US1566776A - schefnlk - Google Patents

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Dec. 22,1925.

G. E. scHNK GAME Filed Feb. 25, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY Dec. 22 1925. 1,566,776

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G. E. SCHENK GAME i l Filed Feb. 25. 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4l fij INVENTOR y /fff/MM@ f f Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

. GEORGE Ef VSCHEN'IK, vOF BROOKLYN. NEW YORK.

GAME.

` Application tiled February 25, 1924. Serial No. 694,902.

To all whom 'it may conce/m.'

Beit known that I, GEORGE E. SCHENK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing inthe borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented cer' tain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specific-ation.

This invention relates to games, and more v particularly relates to a golf game which inlo cludes a suitable miniature representation of a gtplf course over which the' play proceeds y lotting the location of ,points or markers tliereon successively as directed by a golf stroke recording device which is actuated by the player, and which vregisters distances and departure angles which vary lwith the manner in which the device is actuated. Y l

' The principal object of my invention is to play, and one which is enjoyable, interesting and instructive, and to provide game a l aratus for playing the game. Another object -of my invention is to provide a game -g in the'playing of which a person may'obtainpractice and accuracy ineplayingeregu-- lai*` golf strokes with regular golf clubs.`

Another object of my invention isto provide agolf game which may-include miniature representations of regular golf courses, or. holes thereof, so as to serve to acquaint the players of the game with the terrain and "characteristics of s'uch holes and courses. Another objecty of my .invention is 'to provide a. device for presenting representations of golf holes an coursesv for playing the game, which device is simple and compact, and which may be manipulated readily a'nd easily to change the holes crcourses present- 40 ed for the vplaying of the game. l

Other objects 4of my invention will in part obvicus and ini-part pointedl out hereafter.- f f In its simplest form a game apparatus Vaccording to my inventionv comprises a game board `or sheet, or the-like, marked to represent one or more golf holes,` and which may includerepresen'tations of tees, holes,

provide a game whichis suitable for indoorI 'preferably' characteristic of regular golf holes or courses, as desired. In conjunction with such course sheet I utilize anapparatus whichis .adapted to be actuated by a player to give registrations indicating distance and direction, which registrations varyl in accordance with variationsin the actuation of the apparatus by the layer. .'For such apparatus I preferably utilize 4a golf stroke recording apparatus suchl as is described in .60 an application filed by me on even date herewith, Serial N o. 694,901'. Such apparatus includes a captive' projectile, preferably simulating a golf ball, and-is adapted to be actuated bya player strikin witha regular golfclub user? in the re ular manner. Preferably the course to be p ayed is marked out on 'a long sheet which is wound in to a roll, `so that by unwiding the roll 4progressively diferentxareas of the 70 course become presented for play. I lprovide a suitable cabinet or box for holding the c'ourse'roll in such a-.way thatthe various areas may be suitably presented'for play, and .at the same time permitting the ditferent; areas-tof the -wcourse tabe advanced for playing.v The roll preferably includesrepresentations of aplurality of single hole courses arranged vsucces'slvely along the sheett. My invention also includes the provisiony of a combined protractor and\ linear measure or rule whereby the location of an `imaginary' or physicall marker, representing a `golf ballinplay, may be determined on the course in accordance with the angle of 85 departure and distance of lli' ht'of the captive ball ofthe stroke ecoring apparatus upon each `stroke taken y'the persons play- 'ing the game, said ball locations being adapted to'be progressivel plotted on the 90 courseasI directed by the in icia of the stroke recordiny apparatus in 'response-to succes-v v, sive stro 'es taken by the players. 1

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had attention lis hereby directedto the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and illustrat-ing certain possible embodiments of my the projectile 65 invention. Referring tothe drawings, Fig.

hazards, l fair way, penalty areas, and any 1 is a perspective view 4of the course cabinet 100 50 other arbitrary markings or. representations,

showing a portion of a course roll presented for play, and other coursel rolls stored xn the cabinet for future use; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the stroke recording apparatus; Fig.2a is a top plan view of the stroke recording apparatus shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device for plotting Aa point Onthe course in accordance with Hight registrations recorded b the golf stroke .vrecording apparatus; Fig. 4 is a Sideelevatxon of. the device shown in Fig. -3;- Fig. 5 1s a perspective View of thev Inarkmgslide; F1g.A

6 is an elevation ofthe course cabinet showing the progressive application of play.A

Similarv reference characters refer to s1m1 lar parts throughout the several views. of the drawings.

