Golf score booklet and processes related thereto

• US 5,636,872 A
• Filed: 02/01/1995
• Issued: 06/10/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Prestige Magazine Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Prestige Magazine Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Gamer, Terry A., Eagon, Diana M., Gamer, Donald F.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAN, FRANCES CHIN
• Application Number:
  US08/382,357
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 283/48.1, 283/49, 283/56, 283/34, 281/42, 281/5, 281/43, 281/15.1, 273/32 H, 273/176 L, 434/252, 40/158.1, 40/124.1, 40/155
• US Class Current: 283/49
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0608 using mechanical, i.e. non-electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0672 using non-electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/0066 Timetables, lists or forms for shooter enlistment, e.g. for use at competitions

Abstract

A golf score booklet is provided. The booklet has a plurality of pages bound at a center line and graphically depicting the holes of a golf course. The booklet further includes a score card bound to the pages at the center line. The score card has a first section extending from the center line and a second section extending from the first section and attached thereto along a fold line. The second section has a scoring grid thereon. The booklet when opened to the score card may be held flat in a fashion that provides for planar view of a first page and its respective golf hole depiction, a second page and its advertisement and the second section and a scoring grid thereon for the depicted golf hole of the first page. A process is also provided for making enhanced graphic depictions of the golf course holes for the booklet, and preferably use laser measurement for determining the distance from the center of the green to landmarks.

Claims

1. A golf score booklet having a plurality of pages bound at a center line, at least one of said pages having a graphic depiction of a portion of a golf course, said booklet comprising:

(A) a score card bound to said pages at said center line, said score card having a first card section having a first edge parallel to said center line and having a second edge opposite from said first edge and spaced apart from said center line, and said score card having a second card section having a first edge attached to said second edge of said first section and forming a fold line thereat, said second section having a scoring grid thereon, said booklet being openable to a planar position displaying said graphic depiction and said scoring grid simultaneously.

2. The booklet of claim 1 wherein said booklet comprises at least 18 pages.

3. The booklet of claim 1 wherein said second section of said score card comprises two sides.

4. The booklet of claim 1 wherein said booklet has a first plurality of pages and second plurality of pages, said score card being located between said first and second pluralities when said booklet is closed.

5. The booklet of claim 4 wherein said first plurality of pages forms a left hand portion of the booklet relative to the center line when the booklet is opened at the score card, and said second plurality of pages forms a right portion of the booklet relative to the center line when the booklet is opened at the score card.

6. The booklet of claim 4 wherein said first section contains advertising indicia and is positioned between a graphic depiction and a scoring grid when said booklet is in an open planar folded out position and the second section is extended.

7. The booklet of claim 4 wherein said pages each have a front side and a back side, said first plurality of pages each having a graphic depiction of a hole of a golf course on the backsides thereof, and said second plurality of pages each having a graphic depiction on the front side thereof.

8. The booklet of claim 7 wherein said second section in a folded out position has a scoring grid for the holes of the first plurality of pages on the front side thereof, and a scoring grid for the holes of the second plurality of pages on the back side thereof.

9. The booklet of claim 1 wherein said pages have a length of between 7 and 8 inches and width between 3 and 4 inches, said first and second card sections having a length of between 7 and 8 inches, said first section having a width of 0.1 to 0.25 inches less than the pages, and said second section having a width of 0.1 inches and 0.25 inches less than the first section.

10. The booklet of claim 1 wherein said pages are a made of a relatively light weight and flexible material compared to the score card which is a relatively heavier and stiffer card material.

11. The booklet of claim 1 where said booklet comprises a first plurality of pages comprising at least nine pages and a second plurality of pages comprising at least nine pages, said score card being positioned between the first plurality of pages and the second plurality of pages, said first plurality of pages having graphic depictions of golf course holes on the back sides thereof and said second plurality of pages having graphic depictions of golf course holes on the front sides thereof, said booklet when in an open planar position with said score card being in an extended position provides a golf score matrix for holes 1 to 9 when the depictions of the first plurality of pages are exhibited and provides a golf score matrix for holes 10 to 18 when the depiction of the second plurality are exhibited.

12. A golf score booklet having a plurality of pages bound at a center line, at least one of said pages having a graphic depiction of a portion of a golf course, said booklet comprising:

(a) a score card bound to said pages at said center line, said score card having a first section bound at said center line and having a second section bound at said center line, said second section having a scoring grid thereon, said first section having a smaller width than said pages to facilitate outer edges of said pages to extend beyond an inner edge of said second section when the booklet is an open planar position with the score card being extended.