# US 4,396,194 A · Golf practice putting cup

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- Number: US 4,396,194 A
- Document ID: US4396194A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/396,240
- Filed: 1982-07-08
- Granted: 1983-08-02
- Earliest claimed: 1982-07-08
- Inventors: Oscar E. Seiferth
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4396194A

## CPC

- A63B 57/40: Golf cups or holes
- A63B 57/357: {for golf cups or holes, e.g. flags}
- A63B 69/3676: {for putting (A63B69/3608, A63B69/3661, A63B69/3667 and A63B69/3697 take precedence)}
- A63B 71/04: for small-room or indoor sporting games
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A golf practice putting cup is disclosed which is constucted of economical stock materials and is particularly arranged so that it can carry advertising indicia thereon so that the putting cup can serve as an advertising medium. The putting cup is formed from a base disc which has leaves which are folded up over an inner disc received within the leaves on the base disc, with the inner disc causing the leaves to angle upward so that a golf ball may roll into the interior of the cup but not out therefrom.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf practice putting cup comprising:
a base disc (12, 112) of stiff sheet material;
a circular inner disc (14, 114) of sheet material suitable for having advertising indicia printed thereon placed on top of the base disc, the inner disc (14, 114) being slightly smaller than the base disc (12, 112); and
a plurality of leaves (16, 116) cut from the base disc (12, 112), each of the leaves (16, 116) attached to the base disc (12, 112) only by a hinge (22, 122) located at the outer peripheral edge of the leaf (16, 116), the leafs (16, 116) arranged so that they may be folded up over the inner disc (14, 114) serving thereby both to restrain the inner disc (14, 114) in place and to form an impediment to help prevent a rolling golf ball from rolling out of the center of the cup.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A golf practice putting cup as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the base disc (12, 112) and the inner disc (14, 114) are circular in shape.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A golf practice putting cup as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of the hinges (20) joining each of the leaves (16) to the base disc (12) forms a portion of a circle having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the inner disc (14).

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A golf practice putting cup as claimed in claim 3 wherein a peripheral lip (22) is defined between the score line (20) and the outside peripheral edge of the base disc (12), each of the leaves (16) being joined to the base disc (12) by being attached by the score line (20) only to the peripheral lip (22).

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A golf practice putting cup as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of the leaves (116) has an arcuate shape on its inner side and wherein the score line (120) joining each of the leaves (118) to the base disc (112) is a straight line.