Apparatus for table golf game

• US 20070205553A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey Turley
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Turley
• Inventors: Turley, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US11/137,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20070205553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/108.200
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2007/301 Exchangeable
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2007/3614 with details about roughness of playing surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2007/3662 modular, e.g. with connections between modules
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2457 Display screens, e.g. monitors, video displays
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2011/0058 using electronic means A63F2011/0053 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0058 electric A63F7/027, A63F7/3065 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0628 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0668 the ball being flicked with a finger or hit with a stick, cue or sliding disc which are not connected to the table

Abstract

The table golf game is a real golf simulating type game played on a table with a cue stick, a miniature golf ball and a life-like miniaturized-version of a golf course including: fairways; greens; elevated, self-contained holes; sand traps; water hazards; a scoreboard; and a storage area. Players of the game compete to locate their golf ball into a golf hole in as few strokes as possible.

Claims

1. A golf game kit configured to simulate an actual golf course, said kit comprising:

a playing surface, at least one ball, a plurality of ball receiving holes formed in said playing surface defining at least a first hole and a second hole, at least one natural hazard simulating hazard formed in said playing surface, and a ball actuation instrument, wherein said playing surfaced is configured such that said first hole is separated from said second hole by said at least one hazard such that when said ball is caused to roll on said playing surface in any direction by said ball actuation instrument, said ball is prevent from rolling from said first hole to said second hole by said hazard, and wherein said hazard defines a discrete detachable object attached to said playing surface.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein said natural hazard simulating hazard defines at least one hazard of the following group of hazards consisting of a water simulating hazard, a river simulating hazard, a sand trap simulating hazard, a tree simulating hazard, a boulder simulating hazard, a log simulating hazard, a fence simulating hazard, a brush simulating hazard, a bush simulating hazard, a hedge simulating hazard, a hill simulating hazard, and a mountain simulating hazard.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said playing surface defines a compound contoured surface.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein said ball actuation instrument defines at least one instrument of the following group of instruments consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, and a miniature golf club and wherein said ball defines at least one ball of the following group of balls consisting of a marble, a golf ball, and a miniature golf ball.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein each of said ball receiving holes includes a hole specific playing area formed in said playing surface, and wherein said hole specific playing area includes a tee-off area, a fairway area, a rough area, and a putting green area.

6. The kit of claim 5, wherein said tee-off area, said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define different elevations of said playing surface, and wherein said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define playing surfaces having different thicknesses of simulated turf connected thereto.

7. The kit of claim 1, wherein said playing surface includes at least one auxiliary storage compartment having an openable and closeable door and being connected to said playing surface, and wherein said auxiliary storage compartment contains at least one item of the following group of items consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, a miniature golf club, a marble, a golf ball, a miniature golf ball, and a detachable hazard.

8. The kit of claim 1, wherein said playing surface includes at least one scoreboard connected to said playing surface, and wherein said scoreboard defines an electronic scoreboard that electronically displays a score, and wherein said electronic scoreboard includes a plurality of input buttons including a first button, a second button, and a third button, and wherein the pressing of said first button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be decreased, and wherein the pressing of said second button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be cleared, and wherein the pressing of said third button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be increased.

9. The kit of claim 1, wherein said playing surface defines an assembled modular playing surface comprising a plurality of assembled playing surface members, and wherein said assembled playing surface is assembled to a frame, and wherein said frame is connected to a table.

10. A golf game kit configured to simulate an actual golf course, said kit comprising:

a playing surface, at least one ball, at least one ball receiving hole formed in said playing surface, and at least one auxiliary storage compartment having an openable and closeable door and being connected to said playing surface.

11. The kit of claim 10, wherein said kit includes at least one detachable natural hazard simulating hazard defining a discrete object attached to said playing surface, and wherein said auxiliary storage compartment contains at least one item of the following group of items consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, a miniature golf club, a marble, a golf ball, a miniature golf ball, and a detachable hazard.

12. The kit of claim 10, wherein said kit includes a plurality of ball receiving holes formed in said playing surface defining at least a first hole and a second hole, and at least one natural hazard simulating hazard formed in said playing surface, and wherein said playing surfaced is configured such that said first hole is separated from said second hole by said at least one hazard such that when said ball is caused to roll on said playing surface in any direction by said ball actuation instrument, said ball is prevent from rolling from said first hole to said second hole by said hazard.

