JP2002186697A - Golf practice mat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf practice mat which is excellent in durability by preventing its pile warp yarns from falling out. SOLUTION: As for a golf practice mat 1, wefts 3 and base warps 2 are woven to make a base texture, into which pile warps 5 are woven in the same direction as warps 2 (direction of an arrow A). A cross sectional profile of the pile warp 5 seen from the section of the wefts 3 is W-shaped with its ends 9, 9 raised up from the texture 4 and its midsection forming a pile-loop part 10. By weaving a plurality of the pile warps 5 in a row into the texture 4, a pile-raised part 11 composed of the pile-ends 9,9, the adjacent warp 5's, and the pile-loop part 10 are placed alternately in the direction of the base warp 2. Of the pile warp 5, the upper ends of the pile-raised part 11 are higher than the top of the pile-loop part 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mat used for practicing, for example, iron clubs, and more particularly to a golf practice mat having excellent durability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional golf practice mat of this type is shown in FIG. In the illustrated golf practice mat 51, the weft 3
The base warp 2 is woven with the ground warp 2, and at the same time, the pile warp 55 is woven in the base warp 4 in the longitudinal direction of the ground warp 2 to form a mat fabric. The pile warp 55 is cut in the pile loop once formed, so that the pile warp 55 is raised in a substantially U-shape as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the weft 3.
It is fixed to the base cloth 4 with an adhesive. In this case, the pile warp 55 has a lower folded portion passed under the weft 3 and held. The mat fabric is fixed on the base 6 with an adhesive, and the golf practice mat 51 is completed. The golf practice mat 51 is mainly used for the practice of hitting the iron club 8.

[0003]

By the way, the golf ball 7 is often set on the mat and practiced at the same position, but the pile warp 55 at that portion is naturally thinner than the other portions. When the pile warp 55 becomes thin and a concave portion is formed on the mat, the set golf ball 7 may easily roll toward the concave portion and be difficult to use. Therefore, the conventional golf practice mat 5
In the case of No. 1, there was a case where the mat had to be replaced with a new mat even when there was no problem in other parts, and there was a problem in durability.

[0004] Incidentally, the reason why the pile warp 55 becomes thinner as described above is that the pile warp 55 at the portion where the ball is repeatedly set is rather than the wear caused by the iron club 8.
Is the main cause. This is because the impact force due to the duffing of the iron club 8 and the friction with the golf ball 7 due to the top contact cause the base cloth 4 to be frayed or dislodged, or the fixing force of the pile warp 55 to be reduced. Then, once the pile warp 55 has fallen off, the base fabric 4 in the vicinity thereof becomes loose, which spurs the drop off of the pile warp 55 in the vicinity. Originally, the pile warp 55 is mainly held by one weft 3 at the lower folded portion, so that it becomes easier to come off when the periphery is loosened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a golf practice mat having excellent durability by suppressing the drop off of a pile warp.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a golf practice mat according to the present invention has a base fabric woven from a weft and a ground warp, and a pile warp is woven into the base fabric in the ground warp direction. In the golf practice mat of the present invention, the pile warp comprises a pile raised portion formed at both ends of the yarn and raised from the base fabric, and a pile loop portion formed in a loop shape at the center of the yarn, as viewed in the weft direction. It is woven in a substantially W shape.

Further, in the above configuration, the upper end of the pile nap portion of the pile warp is higher than the pile loop portion.

[0008] In the above configuration, the pile nap portion of the pile warp is formed to have a length such that the golf ball is buried between the pile nap portions.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a golf practice mat according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the weaving state of a weft, a ground warp, and a pile in the golf practice mat. However, the same components as those of the conventional golf practice mat 51 shown in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof may be omitted. In each figure,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a golf practice mat according to the present embodiment,
4 is a base cloth woven in a plain weave with the weft 3 and the ground warp 2;
Is a pile warp woven on the base cloth 4 along the longitudinal direction (the direction of arrow A) of the ground warp 2, and 6 is a synthetic rubber or polyurethane resin fixed to the bottom of the base cloth 4 with an adhesive or the like. It is a base. As the weft yarn 3 and the ground warp yarn 2, for example, a polyester yarn or the like is used.