' Referring 'to the drawings, and inore-.parl ticularly to Fig. 1, 10 .designates a cabinet of preferably rectangular form and having in its upper face an, opening 11. The front of the cabinet is normally' closed, but, as'

shown, the cover-.V112 therefor may be removed and be positioned in the grooves 13'at the bottom. of the cabinet whenever desired. The

cabinethas compartments 111 and 15in which reelsv 1-7 and 1 '8 for theycourse sheet being played are rotatablyand removably mount --preferably containsa plurality'of represenf 1 tations .of separate golf holesarranged suc-f 'resenta'tion lof the first hole into position for ed, the outer ends of these reels being rotatably engaged in hingedy arms '16. course sheet 20, of paper, cloth er1 the like, is initially Wound on the reel 17,. this sheet ces'sivelyfalong thesheet. To bring the repplay, the end-of sheet 2O is drawn across the cabinet as shown and -is secured to the reel 18 by means of a catch or clip 21. Reel 18 is rovided with a handle 22, by meansl'of which the sheet 20 may be wound on lreel 18 and thus be drawn across the cabinetfto Y, present thesuccessive areas of the sheet forplay. AThe sheet 20 has plotted lon its out-v ward face the characteristics and topographl ical` features of a golf'course. It will be evident that as the sheet is advanced across thel openingl 1l the terrain'of a golf course ofthe desired number of holes vanced into view." 'A longitudinal compartment 23 is provided in the upper portion of the cabinet for the storage of aplurality of courserolls ,having representations of the characteristics, 'o f various other golf courses, so that' thegarne may be playedover any one of these courses, as desired, it being merely necessary,

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` compartment 15. The ca inet may also to place the desiredy course roll in the c'omj partment 11i-and to engage' the end of such course sheet with an erupt reel 18 inthe have drawers 24 for any particular use desired.

The golf stroke recording apparatus 25,as described in mv co-pendmg application, is

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shown in Fig. 2. The ball 26 simulating a' golf ball, is held 'captive by a cable 27, and

when the ball is struck with, for instance,

a golf club, the angles ofdeparture and inclination and' the distance in flight of the may be read by the player. A. compartment 28 is provided in thev cabinet 10, andhas arranged transversely along its base the restrainmg members 30. with beveled edges. The purpose of this. compartment is, to provide a storage place for the golf stroke recording apparatus. The members-BO-serve tov retain the recprdingapparatus in a pro er position therein, the bottom flanges of t eengageable beneath apparatusbeing slidably thebevele'd edges ofmembers 30. v

ball will be recorded by the apparatus and i Referring now to Fig.- 3, wherein is shown a device adapted for usewith m game,-31

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designates a longitudinal bar,v laving arranged on its upper' face numbers to indicate 'distances in yards', preferably calibrated to the scale used in plotting ,the course charactris'tics .upon the course Ysheets 20 and 24.'

The member 3l has at its lower portion, and,- in alignment with one side thereof, an indieating arrow portion 32. g Rule 31 is pivotally secured to a semifcircular protractor scale 33` which `is markedior scaled. from a f middle zero point in angular degrees to the left. and right thereof. A sliding indicating or marker'member 34 envelops the rule 3]. and is frictionally restrained against move# nient thereon by a clip spring 35. .v y

It will, of course, be evident that the lon'- gitudinal scaled rule,'3l-1nay be moved atany angle with respect to the angular scale yo r lprotractor by means Iof its pivotall mount.- in thereon. I f y eferring now to Fig. 6, one possible manlas.v

ner of playingthe gainefwillbe explained. i

The coursey sheet being marked off'A into a plurality of single hole y courses, fthe total of. V-which constitutes the complete course,

progress an imaginary ball, or physical marker, over each single (hole .course 1n the fewest number of strokes. To take a stroke the player strikes the captive ball of the golf` strokev recording. device once, striving .115

tion of a golf tee, 100, is taken. The player then strikes the captive ball of the stroke 'lu recording apparatusv and v'notes the registrations of direction and distance. The player now takes the combined rule andv protractor, set at zero, and lays it on thecourse, oint ing' in straight ahead direction as 'indicated by dot and vdash line a. .Now holdingthe the chosen object of4 the 'gaine maybe to no protractor portion 33 stationa I, the player shifts the rule to the right or eft until the arrow 32 points to the an vle registered by the recording apparatus, or instance into the position b, and then the player slides the marker 34. along the rule 31 to` the distance mark corresponding to the distance registration of the recording apparatus.

