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US 5,857,919 AGranted
Putting practice device
AssigneePrinciple Plastics
InventorsDavid Hoyt, Gary T. Aldcroft
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Abstract
A putting practice device in which the diameter of the ball-receiving cup of the device can be made smaller or larger to sharpen the putting skills of the golfer. Additionally, the ball-receiving copy of the device is designed so that golf balls entering the cup during the practice session will automatically roll outwardly therefrom by force of gravity.
Claims19
A putting practice device comprising:
- (a) a base having a side wall and a base wall which cooperate to define a generally cup-shaped cavity having an opening therein of a first diameter;
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- (b) a generally ring-shaped, reducer member pivotally connected to said base for movement between a first retracted position and a second reducer position wherein said reducer member is disposed within said cup-shaped cavity of said base, said reducer member including a first wall defining an opening of a second diameter smaller than said first diameter.
A putting practice device comprising:
- (a) a base having a side wall and a base wall which cooperate to define a generally cup-shaped cavity having an opening therein of a first diameter, said side wall having first and second generally arcuately shaped, ball-receiving openings provided therein and said base wall having first and second sloping portions sloping toward said first and second generally arcuately shaped, ball-receiving openings respectively;
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- (b) a generally ring-shaped reducer member pivotally connected to said base for movement between a first retracted position and a second reducer position wherein said reducer member is disposed within said cup-shaped cavity of said base, said reducer member including a first wall defining an opening of a second diameter smaller than said first diameter.
A putting practice device comprising:
- (a) a base having a generally cup-shaped cavity having an opening therein of a first diameter;
- and
- (b) a generally ring-shaped reducer member pivotally connected to said base for movement between a first retracted position and a second reducer position wherein said reducer member is disposed within said cup-shaped cavity of said base, said reducer member having an opening of a second diameter smaller than said first diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.