US2766048A - Indoor golf ball putting apparatus - Google Patents

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Oct. 9, 1956 F. FORTINO 2,766,048-

INDOOR GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 17, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 9, 1956 F. FORTINO 2,766,048 INDOOR' GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 17, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZONE N92 /YE'LLOW C GREEN 20 WHITE" 2,766,048 INDOOR GOLF BALL PUTTING APPARATUS Frank Fortino, Newark, N. J. Application February 17, 1954, Serial No. 410,835 1 Claim. (Cl. 273-180) This invention relates to a golf game device for indoor putting, wherein strip material of raised contour is employed in a novel outline-defined zone-scoring area indicator. More specifically, it includes an integral 3- zone marker in which the zones decrease in area progressively away from the player.

The invention may be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure of a 3-zone marker cross-sectional Figures 4 and modifications of zone markers of the type shown in Figure 1. A putting game using the marker devices of the present invention is depicted in Figure 6. Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the various figures.

Referring again to on the floor in the position shown in Figure 2, so that the edges 18 touch the floor or rug, while the arcuate hump 17 serves as an area limiting means for the golf ball. The ball either rolls over the hump or rolls back from it, thereby al comprising three border-sharing interconnected zones, each diminishing in size with increasing distance away from the player. The nearest and largest zone 3 is defined by long sides 2, bottom strip 5 and shorter interconnecting sides 4, all of colored arcuate interconnected strips 16. When a golf ball is putted into this zone, it brings the par score (equivalent to four strokes).

The next succeeding zone 6 which is farther away from the player and is smaller than zone 3 in area, is defined by sides 7, 8, 9, etc., which preferably are made of strips 16 colored green. This zone is interconnected with the sides of zone 3 at 14. When a ball is putted into this zone, it represents a birdie, or a stroke under par (3 strokes).

The last and most diflicult Zone of marker into is zone 10 defined by sides 11, 12, are made of strip material 16, preferably This zone is interconnected with zone 6 at 15, is smaller in area and is farther away from the player. A ball putted into zone 10 represents an eagle, or two strokes under par. Zones 3, 6 and 10' are equivalent zones for the marker depicted in Figure 5, while zones 3", 6", and 10" are equivalent zones for the marker shown 1 to putt 13, etc., which colored orange.

in Figure 4.

The game is played on a simulated green laid out as in Figure 6. The playing area of the green is outlined which preferably are of yellow 2,766,048 'Patented Oct. 9, 1956 2 in a rectangular area -by straight strips "(similar -to strip 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

ducing his score by one point). circle 21,

made, the score is an eagle (or 2) for the stroke. In other words, the player always plays the marker which will lower his stroke score by one point. If the player putts into the eagle area of marker 33, he follows by playing for the marker in the next playing zone (No. 3).

If a player misses a zone in a marker, he must play for the white circle 20 to get a par score. If he fails to putt into circle 20, he has a bogie l for the score (5). If the ball rolls out-of-bounds (outside of the straight strip markers 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, etc), the player must putt into the neutral circle 20 to reduce his score from bogie 2 (or 6) to bogie 1. Any balls entering small blue circles 19 are considered as zones-in-one. Par for the course is 72 for 18 playing Figure 6).

I claim:

An indoor golf-scoring device comprising a portable, interconnected, narrow-stri triple space-enclosing markor having a first uniplanar, convex-top strip portion constructed and arranged to enclose partially a first relatively large space, a second uniplanar, convex-top strip portion constructed and arranged to enclose partially a second intermediate size space and to complement, by into said large space.

(References on following page) 4 References Cited in the file of this patent 2,472,187 Barker June 7, 1949 2,577,690 Reach Dec. 4, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,677,547 Campbell May 4, 1954 1,656,740 Kurtz Jan. 17, 1928 1,979,584 Thompson Nov. 6, 1934 5 FOREIGN PATENTS 2,081,511 Smith May 25, 1937 15,506 Great Britain 1907 2,103,428 Lutes Dec. 28, 1937 418,046 Great Britain Oct. 17, 1934

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