hereinafter.
Accordingly the present invention provides a range facility for the playing or practising of golf and like games and including a generally openwork arena-defining structure or rig of flexible material which when the facility is in operation provides wall floor and roof rigs for a plurality of elongate arenas or lanes arranged side-by-side each providing at one end a hit-off or tee area and at the other a vertical or substantially vertical target adapted in an elevated position to intercept a ball in its trajectory from the tee end and to indicate the effectiveness of the shot had the trajectory been allowed to continue.
But in order that the invention may be better understood reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which are to be considered as part of this specification and read herewith. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above of a golf-practice arena according to a practical embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a section across line 2--2 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a section across line 3--3 in FIG. 2, and
FIG. 4 is a section across line 4--4 in FIG. 2.
Referring to the drawings in more detail, there is shown a golf-practice arena 5 capable of providing a user (hereinafter generally called the "player") with an energy-efficient and time-efficient facility for obtaining practice in accurately hitting a golf ball and for returning the ball to the player for a re-hit, without requiring him to move substantially from the one position. In this form of the invention the arena is a generally confined space or enclosure or substantial enclosure of circular plan with hit-off or "tee" positions 6 near the centre and corresponding targets 7 at or near the circumference of the circle. It will be seen that each arena is a confined space or enclosure or substantial enclosure of elongated rectangular or trapezoidal plan with a hit-off position at or near one ("tee") end and a movable target at or near the other (remote) end. The tee ends 6 of the spaces can be substantially open for ease of access, but the target ends 8, walls 9 and roof 10 may be closed or substantially closed in order to prevent the ball from escaping, and for enabling it to be quickly returned to the player.
Although I describe particularly a circular facility, it will be evident that the invention comprehends part-circular (e.g. sectorial) arrangements--as indicated by 11 in FIG. 1--or a rectangular arrangement wherein the tee and target ends of adjacent lanes are alternated.
A typical arena or lane may be about 40 to 50 metres in length. Obviously such is too short to accommodate the whole length of a typical golf ball trajectory. It is intended th
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