Miniature golf course maze

• US 5,580,319 A
• Filed: 11/06/1995
• Issued: 12/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles P. Hamilton
• Original Assignee: Charles P. Hamilton
• Inventors: Hamilton, Charles P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Mark S.
• Application Number:
  US08/554,345
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• Field of Search: 273/176, 473/150-172
• US Class Current: 473/150
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/02 Special golf games, e.g. miniature golf or golf putting games played on putting tracks; putting practice apparatus having an elongated platform as a putting track
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0628 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 11/00 Labyrinths

Abstract

A miniature golf putting course laid out in the form of a maze. The miniature golf course is placed inside of a maze and is then controlled by a series of gates. Changing the position of the gates changes the route one must follow to correctly negotiate the course. Each of the holes have a cover suitable for simulating the effect of a golf ball rolling on grass, each of the hazards are arranged to interfere with the path of a golf ball, and each of the holes have a tee end and a green end which may be changed by changing the position of the gates.

Claims

1. A miniature golf course comprising:

a layout of an eighteen hole miniature golf putting course in the form of a maze, said maze having various paths enclosed by sections of fence grids,

said various paths having a series of eighteen individual holes forming said putting course, each of said individual holes having a unique shape and a unique set of hazards, each of said holes having a tee end and a green end, each of said various paths being enclosed by said fence grids and separated from each other by said fence grids, and

a plurality of gates located in selected positions at said tee ends and said green ends for alternately blocking said paths in a first position and directing the course of play in a different configuration in a second position.

2. The miniature golf course of claim 1, wherein each of said tee ends and said green ends contain a cup forming a golf hole, said cups being plugged or unplugged to form a green end or tee end as selected.

3. A miniature golf putting course comprising:

a layout of an eighteen hole golf putting course in the form of a maze, said maze having various gated paths enclosed by sections of fence grids,

said various paths having a series of individual holes forming said putting course, each of said individual holes having a unique shape and a unique set of hazards, each of said holes having a cover suitable for simulating the effect of a golf ball rolling on grass, each of said hazards arranged to interfere with the path of a golf ball, each of said holes having a tee end and a green end, each of said paths being enclosed by said fence grids and separated from each other by said fence grids, each of said tee ends and said green ends having a cup forming a golf hole, said cups being plugged or unplugged to form a green end or a tee end as selected, and

a plurality of gates located in selected positions at said tee ends and said green ends for alternately blocking said paths in a first position and directing the course of play in a different configuration in a second position.