US1656739A - Golf game - Google Patents

Description

patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATESY PATENT OFFICE.

PHILII KURTZ, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOLF canin Application :tiled February 8, 1927. Serial No. 166,638.

green, in which are positioned cupsfor the i reception of the golf balls, the rear and sides of the putting green being provided with gutters of a novel construction so that any oli ball missing a hole will be instant y out of play whereby an interesting and amusing game requiring care and skill may -be played which will interest a novice as well as the most advanced golfer, my novel device thus providing a golf game for indoor or outdoor use which will enable golf enthusiasts during all seasons of the year, to keep, in form and kat the same time furnish n ame which will afford not only a delighttu recreation, but also'kee `the players in physically t condition, an assist materially 1n improving and developing their strokes`A and accuracy. L

My invention further consists of novel means for retaining certain sizes or golf halls as required in proximity to the board when not in use in a suitable holder or holders positioned on the board and it further consists of a novel series of markers or scoring devices arranged preferably at the rear of the rear gutter as may be desired on certain outhts, whereby the score of each player can be kept and the skill of the player accurate-` ly determined or other scor1ng means may he employed.

It hturther consists of other novel features ot advantage and construction, all as will he hereinafter fully set forth in the claims appended hereto. j`

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I`have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the samehas been found'in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can, be variousvention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure l represents a plan view of my novel game board for practicing golfiputtmg.

Figure 2 l'represents-a vertical transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Figure 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section on line 3-3, Fig. 1 Figure 4 represents on an enlarged scale a vertical sectional view of a portion of the rear of the board showing a pair of markers slidably mounted upon theirjsupport.

Figure 5 represents a vertical sectional view showing the manner of covering the 'ly 'arranged and organized-and that my inartificial puttlng green with cloth or the like. Y

Figure 6 represents an end view of the right hand portion of Fig. 1 showing the ball holder in the different positions it may assume. y

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates my novel construction of golf game, the same comprising a panel or game board 2 having a liat/orrectilmear upper or putting green surface 3 in which are positioned the cups or cavities 4 for the reception of the golf vballs 5, which are propelled up the incline 6 to or upon the puttlng green 3. Around the rear and sides of the putting green 3, l form gutters ortroughs composed of the rear portions 7 and the side portions 8. At the central median line of the anel or game board as indicated at 9 in Figs. l and 2, the junction of said rear gutters is raised or in other words said rear portons 7 of the gutters each slope downwardly vand outwardly from the point 9, as will be understood from Fig. 2, so that any golf balls missing the holes 1 to 9 more or less and reaching either of the rear gutters 7, will roll by gravity to the right or left and travel rearwardly towards the `player in one or the other of the side gutters 8. In the rear of the tters 7 is provided the rear wall 1G, whicl has a cutoutfportion 11 for the reception of the counters 12, which are balls slidably mounted on the horizontally disposed wire 13, which has its ends 14 secured in theseats 15, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 4. The intermediate portions of the wire 13 may be supported in the posts 16 as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2, said osts bein dropped into position as seen in f ig. 2, sai wire passing through the central post 16x, which is screwed or attached other- Wise as conditions warrant, into the rear Wall 10 as seen in Fig. 2. The rear Wall l0 is continued around the sides of the board as indicated at 17 so as to properly guide the balls during their exit in the side gutters 8. In order that the golf balls may be conveniently carried and be accessible at all times, I' provide the ball holders 18, which are blocks pivotally mounted on the rods 19 which are supported in suitable ears or brackets 20, said blocks having apair of concave seats 21 therein, Whose outer walls 22 are springy or resilient, so that when a golf bal 5 is snapped into position in its seat, it will be frictionally held'. The blocks 18 and the balls therein can he turned outwardly from the position seen in Fig. 1 to the Vposition seen at the right of Fig. 6 when the game board is in use. If desired I can cover the utting green 3 and the incline 6 leading t ereto with green baize or cloth 23 as seen in Fig. 5, similar to that used on billiard and pool tables, so as to simulate a natural putting green, in which case I provide an annular, angular recess around each hole or cup as seen at 2 4 in Fig. 5 and retain the cloth therein by an annular an lar rin 25, having the inner bevelled wa 26. `T e bottom of the board 2, may rest directly on the indoor floor, carpet or ruig, or if desired small knobs or blocks of' ru ber 27 or vacuum cups of rubber may be attached to the bottom of the board as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 3. If desired I may also attach or secure to the bottom of the board or to the said blocks 27, a stripof textile material .28, the latter being of about the same width as the distance between the inner edges of the side gutters 8,

as will be understood from Fig. l, said strip projecting beyondthe incline 6 for a suit able distance as will be understood from Fi 3. vThe strip 28 may be of any desired co or as green so as to simulate the turf in proximity to a natural putting green and thus corresponding with the green color of the artificial putting green 3 and the incline 6 leading thereto. The left hand set of markers 12 ma be blue, the right hand set of markers re and the centrally disposed markers 12 White, as will be understood from the shading in Figs. 1 and 2, and the golf balls may also be similarly colored if desired, or striped or dotted or in solid color, so that for example the score of the blue golf ball may be kept on the blue markers, the score of the red ball on the red markers, etc. The putting green area 3 and the incline 6 leading thereto may be green and the cups or coneavities 4 White, while the gutters 7 and 8 may be green or any ascenso other desired color. The game board may be composed of any suitable material as Wood, rubber, vulcanized iibre, bakelite, leather, paper, cork or pasteboard composition, or any other composition or materials desired, and if desired the entire apparatus can be pressed or formed from suitable plastic material, rubber compound or the like, between suitable dies by a simple and inexpensive pressing operation. The board can be made of varying dimensions, so as to he used with standard sized golf balls or it can be constructed in miniature or midget sizes, and `the game played with smaller golf balls, or with regulation sizes as used on regular course or standard links.

It will be understood that the incline plane 6 can be omitted if desired in which case the putting green hoard 3 can be made somewhat thinner than shown in Figure 3. It will also be understood that my novel game board is adapted not only for indoor use, but it can be used with equal facility outdoors, and while I have shown nine cups the number of cups may be increased or diminished according to requirements, since by making the board of sufiiciently large area I can employ 18 cups if desired, as well as 9. Vhile I have shown a form of markers or scoring device which .may be employed, it will be evident that other equivaient constructions of scoring devices may be used if desired.

It will now he apparent that I have devised a novel and useful golf game which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the in vention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance shown and described forms thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that such preferred embodiments are susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character stated, a board rovided with a rectilinear, horizontally disposed putting green surface having concavities therein adapted to receive a putted golf ball, an incline leading thereto, side gutters, rear gutters having their central meeting point raised, whereby said rear gutters lincline downwardly from said ccntral meetingpoint and merge into said side gutters leading to the front of the board.

2. Ina device of the character stated, a board provided with a putting green surface having concavities therein adapted to receive a golf ball, an incline leading thereto, an outer wall, and a golf ball holder pivotally mounted upon said outer wall and com- Luana i B' prising a block having a seat therein -anda ing their central meeting point raised where lo resilientl arm for frictionally retaining a. by said rear .gutters mcline downwardly golf ball in said seat. from said` .meeting Apoint and merge into4 3. In a device of the character stated, a said parallel side gutters leading to the 5 board rovided. with a rectilinear, horizon- `front of the board, and outer rear and side tally disposed putting green, surface having waHs surrounding and extending above said 15 concavities therein adapted to receive a. gutters.

putted golf ball,- parallel gutters extending to the fronto 'said board, rear gutters havl PHILIP KURTZ, D. D. S.

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