Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Simulated game
Patent
1989-09-06
1990-05-15
Marlo, George J.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Simulated game
273176J, A63B 6936
Patent
active
049251910
ABSTRACT:
A portable golf ball target having substantially the shape of a hollow frustum, thereby forming an inclined annulus with a central hole. On the inclined surface of the inclined annulus is a plurality of segments of radially directed golf ball guides which rise locally above the inclined surface and serve to guide a golf ball so that it will continue in straight line movement even when the golf ball encounters the inclined surface off center of the central hole. The preferred structure for the golf ball guides is in the form of short, flexible nibs, arranged in rows, which deform in conjunction with passage thereover by a golf ball. It is possible to also construct the golf ball guides in analogous fashion using radially directed, flexible ridges or the like. In an alternative embodiment, the inclined annulus is itself constructed of a flexible, resilient material, so as to assist keeping the golf ball headed in a straight line trajectory in the event of an off center encounter with the golf ball target.
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Keefe Peter D.
Marlo George J.
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