Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Projectile addressing surface and target – or distance marker
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-10
2001-06-19
Chapman, Jeanette (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker
C473S164000, C473S174000, C473S157000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06248022
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to golf swing improving devices and more particularly pertains to a new golf putt improvement system for practicing putting a golf ball and teaching a user where the “sweet spot” of the golf club resides.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of golf swing improving devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, golf swing improving devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,796,434; U.S. Pat. No. 4,368,888; U.S. Pat. No. 1,771,466; U.S. Pat. No. 5,435,560; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 251,863; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,282,626.
In these respects, the golf putt improvement system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of practicing putting a golf ball and teaching a user where the “sweet spot” of the golf club resides.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of golf swing improving devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new golf putt improvement system construction wherein the same can be utilized for practicing putting a golf ball and teaching a user where the “sweet spot” of the golf club resides.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new golf putt improvement system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the golf swing improving devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new golf putt improvement system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art golf swing improving devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a mat with a planar rectangular configuration and constructed from artificial turf. As shown in
FIG. 1
, the mat has a top face with three sets of concentric rings equally spaced along a longitudinal bisecting line of the mat. Such sets of rings are preferably positioned between a first end edge of the mat and a point ¾ a length of the mat from the first end edge. Each set of concentric rings has at least three spaced concentrically aligned rings the outermost of which having a diameter less that about ⅓ a width of the mat. While not shown, the rings are each indicative of a unique score amount. Next provided is a solid base having a generally rectangular configuration with a planar top face, a planar bottom face and a periphery. This periphery is defined by a pair of elongated side faces and a pair of short end faces. A first one of the end faces has a pair of beveled corners each with a width about ½ that of a central planar region of the first end face between the beveled corners. As shown in
FIG. 3
, the central planar region has a semicircular marking positioned thereon with lower opposite ends coincident with the beveled corners.
FIGS. 1 & 3
both show an inverted U-shaped carrying handle having a pair of ends with apertured outwardly extending lips. Such apertured lips are coupled along a lateral bisecting line of the top face of the base between the side faces thereof. As such, ends of the handle are equally spaced from a longitudinal bisecting line of the base that is defined between the end faces of the base.
FIG. 1
shows a pair of hemispherical recesses formed in the top face of the base along a line in parallel with the lateral bisecting line and spaced between the handle and the first end face of the base. Ideally, the recesses are equally spaced from the longitudinal bisecting line of the base. In use, the recesses are adapted for supporting a pair of golf balls thereon. Further included is a vertically oriented cylindrical bore formed in the top face of the base along the longitudinal bisecting line of the base. In the preferred embodiment, the cylindrical bore is situated between the hemispherical recesses and the first end face of the base. As such, the cylindrical bore is adapted for removably receiving a flag post therein having a flexible upper portion mounted thereon. Finally, a putter recess is provided with a rectangular configuration formed in line with the longitudinal bisecting line of the base. Further, such recess is positioned between the handle and a second one of the end faces of the base. The recess is thus adapted for receiving a head of a putter therein. As such, a handle of the putter extends upwardly in parallel relationship with the flag post. In use, the block is removably positioned on the top face of the mat adjacent a second end edge thereof. As shown in
FIG. 1
, the central planar region of the first end face of the base faces the sets of concentric rings.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new golf putt improvement system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the golf swing improving devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new golf putt improvement system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art golf swing improving devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new golf putt improvement system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new golf putt improvement system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new golf putt improvement system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible o
Chapman Jeanette
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