This marker new locates the imaginary ball or marker on the course, where it has been placedb the first stroke of the player, as at 101. he player now takes another stroke and advances the imaginary ball or 'marker on the courserin a similar manner as ll directed by tne registration of the golf strokel recording apparatus, except that, instead of beginning at the tee 100 the direction and distance is set of from the present Alocation of the ball, as at'1Q1. For instance, the rule is laid in straight'ahead positionne,

and then isshifted angularly as directed by' the recording apparatus, as into the position d, and the distance is set off along this line,

locating the ball for this shotas at 103. The layer continues to take successive strokes and to lot the location of the ball progressivly a ongthe course ,in the above manner v and under the direction of the registrations yso ofthe golfstrol're recording apparatus until l has arrived at a nal arbitrary loca.

theba tion,4 such as'lOl, called thehole After one hole course has been played, the succeeding holes may be played in' asimilarmanner, the course sheet being advanced as" necessary by manipulatingthe handle 22.

From the' above, it will'be evident that the game as disclosed in my invention is pro-v ductive of enjoyment and also, affords a golfer' much lpractice and vaccuracy in perecting his style of play. It also has the advantage of acquainting the golfer with the topographical features o f various courses as laid out by leading golf course architects.

' be made without departing from 'the sc ope` thereof, it is intended that all matterf conten Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above lconstruction and many widely different embodiments of my invention could tained in the above description orshown in the laccompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not ina li'miting' sense. It is also to be *understoodl that the; language used in the following claims is ined to' coverall the generic and specific features oftheinvention herein described and all the statements of the sco e of the invention which, -as a matter of anguage,

vmay be said to fall therebetween.

I claim: 1. A game ap aratus, comprising, in combination, a stro e recording apparatus, including a ca tive. ball adapted to be projected in fligh golf club, and presenting in accordance with the stroke factor of each stroke indicia rept by being struck, as with *a4 resenting any one of a great number of distances'and-'indicia representingany one of 'a great number of angles lof departure, a miniature golf course, and a plotting instrument cooperating with said course to locate 1o for each stroke on the recording apparatus a point corresponding with the stroke fac- `tor of the stroke in .accordance with the accompanying indicia of the apparatus, said plotting linstrument com rising a straight linear measuring rule cali rated and marked' to the scale of the miniature course, and ani' angle prot'ractor member pivot/ed to said rule actuated by a pla er for indicating various y distances and an'g es, and means for plotting points on-said sheet in accordance with such distance and angle indications.

3.- In combination with a stroke recording apparatus adapted to` determinethe angle' of 95 departure 'and distance in flight of a captive ball associated therewith when projected inl flight by being struck, as with a golf club, and including indicating means showing the angle `of departure and distance of flight of said captive ball when projected, 'of a cabinet havingv an. aperture in its upper face, saidcabinet having a compartment for said stroke recording apparatus, 'and a sheet adapted to be rolled acro said opening and having plotted thereon the characteristicsv of a golfl course, and means comprising a combined ruleand protractor, for locatlng successively on said sheet theangles of departure and distances of Hight indicated by said recording apparatus upon successive flights of said ball due toits being-struck.

4 In a game-apparatus ofthe character described, in combination, a cabinet yhaving an'opening in its upper face, compartments 115 in both ends-of said cabinet, and la reel adapted to be mounted in one end compartment, andincluding a longitudinal sheet having plotted thereon the characteristics of a golf course, said sheet being adapted to be advanced across said opening in 'saidfcabinet and to be rewouiid in the other of said end compartments, and a central com'- partment adapted'to house a plurality of reels having representations of g'olfcoursesv 125 plotted thereon.

- 5. In a game apparatus ofthe characterl l described, in combination, a cabinet having anA opening in its upper face, compartments lin both ends ^of said cabinet, and av reel 130 adapted to mounted. .in one end ncompartment, and 'including 4a longitudinal sheet and to be rewound in the other' of said end compartments, means to determine the angle ofdeparture and distance offligxht of a captive ball ,whemprojected in iig t,' as by beplot lon said sheet as tsisjadyanced across said opening in said cabinet angles and `disv f tances corresponding to the angle` of depar-4 ture and distance of Hight of said projected ball.l A t.

This specification signed this 20 day of February, 1924. A L f Y i GEORGE E, SCHENK.

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