Table top mini-golf device

A table top mini-golf device for playing mini-golf indoors, said device comprising:

• a box having a top wall and a perimeter border surrounding said top wall such that said perimeter border defines a golf area on said top wall, said box having a plurality of holes each extending through said top wall and into an interior of said box, said plurality of holes being arranged in a plurality of rows of said plurality of holes on said top wall, said perimeter border having a first lateral side and a second lateral side, each of said plurality of holes which are located in a respective one of said plurality of rows being staggered with respect to a line extending between said first lateral side and said second lateral side;
• a plurality of mini golf balls, each mini golf ball of said plurality of mini golf balls being positionable in said golf area defined by said perimeter border of said box such that each mini golf ball of said plurality of mini golf balls is rollable on said top wall, a respective one of said plurality of mini golf balls being assigned to a player;
• a plurality of mini golf clubs, a respective one of said plurality of mini golf clubs being assigned to the player wherein said respective mini golf club is configured to be employed by the player to strike said respective mini golf ball to roll said respective mini golf ball in said golf area during the game of mini golf, each mini golf club of said plurality of mini golf clubs including a shaft and a head being oriented at an angle with said shaft wherein said shaft of said respective mini golf club is configured to be gripped by the player for striking said respective mini golf ball with said head of said respective mini golf club during the game of mini golf;
• a plurality of ridges, each ridge of said plurality of ridges extending upwardly from said top wall of said box such that each ridge of said plurality of ridges is positioned in said golf area defined by said perimeter border of said box, each ridge of said plurality of ridges being shaped to follow a unique path with respect to others of said plurality of ridges such that each ridge of said plurality of ridges defines a respective one of a plurality of uniquely shaped mini golf courses wherein each ridge of said plurality of ridges is configured to have the player attempt to roll said mini golf ball that is assigned to the player into each of said plurality of uniquely shaped mini golf courses during the game of mini golf, each hole of said plurality of holes in said top wall being located in a respective one of said plurality of uniquely shaped mini golf courses wherein each mini golf course of said plurality of mini golf courses is configured to have the player attempt to roll said mini golf ball that is assigned to the player into said hole that is located in each of said plurality of mini golf courses during the game of mini golf, said plurality of ridges including a storage ridge which has a plurality of intersecting sides which are perpendicularly oriented with each other such that said storage ridge defines a rectangular storage area for storing said plurality of mini golf balls, said perimeter border surrounding said top wall of said box having a front side, said storage ridge being located between said plurality of ridges which surround a frontmost one of said plurality of rows of holes and said front side of said perimeter border, said storage ridge being positioned closer to said first lateral side of said perimeter border than said second lateral side of said perimeter border;
• a ramp being located within said box such that each mini golf ball of said plurality of mini golf balls falls onto said ramp when each mini golf ball of said plurality of mini golf balls falls through a respective one of said plurality of holes in said top wall of said box, said ramp being sloped such that each mini golf ball which falls through said respective hole rolls downwardly along said ramp, said box having a bottom wall and an outer wall extending between said bottom wall and said top wall, said outer wall having a front side and a back side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said ramp extending between said front side and said back side of said outer wall, said ramp having a front end being aligned with an intersection between said top wall of said box and said back side of said outer wall of said box, said ramp having a back end being aligned with an intersection between said bottom wall of said box and said front side of said outer wall of said box having said ramp sloping downwardly between said front side of said outer wall and said back side of said outer wall such that each mini golf ball which falls through a respective one of said plurality of holes in said top wall of said box rolls toward said back side of said outer wall, said ramp extending between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said outer wall;
• a return opening extending through said box such that each mini golf ball of said plurality of mini golf balls which rolls downwardly along said ramp exits said return opening wherein said return opening is configured to have the player access said mini golf ball that exits said return opening, said return opening extending through said front side of said outer wall of said box such that said ramp slopes downwardly below said return opening, said return opening having a lower bounding edge which extends along a line being oriented parallel to said bottom wall of said box, said return opening having an upper bounding edge which curves upwardly from said lower bounding edge such that said return opening has a semi-circular shape wherein said return opening is configured to accommodate a hand of the player when the player reaches their hand through said return opening, said return opening being centrally located between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said outer wall of said box;
• a pair of storage openings, each storage opening of said pair of storage openings extending through said box, each mini golf club of said plurality of mini golf clubs being insertable through a respective one of said pair of storage openings for storing each mini golf club of said plurality of mini golf clubs within said box, each storage opening of said pair of storage openings extending through said back side of said outer wall of said box such that each mini golf club of said plurality of mini golf clubs is stored in a space defined between said ramp and said bottom wall of said box, each storage opening of said pair of storage openings being elongated along an axis extending between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said outer wall of said box, said pair of storage openings being spaced apart from each other and being distributed between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said outer wall;
• a pair of first doors, each first door of said pair of first doors being located in a respective one of said pair of storage openings, each first door of said pair of first doors being fixed in said respective storage opening, each storage opening of said pair of storage openings having a first lateral bounding edge and a second lateral bounding edge, each first door of said pair of first doors extending from said first lateral bounding edge of said respective storage opening toward said second lateral bounding edge of said respective storage opening;
• a pair of second doors, each second door of said pair of second doors being slidably located in a respective one of said pair of storage openings, each second door of said pair of second doors being slidable into a closed position having each second door of said pair of second doors extending from said second lateral bounding edge of said respective storage opening and a respective one of said pair of first doors for closing said respective storage opening, each second door of said pair of second doors being slidable into an open position having each second door of said pair of second doors being spaced from said second lateral bounding edge of said respective storage opening for exposing a portion of said respective storage opening which extends between said second lateral bounding edge of said respective storage opening and a respective first door;
• and
• a pair of handles, each handle of said pair of handles being attached to an outwardly facing surface of a respective one of said pair of second doors wherein each handle of said pair of handles is configured to be gripped by the player such that the player can slide said respective second door between said closed position and said open position, each handle of said pair of handles being located adjacent to a respective lateral edge of said respective second door.