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Practice golf net device

  • US 4,511,146 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1983
  • Issued: 04/16/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A practice golf net device comprising a fabric-like screen, a frame, means to drape said screen from said frame in substantially a vertical plane, at least one shroud line, one end of each of said at least one shroud line being disposed secured to said flexible screen the other end of each of said at least one shroud line being coupled together at a point, a plate, a disc, said disc journaled for rotation on a lateral surface of said plate, a hingable plate, one end of said hingable plate hingably secured to said disc, the other end of said hingable plate being disposed free to move upwardly and outwardly from an uppermost surface of said disc into one of a plurality of positions, means to slidably secure a first cable along a surface of said hingable plate, one end of said first cable being secured to said each other end of said at least one shroud line at said point, means to releasingly clampingly engage said first cable against slidable motion, means to bias said free end of said hingable plate from every said one of said plurality of upward and outward positions, an indicating lever, said indicating lever pivotably secured to said disc, means to angularly position said indicating lever at selected locations reflecting said diverse upward and outward location of said free end of said hingable plate, means to resettably reposition said angular position assumed by said disc, said means to resettably reposition including means to rotationally position said disc at one of a plurality of selected angles of rotation dependent upon said one end of said at least one shroud line being displaced a distance away from a position attained by said one end of said at least one shroud line when said first cable has not been slidably positioned in clamping engagement by said means to releasingly clampingly engage said first cable, a pointer, said pointer secured along the length of said first cable, means to resettably retain said pointer at a selected position when said screen is impacted by a golf ball, said means to resettably retain said pointer including visual access means to visually access said pointer and a distance depicting scale disposed on said plate, a second cable, said second cable being coupled to said hingable plate, said second cable being coupled to said indicating lever, said visual access means including means to visually access said pointer and said distance depicting scale.

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