EP0281539B1 - Arrangement for training and practising a game of golf - Google Patents

Arrangement for training and practising a game of golf Download PDF

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EP0281539B1
EP0281539B1 EP19880850071 EP88850071A EP0281539B1 EP 0281539 B1 EP0281539 B1 EP 0281539B1 EP 19880850071 EP19880850071 EP 19880850071 EP 88850071 A EP88850071 A EP 88850071A EP 0281539 B1 EP0281539 B1 EP 0281539B1
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Allan Svensson
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B63/00—Targets or goals for ball games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B24/00—Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
    • A63B24/0021—Tracking a path or terminating locations
    • A63B2024/0037—Tracking a path or terminating locations on a target surface or at impact on the ground
    • A63B2024/0046—Mechanical means for locating the point of impact or entry
    • A63B2024/005—Keeping track of the point of impact or entry
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B43/00—Balls with special arrangements
    • A63B43/005—Balls with special arrangements with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for training ball games, golf in particular.
  • the invention is aimed at a simple and effective training arrangement, the training primarily intended to be exercised indoors within a limited space, but the arrangement according to the invention can be used outdoors as well. It is to be noted that the invention can be exercised by a single player for the purpose of practicing as well as by several players who compete which each other during the training.
  • the player strikes such balls from a "tee" towards a score panel located at a suitable distance, the play or practice being organized in accordance with a certain plan of play which can be arranged such that the training game be developed according to the conditions prevailing from hole to hole at known, real golf courses.
  • the ball struck against the score panel is adapted to cling to the panel in order to mark truly and distinctly the point of hit, whose location is made of record.
  • a target game in accordance with the preamble of claim 1, which uses darts or similar missiles having a blunt or ball-shaped nose portion provided with a patch of Velcro material to make the dart etc. stick to a target area in the form of a board having a surface of a pile fabric with upstanding loops.
  • the dart Upon hitting the proper target area the dart will cling to the board, all in the manner of the usual dart game.
  • this arrangement, as well as other similar arrangements will not operate reliably in the sense that a proper hit should always result in the dart or missile actually sticking to the target area.
  • Fig. 1 shows a training ball according to the invention
  • Fig. 1a shows, on a strongly enlarged scale, a small fragment of the ball in order to illustrate the fluffy surface of the ball
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show a strip of the fluffy material which is shaped in known manner to cover completely, in a cooperating pair, the ball according to Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 2 showing a section along the line II-II in Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of a scoring panel according to the prior art
  • Fig. 5 shows a vertical section V-V according to Fig. 4 through the panel erected on a base.
  • Figs. 6 and 6a finally, show a scoring panel according to the invention.
  • a training or practice ball 10 intended for the game of golf.
  • the ball per se is light and made of plastics and has the same diameter as an ordinary golf ball.
  • such a ball is provided with a cover, substantially in the same manner as a tennisball, that is, by two symmetrically bean-shaped pieces 15′ and 15 ⁇ according to Fig. 3 of a fluffy fiber material, a so called velour, being applied and glued to the ball so that this is covered by the velour material.
  • this material consists of a thin, strong but stretchable substrate 16 joined with the fluff or loop material 18 proper. Balls made in this way can be stored without clinging to each other or to textile material in the surroundings.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 examplifies a score panel 20 according to the prior art.
  • the front side thereof has a series of concentric squares 22 numbered from “0" to "5" whereby the vertical and lateral position of a hit can be observed directly.
  • the conventional target board having concentric circles can be used.
  • the score panel 20 which according to the figure, is erected on a floor 30 by means of a rear support 32, has its front side completely covered with Velcro material 25 (drawn exaggerated in scale) applied to a body 24 of e.g. expanded plastics.
  • Velcro material 25 exhibits a substrate 26 wherefrom a dense "wood” 28 of tiny plastic hooks rises.
  • a scoring panel according to the invention which has the advantage that it will ensure almost absolutely that any ball hitting the panel will be actually caught.
  • the panel described above may in certain, although rare cases subject a ball, flying in at great force, to a kind of bounce action, so that the ball does not stick, a calamity which cannot occur with the scoring panel 20′ shown in Figs. 6 and 6a.
  • this panel is shown suspended on a wall 31, but of course it can be provided, like panel 20, with means for erecting it on a floor.
  • the panel 20′ can be described as a "double panel", that is, it is composed of two rather thin, parallell boards 35 and 36 united by upper and lower spacing ribs 34 and 38, respectively, so that an air gap 40 is formed between them.
  • the Velcro mat 25 is applied on the front board 35, which preferably consists of a comparatively thin and hard plastics material.
  • the air gap 40 should have a width or thickness of at least 8-10 mm, and with regard to the boards the front one could be a sheet of polystyrene, some 1,5-2 mm thick, and likewise could the back board comprise such a sheet although this board could be made of a simpler and more coarse material, e.g. fibre board.
  • the back board 36 may be omitted completely, the wall 31 forming a substitute.
  • the decisive condition is that an air gap or "air cushion" must exist behind the front board 35.
  • the front board 35 should be “free” in the sense that it is allowed a limited freedom of movement or resilience in a direction normal to its own plane. In the illustrated embodiment this condition is fulfilled by the feature that the front board 35 is only suspended and supported by its upper and lower ribs 34 and 38, respectively, while its vertical sides are free.
  • the rear board can also be developed into a box which surrounds the front board and the air gap and which is provided with means for suspension on a wall, or for erection on a floor. Also, the condition of air gap and suspension could be met by the front board 35 being provided with a surrounding elastic frame, which holds the board with the necessary resilience as well as air gap.
  • the player or players now take their starting position to drive the ball 10 against the panel on the understanding, for example, that the ball is to land on a green of a golf course. In doing so the player has of course to possess a general precision of aim which the player trains by trying to hit the central field 22 of the panel 20, marked "0". How he succeeds is immediately revealed as the ball clings to the panel exactly in the hit position and this is made of record.
  • the player By the player having the unique opportunity immediately to see, determine and also make of record what becomes of the ball he hits during a training or competition round with the arrangement according to the invention, he can adapt his playing continuously by directing deliberately the ball towards various areas on the score panel, depending on the path he believes the ball will follow in reality, e.g. when being driven onto a green.
  • the score panel may be designed in a more sophisticated way than with those simple squares shown in Fig. 4, for the purpose of precising the training game and make it more interesting. As a whole the invention makes a great variation in choice possible when it comes to training and playing possibilities.
  • the player can also practice the concluding strokes, "putts", which are made on the green when the ball is to be hit into the cup of the green.
  • the above mentioned score panel is replaced by a low cylinder of a certain weight and with a diameter approximately corresponding to the diameter of the green cup less the diameter of the ball.
  • the periphery of the cylinder is covered by the said hook material.
  • a thin circular plate is used, which has a somewhat larger diameter than the above mentioned cylinder and whose top side is provided with the hook material. In both cases the cylinder/plate forms a target against which the players are "putting” the ball, and a hit is immediately and permanently marked by the ball being caught in the manner disclosed above.