13. The kit of claim 10, wherein said natural hazard simulating hazard defines at least one hazard of the following group of hazards consisting of a water simulating hazard, a river simulating hazard, a sand trap simulating hazard, a tree simulating hazard, a boulder simulating hazard, a log simulating hazard, a fence simulating hazard, a brush simulating hazard, a bush simulating hazard, a hedge simulating hazard, a hill simulating hazard, and a mountain simulating hazard.

14. The kit of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of said playing surface defines a compound contoured surface.

15. The kit of claim 10, wherein said ball actuation instrument defines at least one instrument of the following group of instruments consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, and a miniature golf club and wherein said ball defines at least one ball of the following group of balls consisting of a marble, a golf ball, and a miniature golf ball.

16. The kit of claim 10, wherein said at least one ball receiving hole includes a hole specific playing area formed in said playing surface, and wherein said hole specific playing area includes a tee-off area, a fairway area, a rough area, and a putting green area.

17. The kit of claim 16, wherein said tee-off area, said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define different elevations of said playing surface, and wherein said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define playing surfaces having different thicknesses of simulated turf connected thereto.

18. The kit of claim 10, wherein said playing surface includes at least one scoreboard connected to said playing surface, and wherein said scoreboard defines an electronic scoreboard that electronically displays a score, and wherein said electronic scoreboard includes a plurality of input buttons including a first button, a second button, and a third button, and wherein the pressing of said first button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be decreased, and wherein the pressing of said second button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be cleared, and wherein the pressing of said third button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be increased.

19. The kit of claim 10, wherein said playing surface defines an assembled modular playing surface comprising a plurality of assembled playing surface members, and wherein said assembled playing surface is assembled to a frame, and wherein said frame is connected to a table.

20. A golf game kit configured to simulate an actual golf course, said kit comprising:

a playing surface, at least one ball, at least one ball receiving hole formed in said playing surface, at least one scoreboard connected to said playing surface, at least one natural hazard simulating hazard defining a discrete detachable object attached to said playing surface, and at least one auxiliary storage compartment having an openable and closeable door and being connected to said playing surface.

21. The kit of claim 20, wherein said scoreboard defines an electronic scoreboard that electronically displays a score, and wherein said electronic scoreboard includes a plurality of input buttons including a first button, a second button, and a third button, and wherein the pressing of said first button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be decreased, and wherein the pressing of said second button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be cleared, and wherein the pressing of said third button causes the score displayed on the scoreboard to be increased.

22. The kit of claim 20, wherein said kit includes a plurality of ball receiving holes formed in said playing surface defining at least a first hole and a second hole, and wherein said playing surfaced is configured such that said first hole is separated from said second hole by said at least one hazard such that when said ball is caused to roll on said playing surface in any direction by said ball actuation instrument, said ball is prevent from rolling from said first hole to said second hole by said hazard.

23. The kit of claim 22, wherein said natural hazard simulating hazard defines at least one hazard of the following group of hazards consisting of a water simulating hazard, a river simulating hazard, a sand trap simulating hazard, a tree simulating hazard, a boulder simulating hazard, a log simulating hazard, a fence simulating hazard, a brush simulating hazard, a bush simulating hazard, a hedge simulating hazard, a hill simulating hazard, and a mountain simulating hazard.

24. The kit of claim 20, wherein at least a portion of said playing surface defines a compound contoured surface.

25. The kit of claim 20, wherein said ball actuation instrument defines at least one instrument of the following group of instruments consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, and a miniature golf club and wherein said ball defines at least one ball of the following group of balls consisting of a marble, a golf ball, and a miniature golf ball.

26. The kit of claim 20, wherein said at least one ball receiving hole includes a hole specific playing area formed in said playing surface, and wherein said hole specific playing area includes a tee-off area, a fairway area, a rough area, and a putting green area.

27. The kit of claim 26, wherein said tee-off area, said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define different elevations of said playing surface, and wherein said fairway area, said rough area, and said putting green area define playing surfaces having different thicknesses of simulated turf connected thereto.

28. The kit of claim 20, wherein said auxiliary storage compartment contains at least one item of the following group of items consisting of a billiard stick, a miniature billiard stick, a golf club, a miniature golf club, a marble, a golf ball, a miniature golf ball, and a detachable hazard.

29. The kit of claim 20, wherein said playing surface defines an assembled modular playing surface comprising a plurality of assembled playing surface members, and wherein said assembled playing surface is assembled to a frame, and wherein said frame is connected to a table.