The pile warp yarn 5 is composed of pile pile portions 9, 9 formed on both ends of the yarn and raised from the base fabric 4, and a pile loop portion 10 formed in a loop at the center of the yarn. . In this case, the pile warp 5 has three wefts 3,
It is woven into 3,3. For example, the pile loop portion 10 straddles the weft 3 located at the center, and pile pile portions 9, 9 and the pile loop portion 10 under the wefts 3, 3 located on both sides.
The part between them is hollow. That is, the pile warp 5 is formed in a substantially W shape when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the weft 3 (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2).

A plurality of such pile warp yarns 5 are woven into the base fabric 4 in a continuous manner in the longitudinal direction of the ground warp yarn 2, and pile pile up portions 9, 9 of adjacent pile warp yarns 5, 5 are put together and pile pile up portion 11. It has become. As a result, the pile raised portions 11 and the pile loop portions 10 are alternately arranged in the longitudinal direction of the ground warp yarn 2 when viewed from the whole mat. The upper end of the pile raised portion 11 is set higher than the upper end of the pile loop portion 10. In this case, the height from the base cloth 4 to the upper end of the pile raised portion 11 is, for example, about 13 mm, and the height difference h1 between the pile raised portion 11 and the pile loop portion 10 is, for example, about 3 mm. These pile warp yarns 5
Is composed of a bundle (for example, 50 filaments) of synthetic fiber filaments having elasticity and a certain rigidity or more, such as a polyvinyl chloride filament and a nylon filament.

Next, an embodiment of manufacturing the golf practice mat 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, a long belt cloth is continuously woven with the weft yarn 3 and the ground warp yarn 2, and at the same time, a continuous pile warp 13 is woven into the long belt cloth along the longitudinal direction of the ground warp yarn 2 by a wire loom for pile weaving. And fixed with adhesive. At this time, in the continuous pile warp 13 loop-woven into a long belt cloth, the pile loop portion 10
And a large-diameter pile loop portion 14 having a larger loop diameter than the pile loop portion 10 are alternately formed along the ground warp yarn 2.

When the large-diameter pile loop portion 14 of the continuous pile warp 13 is loop-woven into a long belt cloth, it is immediately cut to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line 12 by a blade (not shown) of a shearing device. As a result, a large number of pile warp yarns 5 are cut from the continuous pile warp yarns 13, and cut portions of the continuous pile warp yarns 13 become pile napped portions 9 at both ends of each pile warp yarn 5 (see FIG. 2). As a result, adjacent pile warps 5,5
Are piled together to form the pile napped portion 11 of a large bundle (100 filaments). The mat fabric for golf practice 1 is completed by fixing the mat fabric thus obtained on the base 6 with an adhesive.

In the golf practice mat 1 manufactured as described above, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, when the golf ball 7 is set on the mat and practiced for driving down blow with an iron club, The iron club hits the pile loop portion 10 after a part of the impact force is absorbed by hitting the tip of the pile pile portion 11 of the large bundle. in this case,
The tip of the pile napped portion 11 that hits first may be easily worn due to looseness, but the pile loop portion 10 that subsequently hits may be hardly worn or cut due to being bundled in a loop shape. Therefore, the pile warp 5 as a whole has sufficient strength.

In addition, even if there is an impact force due to the duffing of the iron club or a friction with the golf ball 7 due to the top contact, the pile warp yarn 5 is laid on the base cloth 4 (mainly under the pile loop portion 10 and on both sides). Three wefts 3,
It is securely held in (3) and (3) and does not easily fall off. Therefore, it can be said that the golf practice mat 1 is extremely durable.

