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US 7,070,511 B2Granted
Indexing golf mat for a golf driving range
OwnerFloyd L. Gustineinventor
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Abstract
A golf practice mat is formed by a circular or rectangular golf mat with a sufficiently large playing surface to support a golfer for address of a golf ball on a tee located in a contiguous outer peripheral margin of the playing surface. The spaced apart golf ball hitting areas each include the golf club approach path and a golf club follow through path intercepted by the golf tee mounting aperture. The golf mat is rotated about an axle within spandrels or filler pieces supported on a platform about the outer periphery of the golf mat.
Claims10
A golf practice mat including the combination of:
- a platform;
- a golf mat including a playing surface bounded by an outer peripheral edge on a resilient carrier pad having a load bearing face surface for support by said platform, said mat having a sufficiently large playing surface to both support a golfer for address of a golf ball and provide a contiguous outer peripheral margin containing spaced apart areas of said playing surface each containing a golf tee mounting aperture;
- a golf mat retainer carried by said platform to index said golf mat into a position to both support a golfer for address of a golf ball and locate each selected one of the spaced apart areas of said playing surface and the associated golf tee mounting aperture thereof at a predetermined golf ball hitting location above said platform, said golf mat retainer comprising edge segments conforming to and disbursed in a confronting relation about said outer peripheral edge of said golf mat for forming stationary extensions to said playing surface;
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- a golf ball tee including a flexible golf tee shank permeating said associated selected golf tee mounting aperture for retention by said golf mat to support a golf ball atop said golf ball tee within said selected one of the spaced apart areas of said playing surface at the predetermined golf ball hitting location for impact with a golf club.
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A driving range mat apparatus including:
- a platform;
- a golf mat having a having a sufficiently large playing surface bounded by an outer peripheral edge to support both a golfer for address of a golf ball and provide a contiguous outer peripheral margin of said playing surface, said golf mat having a resilient carrier pad adhered to said playing surface for support by said platform, said contiguous outer peripheral margin of said playing surface having spaced apart golf ball hitting areas each including a golf club approach path and a golf club follow through path intercepted by a golf tee mounting aperture and each of said spaced apart golf heating areas being addressed at a fixed indexed position by a golfer when supported by said playing surface;
- a golf mat retainer carried by said platform to index said golf mat into a position to both support a golfer for address of a golf ball and locate any selected one of the spaced apart golf ball hitting areas and the associated golf tee mounting aperture thereof at a predetermined golf ball hitting location above said platform, said mat retainer comprising edge segments conforming to and disbursed about said outer peripheral edge of said golf mat for forming stationary extensions to said playing surface;
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- a golf ball tee including a flexible golf tee shank permeating said associated selected golf tee mounting aperture for retention by said golf mat to support a golf ball atop said golf ball tee within said selected one of the spaced apart golf ball hitting areas at said predetermined golf ball hitting location for impact with a golf club.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.