US 5,688,182 AGranted

Multiple compartment target putting game

OwnerPhillip H. Hill, Sr.inventor

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Abstract

A game for practicing putting of a golf ball. The inventive device includes a flexible mat positionable upon a ground surface. A plurality of ball detents are directed into a front edge of the mat for supporting a plurality of golf balls. A target extends along a rear edge of the mat and includes a plurality of adjacent compartments into which a golf ball can be putted to obtain a predetermined number of points. A method of play of the game includes putting the balls into the target to obtain a predetermined score without exceeding the predetermined score.

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A multiple compartment target putting game comprising:

an elongated flexible mat positionable upon a support surface, the mat being fabricated of a synthetic grass, the mat having spaced and parallel front and rear edges, the flexible mat is shaped so as to define a plurality of ball detents integrally directed thereinto extending in a linear array proximal to the front edge of the mat;
a target mounted to a rear edge of the flexible mat in a spaced relationship relative to the front edge, the target including a plurality of adjacent compartments which extend in a substantially parallel orientation relative to one another, each of the compartments dimensioned for receiving a single golf ball therein, each of the compartments includes numerical indicia printed thereon assigning a predetermined point value to each of the respective compartments, the target comprises an elongated top wall extending in a substantially spaced and parallel orientation relative to the rear edge of the flexible mat;
spaced and parallel end walls projecting substantially orthogonally between the flexible mat and opposed transverse end edges of the top wall to support the top wall in a spaced and parallel orientation relative to the flexible mat;
a plurality of dividing walls extending substantially orthogonally between the flexible mat and the top wall, the dividing walls being spaced an equal distance apart and oriented so as to extend parallel to one another so as to define a plurality of compartments of the target, the target further comprises a plurality of triangular guide plates having planar side surfaces, each guide plate projecting from an individual one of the dividing walls and extending onto the elongated flexible mat such that a pair of the triangular guide plates resides on opposed sides of each of the compartments, the target further comprises a plurality of retention ramps each extending between the spaced guide plates on opposed sides of an individual one of the compartments, the numerical indicia is of a first value proximal to the end walls of the target, and increases in equal incremental steps to a second value proximal to a center of the target, wherein the second value is substantially greater than the first value.

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Abstract

A multiple compartment target putting game comprising:

an elongated flexible mat positionable upon a support surface, the mat being fabricated of a synthetic grass, the mat having spaced and parallel front and rear edges, the flexible mat is shaped so as to define a plurality of ball detents integrally directed thereinto extending in a linear array proximal to the front edge of the mat;
a target mounted to a rear edge of the flexible mat in a spaced relationship relative to the front edge, the target including a plurality of adjacent compartments which extend in a substantially parallel orientation relative to one another, each of the compartments dimensioned for receiving a single golf ball therein, each of the compartments includes numerical indicia printed thereon assigning a predetermined point value to each of the respective compartments, the target comprises an elongated top wall extending in a substantially spaced and parallel orientation relative to the rear edge of the flexible mat;
spaced and parallel end walls projecting substantially orthogonally between the flexible mat and opposed transverse end edges of the top wall to support the top wall in a spaced and parallel orientation relative to the flexible mat;
a plurality of dividing walls extending substantially orthogonally between the flexible mat and the top wall, the dividing walls being spaced an equal distance apart and oriented so as to extend parallel to one another so as to define a plurality of compartments of the target, the target further comprises a plurality of triangular guide plates having planar side surfaces, each guide plate projecting from an individual one of the dividing walls and extending onto the elongated flexible mat such that a pair of the triangular guide plates resides on opposed sides of each of the compartments, the target further comprises a plurality of retention ramps each extending between the spaced guide plates on opposed sides of an individual one of the compartments, the numerical indicia is of a first value proximal to the end walls of the target, and increases in equal incremental steps to a second value proximal to a center of the target, wherein the second value is substantially greater than the first value.

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