Mobile golf simulation system
AssigneeTc Global Holdings LLC
InventorsTari Cash, Jim Coates
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Abstract
Herein disclosed is a mobile golf simulation system, more particularly, a double-bayed golf simulator apparatus mounted to a wheeled trailer that may be readily transported and deployed to remote, particularly outdoor locations. The mobile golf simulation system of the present invention is uniquely designed to include a projection system installed beneath a floating floor that, along with right and left drop-down walls, allows for the creation of an open air platform from which a user may play a realistic form of virtual golf, hitting his ball into a built-in screen.
Claims18
A double-bayed mobile golf simulation system comprising:
- a. a wheeled trailer assembly comprised of:
- i. a horizontal frame comprising at least one longitudinal support and at least one transverse axle having a wheel disposed at each axle end;
- ii. a rectangular trailer box resting atop and attached to said horizontal frame, wherein said trailer box is characterized by (a) front and rear end panels connected to each other by two opposed side panels to thereby form the four vertical walls of said trailer box and (b) horizontally arrayed bottom and top panels disposed over and under said four vertical walls to thereby form the respective floor and ceiling of said trailer box;
- iii. a partition wall having at least one layer of a radar-absorbing material disposed thereover, wherein said partition wall extends longitudinally through the middle of said trailer box so as to bisect said trailer interior into respective left and right side bays;
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- iv. a floating floor disposed above and parallel to said bottom panel that forms a basement compartment;
- b. a first screen attached to the left side of said partition wall and a second screen attached to the right side of said partition wall;
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- c. first and second golf simulation units contained within each of said side bays, wherein each golf simulation unit is networked to a computer system that, in turn, controls respective left and right side projectors disposed within said basement compartment, further wherein said left side projector transmits video to said left side screen and said right side projector transmits video to said right side screen and said radar absorbing material prevents the passage of video between said screens;
- wherein:
- each side panel includes a horizontally hinged wall portion that, in a first locked configuration, is securely attached to the remainder of said trailer box by a series of spring-assisted compression locks, but that may be unlocked from the remainder of said trailer box and laterally deployed to form a side platform that is level with said floating floor and includes a padded turf stage and tee area on its top surface and a series of adjustable stage legs on its bottom surface;
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- at least a portion of said rear end panel comprises a horizontally hinged rear door that folds down to provide ready access to said trailer box interior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.