Golf round timing device

• US 5,481,093 A
• Filed: 02/08/1993
• Issued: 01/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ajay A. Jagtiani
• Original Assignee: Ajay A. Jagtiani
• Inventors: Rogerson, Zebulon W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gellner, Michael L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, EDDIE C H
• Application Number:
  US08/014,513
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 235/77, 235/78 R, 235/78 A, 235/78 F, 235/78 G, 235/78 M, 235/78 N, 235/78 RC, 235/83, 235/88 R, 235/88 F, 235/88 G, 235/88 M, 235/88 N, 235/88 RC
• US Class Current: 235/78.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G06C 1/00 Computing aids in which the computing members form at least part of the displayed result and are manipulated directly by hand, e.g. abacuses or pocket adding devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06G 1/0005 characterised by a specific application

Abstract

A golf round timing device is provided for determining the time at which a golfer is to start a golf hole. The golf round timing device comprises a base and a circular disk member. The base has an outer arcuate row of indicia, indicative of time intervals, disposed thereon. The circular disk member has a smaller radius than the outer arcuate row and is rotatably mounted at a mounting point on the base in such a fashion as to be concentric with the outer arcuate row of indicia. The circular disk member has at least one inner arcuate row of indicia indicative of holes on a golf course so that when the inner arcuate row of indicia is aligned with the outer arcuate row of indicia, the time at which the golfer is to start a golf hole may be determined.

Claims

1. A golf timing device for determining the exact time a golfer should finish a golf hole on a golf course, said golf timing device comprising:

a base, said base having an outer arcuate row of indicia indicative of time intervals; and

a circular disk member of lesser radius than said outer arcuate row, said circular disk member rotatable mounted at a mounting point on said base and concentric with said outer arcuate row of indicia on said base, said circular disk member having at least one inner arcuate row of indicia indicative of holes on the golf course so that when said inner arcuate row of indicia is aligned with said outer arcuate row of indicia the time at which the golfer is to finish the golf hole may be determined;

wherein said inner arcuate row of indicia has hole marks disposed at 0.11 radian intervals along said inner arcuate row, said intervals corresponding to four hours of play time for eighteen holes of the golf course.

2. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, further comprising a second inner arcuate row of indicia having second hole marks disposed at 0.13 radian intervals along said second inner arcuate row, said intervals corresponding to four and a half hours of play time for eighteen holes of the golf course.

3. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said outer arcuate row of indicia is delimited in fifteen minute intervals.

4. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said outer arcuate row of indicia is delimited in five minute intervals.

5. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said outer arcuate row of indicia is delimited in one minute intervals.

6. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said outer arcuate row of indicia is indicative of twelve hours.

7. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said base is circular.

8. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said base has a diameter of 15.5 cm.

9. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, wherein said circular member has a diameter of 14 cm.

10. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one pointer affixed at said mounting point for pointing to said outer arcuate row of indicia, said pointer for indicating the number of total game strokes the golfer takes to finish the golf course.

11. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one pointer affixed to said mounting point for pointing to said inner arcuate row of indicia, said pointer for indicating the current hole being played by the golfer as an assist in scoring.

12. The golf timing device recited in claim 1, further comprising preventing means for preventing said circular disk from rotating about said mounting point.

13. A golf timing device for determining the exact time a golfer should finish a golf hole on a golf course, said golf timing device comprising:

a base, said base having an outer arcuate row of indicia indicative of time intervals;

a circular disk member of lesser radius than said outer arcuate row, said circular disk member rotatably mounted at a mounting point on said base and concentric with said outer arcuate row of indicia on said base, said circular disk member having at least one inner arcuate row of indicia indicative of holes on a golf course, said inner arcuate row of indicia having hole marks disposed at the intersection of said inner arcuate row and radial lines extending from a center of said arcuate row, an arcuate segment between two consecutive radial lines being defined by the product of the radius of said circular disk and the angle between said two consecutive radial lines, said angle being greater than 0.1 radians, said disk rotatable so that when said inner arcuate row of indicia is aligned with said outer arcuate row of indicia the time at which the golfer is to finish the golf hole may be determined; and

means for preventing said circular disk from rotating about said mounting point;

wherein said inner arcuate row of indicia has said hole marks disposed at 0.11 radian intervals along said inner arcuate row, said intervals corresponding to four and a half hours of play time for eighteen holes of the golf course.

14. The golf timing device recited in claim 13, further comprising second inner arcuate row of indicia having second hole marks disposed at 0.13 radian intervals along said second inner arcuate row, said intervals corresponding to four and a half hours of play time for eighteen holes of the golf course.