Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1992-04-15
1993-07-20
Marlo, George J.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
172 19, 172 22, 30278, A63B 5700, A01B 4500, A01C 1100, A01D 906
Patent
active
052286851
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a golf putting kit.
In accordance with this invention, there is provided a putting kit which comprises a circular cup, and a handle for fitting to the bottom of the upturned cup to enable the cup to be used to cut a circular hole in the ground, the handle being detachable from the cup so that the cup can be placed in the hole to form a liner.
Preferably the bottom of the cup is formed so as to mount an upright flag or marker when being used as a liner.
The cup preferably comprises a one-piece plastics injection moulding. The handle preferably has a plate at its lower end, formed with apertures to fit over dogs projecting from the bottom of the cup. Preferably the cup is formed with a central aperture and the handle is formed with an internal thread at its lower end, so that a bolt may be fastened into the end of the handle through the bottom of the cup to fix the cup to the handle: this is necessary so that the cup can be pulled out of the ground once it has cut a hole. The cup will withdraw with it a plug of turf which can now be discarded before the cup is removed from the handle and placed in the hole as a liner.
An embodiment of this invention will now be described by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a view, partly broken away of a cup fitted to a handle of the golf putting kit;
FIG. 2 is a view of the handle and cup when separated;
FIG. 3 is a view showing use of the cup as a liner and fitted with a flag or marker.
FIG. 4 is a view of the cup and of a plug to close the cup when not in use.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown a golf putting kit comprising a circular cup 10 with a chamfered rim 12. The bottom surface of the cup is formed with a pair of projecting dogs 14 and the inside bottom of the cup is formed with an apertured boss 16. The cup preferably comprises a one-piece plastics injection moulding.
The kit shown in FIG. 1 also includes a handle having a stem 20 and a cross-piece 22. The lower end of the stem 20 of the handle is formed with an internal screw thread 24, and a circular plate 26 is fixed to this lower end of the handle and is formed with two circular apertures 28. The handle is preferably formed from metal.
The plate 26 fits against the flat bottom of the upturned cup 10 with the projecting dogs 14 on the bottom of the cup received within the apertures 28 in the plate. Also, a bolt 30 is inserted through the bore in the boss 16 and into the threaded lower end of the stem 20 of the handle and tightened to hold the cup to the handle. The assembly can then be used to cut a circular hole in the turf, by resting the chamfered rim of the cup 10 on the ground and then turning the cup by means of the handle. When the cup has cut into the turf a depth corresponding to its own height, it is pulled from the ground by means of the handle, pulling with it a plug of turf within the cup. This plug of turf can now be discarded. Further, the bolt 30 can be loosened and the cup removed from the handle, so that the cup can be used as a liner in t he hole which it has cut in the turf.
This use of the cup as a liner is shown in FIG. 3. Preferably the bottom of the cup is further formed with drain holes 18. Also shown in FIG. 3 is a flag or marker 10 attached to an upright stem which is inserted at its lower end into the apertured boss 16 of the cup. The kit may further comprise a flat arrow or pointer 42 formed with spikes 44 on its underside, for pressing into the turf so that the pointer 42 will indicate the hole.
When the cup is installed but not in use, it may be closed by means of a circular plastics cover or plug 50 as shown in FIG. 4.
1. A kit for making a lined putting hole comprising: generally closed bottom; cutting being provided as a chamfered upper rim of said circular cup; said bottom for enabling said chamfered rim to cut said circular hole when said circular cup is positioned with said bottom uppermost, said bottom including outward extending projections, and said handle including a lower end havin
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patent: 4280698 (1981-07-01), Troiano
patent: 4585072 (1986-04-01), Martinez
Marlo George J.
Schindler Edwin D.
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