US 8,753,218 B2 · Golf course for playing on at night

Abstract

This golf course includes a fairway (11), tees (17), greens (1), holes (3) and bunkers (4), and other customary obstacles (6). As a particular feature, it has a special lighting arrangement, such that it also allows golf to be played during hours of darkness. To this end, at least the tees (17), the greens (1), the bunkers (4) and obstacles (6) are each equipped with a series of discrete or continuous light sources (12, 15, 18, 20, 36), preferably in the form of ground-installed LEDs or of OLEDs or LEDs. These lights extend along the edges of the objects in question and are installed flush with the ground. The holes (3) are illuminated internally by means of a light source, and the flagpoles (24) are designed as removable illuminating poles, such that the hole (3) remains lit even after removal of the flagpole. On a golf course equipped in this manner, the game of golf is played with an illuminating golf ball. The length of time it is possible to play on a golf course is extended substantially, and a highly attractive ambience is created on the course.

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Dependent claims

A golf course with fairways (11), teeing grounds (7), greens (1) with holes (3) and bunkers (4) and other usual obstacles (6) at which the teeing grounds (13,17), greens (1), bunkers (4), obstacles (6,16), holes (3) and flagpoles (24) are marked with light sources (2,5,7,8,10;

12,15,18,20,36), characterized by the fact that these light sources are a row of discretely laid ground recessed lights which are installed flush with the fairway (11) along borders of the teeing grounds (13,17), greens (1), bunkers (4) and obstacles (6,16) so that the light radiates upwards and the holes to be played are built from a receptacle like socket (45) for ensuring a hole border of grass, a hollow flagpole (24) made of translucent or opaque material is inserted in this socket (45) whereby a battery (43) and at least a light for lighting up the flagpole from outside or illuminating the flagpole from inside is housed on the bottom of the socket (45);
and wherein a number of battery (43) supplied light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are housed inside the flagpoles (24), and the flagpoles (24) have multiple rows of holes (42) distributed along the length of the flagpoles.

12,15,18,20,36), characterized by the fact that the light sources are a row of discretely laid ground recessed lights which are installed flush with the fairway (11) along borders of the teeing grounds (13,17), greens (1), bunkers (4) and obstacles (6,16) so that the light radiates upwards and the holes to be played are built from a receptacle like socket (45) for ensuring a hole border of grass, a hollow flagpole (24) made of translucent or opaque material is inserted in the socket (45) whereby a battery (43) and at least a light for lighting up the flagpole from outside or illuminating the flagpole from inside is housed on the bottom of the socket (45);
and wherein the flagpoles (24) have a case front (39) above the ground (50), the case front is open downwards and has a number of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (40) with related reflectors (48) inside the case front for creation of light beams that radiate downwards for illuminating a ground area directly around the socket (45) of the flagpole.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Golf course for playing on at night

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