US1552183A - Indoor golf game - Google Patents

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.Sept l, 1925. 1,552,183

. E. T. wRlGH-r l INDOOR GOLF GAME Filed sept. 10. 1925 Patented Sept. l, 1925..

UNITED kSTATES EDWARD -'.l.. WRIGHT, OF RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS.

INDOOR GOLF GAME.

Application led September 10, 1923. Serial No. 661,871.

To all 'whom it mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United: States, and resident of River Forest, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Indoor-Golf ,y

Game,'of which the following is a specification.

inventionrelates to games and more. partlcularly to -a golf game'adapted to be.

played indoors and which includes the actualstriking of a captive ball in the same Vvmanner as though the `game .were being played outdoors in the usual manner.

c In order Lthat the desired result may be secured in the most advantageous manner, I utilize a'device known as a golf meter which, through the use of suitable mechanism and a captive ball, enables a player to exert actual striking force against a ball, thev distance acquired as the result of such force being registered by the mechanism.

Correlated With a ldevice such as described'is a topographical chart by means of which a portion of a golf course, preferably one hole, is illustrated in detail, with the usual hazards positioned as in modern golf course construction.' Incertain uses to whichthe invention may be put, a series of suchl charts, each illustrating .one hole Vof some wellknown golf course, are each associated with a golf meter, and Vthese holes.

will be played successively in the usual manner. Such use of the invention is more particularly intended for golf schools or public places where the Arelatively large eXpenditure may bel compensated for by income derived from players., For private use a single.

golf meter may be employed an-d a plurality of charts representing different holes of a golf course `may successively be displayed in proper relation to the distance-acquiring machine. Y y

In addition to the scoring device, means will be provided for actual putting of a ball into a4 hole on the greenv after the players ball has'reached the green, as indicated bythe chart and scoring devices. A further development and amplification ofthe idea includes the provision ofsand bunkers out of the trap orsand bunkers may be in.- c

The` i dicated by the bunkers.

a calibrated screen adjacent to` The invention will be morereadily understood by reference to the accompaying drawings, wherein,

vice and a pictorial represent-ationl of a portion of a golf course;

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of a golf meter, and, .A Fig. vSis a perspective view of a portion of The golf meter ing no part of ymyinvention and being of well known form, ,will not. be described in detail. It isl sufficient to say, however, that it includes a captive golf ball 10, attached by a iexible wire 1l, to an arm 12, adapted to rotate around a standard 13, the rotationsy following the travel of the ball after `being struck being recorded or registered by means of the dial 14, and pointer 15. The -dial 14, is suitably calibrated in order that approximately .the exact distance which would be acquired under normal conditions on an outdoor course, is registered when the ball 10 Iis correspondingly struck. v

The novel part of my invention includes a chart 16, which may be in the' form of a ypictorial representation of one hole of a golf course. This chart is superposed on the panelmounted in a suitable frame located adjacent to the golf meter.V The chart will indicate'a tee 17 fairways 18, a green 19, and hazards, such as water 20, traps 21, etc. The course thus outlined" is'graduated by a yardage scale, Aas indicated at 22, and located directly `beneath said-scale are a series vof markers 28, four series being shown in order to accommodate four players, as is customary. Eachof these markers is preferably of a thickness correspondingto a unit of measurement of the graduated scale, in this instance each marker corresponding to a ten yard distance. The markers are slidable on a wire 24, in the manner of billiard markers. In order to register the digits intervening between the ten yard markers, I .provide supplemental markers 25, located at one side of and preferably in line with .the markers 23. At another side I provide markers 26, by means of which thev total number of strokes taken by a player may be recorded.

r*In* laying out the topographical chart by Fig. 1 is an elevation of the scoring de lillustrated in 2, formf l means of which the particular hole being :will be colored yellow, representing sand,

and the markers corresponding thereto will likewisey be yellow.

In addition, in order to complete the simulation of an outdoor game, provide a putting green A27, having a device 428, corresponding `in size to' a hole'.` This green which may be a carpet, vwill be calibrated in orderrto indicate yardage, Vas indicated by the scale 29, so that the distance vnecessary ltobe puttedby the playerto Vsinlr a ball-may be actually played. This vdistance will be determined by .the position of the ball as shown by the'.yitrdage'markersv .The game as described is played asiollows: The markers 23, 25, 26 are all shifted to thel extreme ri ht, as viewed in Fig. 1.

