Device for practicing golf
First Claim
1. A device for practicing ball sports comprising an enclosure defined by a membrane supported from a self-supporting structure, said structure comprising a base having a playing surface and having a forward edge and a support means spaced forwardly and upwardly of the base and supported at least in part from the base, said structure further comprising an upstanding frame supported from sides of the base and extending over the base and having an uppermost point, said enclosure being supported from said structure to define a space having an open end and a closed end, said space being of a general conical configuration, said open end being supported from the base to maintain said open end in an open condition adjacent the forward edge and the closed end being supported from the support means in spaced relation to the open end, wherein a lower portion of the enclosure is inclined downwardly from the closed end to the base to enable a ball thereon to return to the playing surface and wherein the enclosure extends to each side of the base to provide lateral panels to each side of the base rearwardly of the forward edge of the base, the open end having an upper rear edge extending from adjacent the rear of the base and being inclined forwardly from adjacent the rear of the base to pass adjacent the uppermost point of the upstanding frame, and wherein the membrane is formed of netting in cylindrical form.
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Abstract
A device for practising ball sports comprising an enclosure (3) defined by a membrane supported from a self-supporting structure (7), the structure (7) comprising a base (8) having a playing surface (19) and having a forward edge (2) and a support means (9, 10) spaced forwardly and upwardly of the base (8) and supported at least in part from the base (8), the structure (7) further comprising an upstanding frame (11) supported from the sides (12,13) of the base (8) and extending over the base (8), the enclosure (3) being supported from the structure (7) to define a space (6) having an open end (4) and a closed end (5), the space (6) being of a general conical configuration, the open end (4) being supported from the base (8) to maintain the open end (8) in an open condition adjacent the forward edge (2) and the closed end (5) being supported from the support means in spaced relation to the open end (4), wherein the lower portion of the enclosure (3) is inclined downwardly from the closed end (5) to the base (8) to enable a ball thereon to return to the playing surface (19).
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19 Claims
- 1. A device for practicing ball sports comprising an enclosure defined by a membrane supported from a self-supporting structure, said structure comprising a base having a playing surface and having a forward edge and a support means spaced forwardly and upwardly of the base and supported at least in part from the base, said structure further comprising an upstanding frame supported from sides of the base and extending over the base and having an uppermost point, said enclosure being supported from said structure to define a space having an open end and a closed end, said space being of a general conical configuration, said open end being supported from the base to maintain said open end in an open condition adjacent the forward edge and the closed end being supported from the support means in spaced relation to the open end, wherein a lower portion of the enclosure is inclined downwardly from the closed end to the base to enable a ball thereon to return to the playing surface and wherein the enclosure extends to each side of the base to provide lateral panels to each side of the base rearwardly of the forward edge of the base, the open end having an upper rear edge extending from adjacent the rear of the base and being inclined forwardly from adjacent the rear of the base to pass adjacent the uppermost point of the upstanding frame, and wherein the membrane is formed of netting in cylindrical form.
- 14. A device for practicing ball sports comprising an enclosure defined by a membrane supported from a self-supporting structure, said structure comprising a base having a playing surface and having a forward edge and a support means spaced forwardly and upwardly of the base and supported at least in part from the base, said structure further comprising an upstanding fame supported from sides of the base and extending over the base and having an uppermost point, said enclosure being supported from said structure to define a space having an open end and a closed end, said space being of a general conical configuration, said open end being supported from the base to maintain said open end in an open condition adjacent the forward edge and the closed end being supported from the support means in spaced relation to the open end, wherein a lower portion of the enclosure is inclined downwardly from the closed end to the base to enable a ball thereon to return to the playing surface and wherein the enclosure extends to each side of the base to provide lateral panels to each side of the base rearwardly of the forward edge of the base, the open end having an upper rear edge extending from the rear of the base and being inclined forwardly from the rear of the base to pass adjacent the uppermost point of the upstanding frame, wherein the open end is defined by a first resiliently flexible elongate member received in the upper rear edge of the membrane and resiliently deformed to define the open end, and wherein the open end of the enclosure is further defined by a portion which underlies the base and which extends between the sides thereof, and wherein the membrane is formed of netting in cylindrical form.
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17. A device for practicing ball sports, comprising:
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a base having a front, a&
ea, and a pair of sides;
a playing surface upon which a person using the device is intended to stand during use, the playing surface being defined between the front, rear and sides of the base;
an upstanding frame extending upwardly from the sides of the base adjacent the front, said frame having an uppermost point;
support means connected to the base adjacent the front thereof and extending forwardly of the front; and
an enclosure having an open end and a closed end, the closed end being supported by the support means forwardly of the front of the base, and the open end being supported by the upstanding frame, the enclosure having a lower portion between the closed end and the front of the base that is inclined downwardly from the closed end to the front of the base to enable a ball to return to the playing surface, and the enclosure further includes lateral panels extending rearwardly from the upstanding frame along each side of the base to adjacent the rear of the base, each lateral panel decreasing in height from adjacent the uppermost point to adjacent the rear of the base, and wherein the enclosure is formed of netting in cylindrical form. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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