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US 6,283,873 B1Granted
Putting cup
OwnerBrendon G. Nunesinventor
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Abstract
A putting cup may be used not only to practice putting, but also as a promotional item, having a transparent element closing off a depression in the body of the putting cup, and with a printed sheet visible through the transparent element. The printing on the sheet may be promotional indicia, such as promoting a company, product, etc., and the putting cup may be disassembled so as to allow replacement of the printed sheet. A ramp leads up from a surface on which the putting cup is mounted to a depression in the body, which will retain a golf ball therein.
Claims15
A putting cup comprising:
- a portable body having a substantially central depression, for receipt of a golf ball;
- said body defining an opening associated with said depression;
- a substantially transparent element substantially completely closing off said opening beneath said depression;
- a ramp portion of said body leading into said depression;
- a sheet-like element having indicia thereon, and mounted with respect to said body and said substantially transparent element so that said indicia is visible through said transparent element when said transparent element is viewed through said depression;
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- a base element having a first upstanding ridge facilitating location of said base element with respect to said body, a first substantially flat face from which said first ridge upstands, and a second substantially flat face opposite said first face, wherein said sheet-like element is mounted by sandwiching said sheet-like element between said substantially transparent element and said base element, wherein said body is hollow and has an open bottom, and wherein said base element has a portion thereof completely closing off the open bottom of said ramp portion of said body.
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A putting cup comprising:
- a body having a substantially central depression for receipt of a golf ball, defining an opening at a bottom portion of said depression;
- and having a ramp portion leading into said depression at a top portion thereof, said ramp disposed at an angle of between about 10-30°;
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- a substantially transparent element substantially closing off said opening;
- a base element mounted to said body and sandwiching said substantially transparent element between said base element and said body,
- wherein said ramp has a width substantially at least as great as the diameter of a golf ball;
- wherein said depression has cross-sectional dimensions larger than the largest cross-sectional area of a golf ball;
- and wherein said body is hollow and has an open bottom, and wherein said base element has a portion thereof completely closing off the open bottom of said ramp portion of said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.