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SE8700869A SE461073B (sv) 1987-03-02 1987-03-02 Anordning foer traening av golfspel
SE8700869 1987-03-02

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GB9221786D0 (en) * 1992-10-16 1992-12-02 Dean Stephen A golf game
DE29816327U1 (de) * 1998-09-14 1998-12-24 Wagner, Manfred, 85057 Ingolstadt Vorrichtung zum Spielen mit einem Ball
US6217458B1 (en) * 1999-03-29 2001-04-17 Snag, Inc. Golf game with a three dimensional target

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US3032345A (en) * 1959-04-07 1962-05-01 Jerome H Lemelson Target game
US3927881A (en) * 1974-01-24 1975-12-23 Jerome H Lemelson Integrally formed projectile and hook-like fasteners
US3857566A (en) * 1974-01-24 1974-12-31 J Lemelson Adhesive surface dart and shock absorbing target
US3917271A (en) * 1974-05-20 1975-11-04 Jerome H Lemelson Ball for target games
US3967823A (en) * 1975-06-23 1976-07-06 Yount Robert E Target and separable target markers for a dart
US4114889A (en) * 1977-03-02 1978-09-19 Fiorenzo Midana Golf game apparatus
US4240639A (en) * 1979-05-04 1980-12-23 Cadaco, Inc. Toss ball construction
US4341384A (en) * 1981-02-23 1982-07-27 Thackrey James D Golf swing diagnostic apparatus
US4596392A (en) * 1983-08-01 1986-06-24 John M. Blayden Practice ball for golfers
US4538814A (en) * 1984-09-04 1985-09-03 Cunningham William J Trifunctional golfing cage

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DE3865462D1 (de) 1991-11-21
EP0281539A1 (en) 1988-09-07

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