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US 12,714,926 B2Granted
Golf putting apparatus and board game
OwnerJaeson Haninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for practicing golf putting while playing Connect Four. The Connect Four game board is positioned in an upright vertical orientation with horizontally spaced openings directly underneath through which putted golf balls can pass. Sensors detect the passage of putted golf balls and cause lights to turn on in the game board. Each light that turns on is analogous to the placement of a chip in the traditional Connect Four game board. The apparatus is suited for indoor or outdoor use on a variety of playing surfaces allowing for putting from varied distances, slopes, and angles.
Claims2
An apparatus including:
- A vertically oriented game board having 42 circular slots arranged in seven columns and six rows,
- wherein said game board includes structural means for keeping said game board in a stable upright position,
- wherein each of said circular slots includes means for illumination;
- a plurality of dividing means positioned underneath said game board such that there are seven horizontally spaced openings corresponding to each of said seven columns of circular slots;
- a detecting means to determine when a golf ball has passed through each of said horizontally spaced openings;
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- a means for turning on the said means of illumination in each circular slot based on detection of passage of a golf ball through said horizontally spaced openings.
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