Further, since the upper end of the pile raised portion 11 of the pile warp 5 is located higher than the pile loop portion 10,
When the golf ball 7 is set on the mat, the golf ball 7 is piled up on the pile loop portion 10 and the pile napped portions 11, 1 are formed.
One is stably supported in the hollow. Therefore, the set golf ball 7 does not roll immediately before hitting and does not fall off the mat, so that the player can concentrate on the practice with confidence. In addition, since there is a slight space between the golf ball 7 and the pile loop portion 10, it is possible to practice with a feeling as if it were on a turf on a fairway.

The golf practice mat 1 excellent as described above has a pile loop portion 10 and a large-diameter pile loop portion 14 alternately formed in the longitudinal direction of the ground warp 2 to form the large-diameter pile loop portion 14. Such as cutting immediately after weaving the loop
It is easy and inexpensive to manufacture with a very simple process.

Next, a golf practice mat according to another embodiment is shown in FIG. The pile warp 5a of the golf practice mat 1a also has a configuration very similar to the pile warp 5 described above, and the pile raised portions 9a of the adjacent pile warp 5a, 5a are combined to form the pile raised portion 11a. I have. However, the length H of the pile napped part 11a is, for example, about 50 mm, and the height difference h2 between the pile napped part 11a and the pile loop part 10 is, for example, about 35 mm.
That is, the pile napped part 11a is the pile napped part 11a.
The length H is such that at least half of the golf ball 7 is buried between a and 11a.

By using such a golf practice mat 1a, it is possible to practice assuming a golf ball sinking deeply and rough in a golf course. Note that the pile napped portion 11a is set so that the difference h2 from the pile loop portion 10 is about 50 mm.
And the entire golf ball 7 is piled up
It may be buried between 11a.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the weft and the ground warp are plain-woven is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to, for example, Wilton weave.

In the above description, an example in which the mat fabric is formed by a single weave is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a fabric formed by a double weave may be used.

In the above description, an example is shown in which the upper end of the pile nap portion of the pile warp is higher than the pile loop portion.
Needless to say, a golf practice mat including a pile warp in which the pile nap portion and the pile loop portion have the same height is also included in the present invention.

[0023]

As described above, according to the golf practice mat of the present invention, a substantially W-shaped pile warp having a pile nap at both ends and a pile loop at the center of the yarn is provided. Since the base warp is woven into the base cloth, the pile warp is securely held by the base cloth below the pile loop portion and on both sides thereof even when the ball is practiced with an iron club, for example, so that the pile warp hardly falls off. For this reason, even if it receives an impact force or a frictional force at the time of practice, the base fabric is less likely to be frayed or broken. Therefore, a long-life golf practice mat can be provided.

When the pile warp is formed so that the upper end of the pile raised portion is higher than the pile loop portion, the golf ball is stably placed between the pile raised portions.
It is possible to prevent the set golf ball from moving or falling on the mat.

When the pile nap portion of the pile warp is formed so as to have a length in which the golf ball is buried between the pile nap portions, it is possible to practice hitting a ball assuming a rough sunk golf ball.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a golf practice mat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a weaving state of a weft, a ground warp, and a pile in a golf practice mat.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a mode in which a large-diameter pile loop portion of a pile warp woven into a base fabric is loop-cut.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a weaving state of a weft, a ground warp, and a pile of a golf practice mat according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a conventional golf practice mat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1a Golf practice mat 2 Ground warp 3 Weft 4 Base cloth 5,5a Pile warp 7 Golf ball 9,9a Pile nap portion 10 Pile loop portion 11,11a Pile nap portion A Arrow H length h1 difference h2 difference

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A golf practice mat in which a base fabric is woven from a weft and a ground warp, and a pile warp is woven into the base fabric in a ground warp direction, wherein the pile warp is formed at both ends of the yarn, and A golf practice mat comprising a pile nap portion raised from the outside and a pile loop portion formed in a loop shape at the center of the yarn and woven in a substantially W shape as viewed in the weft direction. 2. The golf practice mat according to claim 1, wherein an upper end of the pile raised portion of the pile warp is higher than a pile loop portion. 3. The golf practice mat according to claim 1, wherein the pile raised portion of the pile warp is formed to a length such that a golf ball is buried between the pile raised portions.