The first player. tien positions the captive ball 41'0, selects a desired club, such as a driver, and strikes the ball. The distance acquired, as indicated by the pointer 15,

l say 195 yards, isV indicated by moving nineteen of the marlrers23, of the iirst string to the lel't. In addition ive'of the markers .25 @f a@ tra .String will be, weer@ the left The players ,one ,Sti-"Oke Will als@ be indicated moving'V one of the markers 26 of the tirststringfto the left. :The .players ball 'Vis Vthenelforepositloned' the fairway 18, short of the trap 251', Athe positiono'n the fairway"beingfindicated 'the position of the II1arlerV directly beneath the lsame.` 'The successive players follow, recording their yardage in a similar manner. Thisis continued untilthemch'art Vindicates the arrival of the playeifs ball on theV ,Ofre'enk 19, the distance from' the ra ben'sindatsd' by the markers. Thereafter the player plays Vhis. ball the green a correspondilis distese@ fio'm theph ad'rutts toward the hole 28. It will be understood that the Vdigit counters 25 are used only' for the purpose ofl accounting for the yardage intervening between the tens indicated'by'the markers23 and that when ten markers 25 markers 23- Y 1,11Y he Preferred'embedment 0f ,the invention a difeient Charta-11d- 'Seres Of markers will be provided for each hole'to be played and the delineation willY accurately follow well known or actual golf courses.

i' This involves in an' eighteen hole course a corresponding number of the devices illustrated rvin the drawings. lFor Aprivate use, however,

arefaccumulated, Ione willbekadded to theV a single golf meter and a scoring device may be provided,the different holes being represented by charts which may be changed as successive holes are played.

Obviously the construction is of such a nature that it is capable of quite wide variations -and elaboration, and modifications will readily suggest themselves to players.V I do not wish'to be limited other than as indicated in the lappended claims.

I claim:

l. In combination, means including acaptive `golf ball for registering the actual distance-acquiring force applied to thev ball, a topographical chart of a golf hole with .which theaforesaid `distances may be correlated, and counters by'meansof which the accumulated distances and strokes may be recorded. f y 2. In'combination, means including a captive golf ball for registering the'actual distance-acquiring force applied to lthe ball, a plurality of different topographicalcharts each showing ,one h'ole'ot agolf course and with which chartsin succession athe aforesaid distances may 'be correlated, and counters by means of which the accumulated ,distances and strokes may be registered.

In combination, means including a captive golf ball for registering the actual dis-A tance-acquiring force applied to Athe ball, a topographical chart of. a goli1 hole with which the aforesaid distancesmay be correlated, counters Vby means of which the accumulated distances and stro-liesy may be recorded, anda greenvover which a ball is projected toward the lflag after reaching the greenas indicateldbysaid chart.

In combination of ilneans registerf ing the 'actual'A 1distanrce-acquiring force ap.- plied'to l'golf balhatopographical 'chart of @s0-1f 1,1616 restated t@ eflisate distances and counters ypositioned adjacentto Asaid chart, a unit of j veasurement on the gra-dw ated distance sca ect said chartcorresponding'to the space occupied by V,one of said markers whereby the position of a players ball indicated ,the accumulated'marlo kconfibinationof a 4device including a captive golf ball yfor registering the distance acquired by the striking of said ball With a golf club, a chart on which a portion of a golf course is visually delineated, the distance being indicated by graduations on said chart, and a series of markers arranged adjacent and parallel to said chart, said markers indicating actual yardage acquired on said device and also indicating the corresponding position 'of the ball on said chart.

7. In an indoor golf playing device, the combination of means including a captive golf ball for registeringthe actual distance-l acquiring orce applied to said ball, a topographical outline of a portion of a golf course,` a series of markers located adjacent ,toV said chart, said markers indicating the accumulated distance acquired as indicated by said distance-acquiring device, showing also the position of the ball on the course relative to said chart, and means for putting an actual ball on a green after the player has reached the green7 as indicated by the scoring device and said chart.

signed at chicago, nunoiaus 29th day,

of August, 1923.

EDWARD T, WRIGHT.

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