GOLF PRACTICING DEVICE
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1. A golf ball receiving practice device comprising a frame having an upright portion including spaced side legs;
- said frame including spaced floor engaging legs projecting each forwardly from a respective side leg and secured thereto;
a first cross member formed at the upper end of the frame and interconnecting the side legs;
a second cross member formed at the lower end of the frame and interconnecting the spaced floor engaging legs and situated forwardly with reference to the first cross member so as to be spaced a pre-determined distance ahead of the first cross member with reference to vertical planes drawn through the first and second cross members and thereby forming a self supporting frame;
a sheet-like back drop formed of flexible carpeting material for absorbing the impact of a moving golf ball and rapidly slowing its speed of travel;
a golf ball receiving receptacle having an open mouth at its upper end, said receptacle being attached to the face of the back drop which is exposed toward the floor engaging portion of the frame;
said golf ball receiving receptacle including an elongated supporting member at the mouth area and lying substantially flush with the front surface of the back drop in a substantially straight line to prevent any tendency of the golf ball to lodge between the support member and the back drop;
said back drop being attached at its lower end to the second cross member and hanging by gravity from the first cross member;
said back drop being of a length with reference to the distance between the first cross member and second cross member whereby to form a trough for retaining a golf ball after it has struck the back drop in the area above the trough and has had its direction of travel deflected downwardly toward the floor surface;
said second cross member being situated above and spaced from the surface of the floor upon which the floor engaging portion of the frame is situated, whereby the trough is formed in the lower area of the back drop nearest to the floor surface and the underside of the trough portion of the back drop is spaced from and out of contact with the floor surface.
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Abstract
A golf practicing device having a flexible back drop member formed of carpeting material; a self supporting frame arranged to avoid tilting; a ball receiving receptacle functioning in the nature of a target; a rim-type mounting arrangement with a substantially straight portion flush with the front face of the back drop for the receptacle to reduce to a minimum any undesirable ball deflection occurrences; a trough formed in the back drop for trapping aberrant golf balls.
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1. A golf ball receiving practice device comprising a frame having an upright portion including spaced side legs;
- said frame including spaced floor engaging legs projecting each forwardly from a respective side leg and secured thereto;
a first cross member formed at the upper end of the frame and interconnecting the side legs;
a second cross member formed at the lower end of the frame and interconnecting the spaced floor engaging legs and situated forwardly with reference to the first cross member so as to be spaced a pre-determined distance ahead of the first cross member with reference to vertical planes drawn through the first and second cross members and thereby forming a self supporting frame;
a sheet-like back drop formed of flexible carpeting material for absorbing the impact of a moving golf ball and rapidly slowing its speed of travel;
a golf ball receiving receptacle having an open mouth at its upper end, said receptacle being attached to the face of the back drop which is exposed toward the floor engaging portion of the frame;
said golf ball receiving receptacle including an elongated supporting member at the mouth area and lying substantially flush with the front surface of the back drop in a substantially straight line to prevent any tendency of the golf ball to lodge between the support member and the back drop;
said back drop being attached at its lower end to the second cross member and hanging by gravity from the first cross member;
said back drop being of a length with reference to the distance between the first cross member and second cross member whereby to form a trough for retaining a golf ball after it has struck the back drop in the area above the trough and has had its direction of travel deflected downwardly toward the floor surface;
said second cross member being situated above and spaced from the surface of the floor upon which the floor engaging portion of the frame is situated, whereby the trough is formed in the lower area of the back drop nearest to the floor surface and the underside of the trough portion of the back drop is spaced from and out of contact with the floor surface.
- said frame including spaced floor engaging legs projecting each forwardly from a respective side leg and secured thereto;
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2. A golf practicing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the side legs are inclined from the vertical so that the upper ends of the side legs lie in a vertical plane which is spaced forwardly with reference to a vertical plane drawn through the lower ends of the side legs.
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3. A golf practicing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the frame side legs and the first and second cross members and the floor engaging legs are tubular in cross section and are removably connected to each other.
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4. A golf practicing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the receptacle includes a supporting rim having a pocket formed of flexible material secured thereto, the rim being situated at the upper and mouth area of the receptacle and including as a part thereof, the elongated supporting member;
- the elongated supporting member extending in substantially a straight line and the remaining portion of the rim being bent so as to be spaced from the elongated straight portion, thereby forming a mouth area defining an arcuate loop in which the forward portion of the loop is spaced from the elongated supporting member portion a distance less than the length of the elongated supporting member portion.
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5. A golf ball receiving device as set forth in claim 4 wherein the side edges of the carpeting are unattached to the side legs of the frame.
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6. A golf practicing device as set forth in claim 4 wherein the rim is formed of resilient and rigid wire
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7. A golf ball receiving device as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the floor engaging legs has an undulated substantially central portion which is out of contact with the floor surface.
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8. A golf practicing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the back drop is formed of carpeting material having a thickness of more than 1/8 inch.
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9. A golf ball receiving practice device comprising a frame including an upriGht portion including spaced side legs;
- said frame including spaced floor engaging legs projecting each forwardly from a respective side leg and secured thereto;
a first cross member formed at the upper end of the frame and interconnecting the side legs at the upper ends thereof;
a second cross member formed at the lower end of the frame and interconnecting the spaced floor engaging legs and situated forwardly with reference to the first cross member so as to be spaced a pre-determined distance ahead of the first cross member with reference to vertical planes drawn through the first and second cross members and thereby forming a self supporting frame;
a sheet-like back drop formed of flexible carpeting material including a backing material and a tufted material secured to the backing material, such tufted material being exposed toward the front of the golf ball receiving practice device for absorbing the impact of a moving golf ball and rapidly slowing its speed of travel;
a golf ball receiving receptacle having an open mouth at its upper end, said receptacle being attached to the tufted face of the carpeting material of the back drop;
said golf ball receiving receptacle including an elongated supporting member at the mouth area and lying substantially flush with the front tufted surface of the back drop in a substantially straight line to prevent any tendency of a golf ball to lodge between the support member and the back drop;
said back drop being attached at its lower end to the second cross member and hanging by gravity from the first cross member;
said back drop being of a length with reference to the distance between the first cross member and second cross member whereby to form a trough for retaining a golf ball after it has struck the back drop in the area above the trough and has had its direction of travel deflected downwardly toward the floor surface;
said second cross member being situated above the lowermost level of the floor engaging legs, whereby the trough is formed in the lower area of the back drop nearest to the floor surface and the underside of the trough portion of the back drop at its lowest level is above the lowermost level of the floor engaging legs so as to be spaced from the floor surface on which the floor engaging legs rest.
- said frame including spaced floor engaging legs projecting each forwardly from a respective side leg and secured thereto;
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