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US 12,472,418 B2Granted
Height-adjustable golf practice apparatus
OwnerYoung Ha Kiminventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a golf practice apparatus. The golf practice apparatus includes a body part having, at the upper side thereof, a hole-cup hole into which a golf ball goes; and a lifting/lowering part which is connected to the lower side of the body part and which moves at least a portion of a region of the body part in the vertical direction, wherein the lifting/lowering part includes: a plurality of lifting/lowering units for pushing or pulling a portion of the region of the body part; and a driving unit for driving each of the lifting/lowering units.
Claims4
A golf practice apparatus comprising:
- a body portion comprising a hole-cup hole, into which a golf ball goes, formed at an upper side thereof;
- a lifting/lowering portion connected to a lower side of the body portion and configured to move at least a partial area of the body portion in a vertical direction;
- and
- a control portion configured to control the lifting/lowering portion by using ground information input through an input portion,
- wherein the lifting/lowering portion comprises:
- a plurality of air cells arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and configured to push or pull the partial area of the body portion;
- and
- an air pump configured to inject and remove air into and from each of the air cells,
- the body portion comprises a plurality of bodies arranged in a plurality of columns and rows to correspond to the air cells,
- the air cells respectively correspond to the bodies, respectively connected to middle areas of the bodies, and respectively moving the bodies in the vertical direction,
- the ground information comprises a plurality of pieces of partition information of a ground partitioned based on the plurality of columns and rows of the air cells,
- each of the plurality of pieces of partition information comprises height information of the partitioned ground,
- the control portion is configured to control the air cells by using the height information,
- each of the bodies comprises:
- a sliding groove recessed inward;
- a sliding protrusion located opposite the sliding groove and protruding outward;
- an additional sliding groove located between the sliding groove and the sliding protrusion and recessed inward;
- and
- an additional sliding protrusion located opposite to the additional sliding groove and protruding outward,
- the sliding protrusion of each of the bodies moves in the vertical direction while inserted into an adjacent sliding groove, and
- the additional sliding protrusion of each of the bodies moves in the vertical direction while inserted into an adjacent additional sliding groove.
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