Multiloop golf net assembly

• US 6,514,149 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2000
• Issued: 02/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lewis C. Mckenzie III
• Original Assignee: Young W. Yoon
• Inventors: Yoon, Young W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Mark S.
• Application Number:
  US09/480,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20020049092A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,124 Days
• Field of Search: 473/197, 473/478, 473/434, 473/454, 273/395, 273/398, 273/400, 273/402
• US Class Current: 473/197
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls

Abstract

A practice golf net assembly includes a pair of collapsible closed, elongated loops interconnected one to the other with a netting panel for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like on any relatively flat ground surface. A first of the collapsible loops forms a first substantially horizontal periphery and a second of the collapsible loops is attached to opposite sides of the horizontal periphery of the first loop. An arc of the second loop defines a vertical portion disposed perpendicularly to the horizontal periphery of the first collapsible loop, while the remaining arc of the second loop generally defines an horizontal portion proximate a horizontal portion of the first loop. The netting panel is attached to the vertical portion of the second loop and to one of the horizontal portions of the first or second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball.

Claims

1. A multi-loop golf net assembly for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like, wherein said assembly is deployable on any relatively flat ground surface and is collapsible for storage, the net assembly when deployed comprising:

a first closed, elongated collapsible loop generally defining a horizontal periphery, an are thereof further defining a horizontal portion,

a second closed, elongated collapsible loop coupled to opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop, an arc of the second loop generally defining a vertical portion disposed substantially orthogonally to the first collapsible loop and the remaining arc of the second loop generally defining a horizontal portion proximate the horizontal portion of the first loop,

a base panel attached to the horizontal periphery of the first loop,

a netting assembly attached to the vertical portion of the second loop, to the base panel and to one of the horizontal portions of the first and second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes and a substantially horizontal netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf pitching strokes, and

wherein the horizontal portion of the first loop is disposed above the horizontal portion of the second loop.

2. The multi-loop golf net assembly of claim 1, wherein the horizontal netting surface is elevated relative the ground surface, wherein the ball does not contact the ground surface when practicing golf pitching strokes.

3. The multi-loop golf net assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second loops are encased in circumferential webbing and the webbing of the second loop is fixedly attached to the webbing of the first loop at opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop.

4. The multi-loop golf net assembly of claim 3, wherein the base panel is comprised of nylon and is attached to the circumferential webbing of the first loop.

5. The multi-loop golf net assembly of claim 1, wherein the substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes further comprises a target disposed substantially centrally thereon.

6. The practice golf net assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second loops intersect at the points where the second loop is attached to the opposite sides of the horizontal periphery of the first loop.

7. The practice golf net assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second loops are of the same diameter.

8. A multi-loop golf net assembly for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like, wherein said assembly is deployable on any relatively flat ground surface and is collapsible for storage, the net assembly when deployed comprising:

a first closed, elongated collapsible loop generally defining a horizontal periphery, an are thereof further defining a horizontal portion,

a second closed, elongated collapsible loop coupled to opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop, an arc of the second loop generally defining a vertical portion disposed substantially orthogonally to the first collapsible loop and the remaining arc of the second loop generally defining a horizontal portion proximate the horizontal portion of the first loop,

a base panel attached to the horizontal periphery of the first loop,

a netting assembly attached to the vertical portion of the second loop, to the base panel and to one of the horizontal portions of the first and second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes and a substantially horizontal netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf pitching strokes,

wherein the horizontal portion of the first loop is disposed above the horizontal portion of the second loop, and

wherein the netting assembly is attached to the horizontal portion of the first loop.

9. A multi-loop golf net assembly for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like, wherein said assembly is deployable on any relatively flat ground surface and is collapsible for storage, the net assembly when deployed comprising:

a first closed, elongated collapsible loop generally defining a horizontal periphery, an are thereof further defining a horizontal portion,

a second closed, elongated collapsible loop coupled to opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop, an arc of the second loop generally defining a vertical portion disposed substantially orthogonally to the first collapsible loop and the remaining arc of the second loop generally defining a horizontal portion proximate the horizontal portion of the first loop,

a base panel attached to the horizontal periphery of the first loop,

a netting assembly attached to the vertical portion of the second loop, to the base panel and to one of the horizontal portions of the first and second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes and a substantially horizontal netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf pitching strokes, and

wherein the arcuate horizontal portion of the second loop is disposed above the horizontal portion of the first loop.

10. The practice golf net assembly of claim 9, wherein the first and second loops do not intersect.

11. A multi-loop golf net assembly for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like, wherein said assembly is deployable on any relatively flat ground surface and is collapsible for storage, the net assembly when deployed comprising:

a first closed, elongated collapsible loop generally defining a horizontal periphery, an are thereof further defining a horizontal portion,

a second closed, elongated collapsible loop coupled to opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop, an arc of the second loop generally defining a vertical portion disposed substantially orthogonally to the first collapsible loop and the remaining arc of the second loop generally defining a horizontal portion proximate the horizontal portion of the first loop,

a base panel attached to the horizontal periphery of the first loop,

a netting assembly attached to the vertical portion of the second loop, to the base panel and to one of the horizontal portions of the first and second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes and a substantially horizontal netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf pitching strokes,

wherein the arcuate horizontal portion of the second loop is disposed above the horizontal portion of the first loop, and

wherein the netting assembly is attached to the horizontal portion of the second loop.

12. A multi-loop golf net assembly for receiving and retaining a golf ball or the like, wherein said assembly is deployable on any relatively flat ground surface and is collapsible for storage, the net assembly when deployed comprising:

a first closed, elongated collapsible loop generally defining a horizontal periphery, an are thereof further defining a horizontal portion,

a second closed, elongated collapsible loop coupled to opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop, an arc of the second loop generally defining a vertical portion disposed substantially orthogonally to the first collapsible loop and the remaining arc of the second loop generally defining a horizontal portion proximate the horizontal portion of the first loop,

a base panel attached to the horizontal periphery of the first loop,

a netting assembly attached to the vertical portion of the second loop, to the base panel and to one of the horizontal portions of the first and second loop to form a substantially vertical netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf driving strokes and a substantially horizontal netting surface for engaging the ball when practicing golf pitching strokes,

wherein the first and second loops are encased in circumferential webbing and the webbing of the second loop is fixedly attached to the webbing of the first loop at opposite sides of the periphery of the first loop,

wherein the base panel is comprised of nylon and is attached to the circumferential webbing of the first loop, and

wherein the base panel further comprises a putting hole and adjustment straps for adjustment of the tension on the base panel.