Golh: the golf hybrid sport of golfrisbee

• US 7,101,293 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TANG System GOLH Golfish Golfrisbee Golhunting
• Original Assignee: TANG System GOLH Golfish Golfrisbee Golhunting
• Inventors: Tarng, Min Ming, Lin, Mei Jech, Tarng, Angela Yu-Shiu, Tarng, Huang-Chang, Nieh, Shun-Yu, Tarng, Eric Yu-Shiao, Tarng, Jwu-Ing, Tarng, Alfred Yu-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Eugene
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US10/842,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20040209712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 473/465, 473/588, 473/590, 124/5, 446/47, 446/46, 273/348.4, 273/400
• US Class Current: 473/446
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0633 without electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/007 Putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/08 with special arrangements for obtaining a variable impact
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/14 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/357 for golf cups or holes, e.g. flags
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/40 Golf cups or holes
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/20 having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/30 forming hand-held throwing or catching aids for use with rings, discs, wheels or cylindrical throwing-bodies, or for use with balls having a central bore
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/10 Discus discs; Quoits
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/12 Ball-throwing apparatus with or without catchers hand-held throwing or catching aids A63B59/20; Mechanical projectors, e.g. using spring force
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/122 Hand-held mechanical projectors, e.g. for balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/00 Sporting games or accessories therefor, not provided for in groups A63B1/00 - A63B65/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/002 Games using balls, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/06 Ring or disc tossing games , e.g. quoits; Throwing or tossing games, e.g. using balls; Games for manually rolling balls, e.g. marbles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0213 the projectile, e.g. ring or quoits, to be thrown on a hook or stick
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0221 with penetrating spikes, e.g. as in darts
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0226 the spikes being on the target
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0273 : Catapults
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0286 : Discs
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/02 : Shooting or hurling games throwing-implements for sports or recreational use A63B65/00; throwing or projecting toys per se A63H33/18; gun simulators F41A33/00, e.g. light- or radiation-emitting guns F41A33/02; practice apparatus for gun-aiming F41G3/26, e.g. using a light-emitting device F41G3/2616; targets, target ranges, bullet catchers F41J, photo-electric hit-detector systems F41J5/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/18 : Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys discs used in athletics A63B65/10as part of a game A63F9/02; sling weapons F41B3/00; spring toy guns F41B7/08

Abstract

The golh sport is comprised of the golh club, golfrisbee disc and golfrisbee basket. Swiveling the golh club, the flying object such as golfrisbee disk is thrown to fly into the golfrisbee basket. The golfrisbee basket has the wind-bell-chain reverted umbrella structure to protect the golfrisbee from damage. The flying object has many types such as the golfball, golfrisbee disk, golfring, diskring, boomerang, polygon boomerang, multi-boomerang ring, multi-boomerang diskring, etc. Golh is the hybrid golf comprising the flying golfrisbee and the golf ball. Basedisc is the golfrisbee sport following the similar game rules of baseball. The core technologies are the swiveling club throwing technology, wind-bell-chain reverted-umbrella golfrisbee basket and the universal direction wing flying disk technology. The golh system comprises the golh club, golfrisbee, golfrisbee basket, portable hole, golh lubricant, golh cart, golh trolley, golh bag, golh swing trainer, and the manufacture processes to be an integrated system package.

Claims

1. A golh sport means comprises swiveling club means, flying object means,

said swiveling club means comprising a swinging pole means and a fitting head means;

said head means being at an end of said pole means;

said flying object means having a center of gravity, as said flying object means flying in sky being rotating with said center of gravity as an axis that said center of gravity being referred being a rotational axis of said flying object means;

said flying object being pivotally mounted on said fitting head means with an adaptive means, an pivotally rotational axis of said fitting head being an pivotal axis of said flying object means;

said rotational axis of said flying object means and said pivotal axis of said flying object means being not coincident to be eccentric to have a distance between said rotational axis of said flying object means and said pivotal axis of said flying object to be eccentric;

said flying object means having said rotational axis being eccentric to said pivotal axis and pivotally mounted on said head means of said swiveling club means with an mounting adaptor means, rotating said flying object means that said flying object means being engaged through a mounting fit means with said head means of said club means;

swiveling said swiveling club means, due to said rotational axis being eccentric to said pivotal axis, said flying object means pivotally rotating in a reverse direction on said head means due to initial force and being followed by an eccentric force of a swing of said swiveling of said swiveling club means, said flying object means disengaging with said head of said swiveling club and being detached from said head means of said swiveling club means and being launched to fly toward a target means;

said flying object means flying in a plan which in parallel to a swiveling plan of said swiveling club means to minimize drag force on said flying object means to have long range flying distance.

2. A golh sport means according to claim 1, said flying object means comprises a plurality of flying direction wing,

said a plurality flying direction wing having a bi-directional flying wing section to be an overlap of a section of a forward direction flying wing and a section of backward direction flying wing;

there being smooth transitional curves between said section of said forward direction flying wing and said section of backward direction flying wing;

a section of said flying object having section of said bi-directional flying wing having an envelop being an union of a wing section being made of said transitional curve, said forward direction flying wing and section of backward direction flying wing.

3. A golh sport means according to claim 1 comprising a plurality of said target means, said target means comprises a plural of wind-bell-chain means and a hanging cap means,

said wind-bell-chain means comprising a plural of sound generating tube means being hang on a hanging string means hanging beneath said cap means;

said tube means further comprising a hitting pan means, hanging fork means and sound generating cylinder means;

said cylinder means dangling on said fork means;

said fork means being supported by said pan means;

said pan means clamping on said string means;

said tube means being aligned successfully on said string means;

said pan means of which said tube means locating at a lower position being in a bottom position inside said cylinder of which said tube means locating at an upper position;

as said cap swinging, said cylinder means of tube means at upper position dangling and hitting on said pan of said tube means at lower position, harmonic sound being generated from said hitting action.

4. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which swiveling club means and flying object means further comprising a direction controlling lock-and-release engaging means in a flying rotational plan of rotating flight of said flying object,

said adaptor means of said flying object mounting on said adapting fit means of said head at an release position, then rotating said flying object means, said adaptor means of said flying object means being engaged with said adapting fit means of said club in said lock position of said engaging means in said flying rotational plan of said flying object;

swiveling said club means, said flying object means rotating due to eccentric force of said eccentrically mounted flying object, said rotating in a reverse direction of said rotating of said lock position, said rotating in a reverse direction making said engaging means of said flying object being in release position;

in said releasing position of said engaging means, the flying object being launched to fly.

5. A golh sport means according to claim 4 of which said direction controlling lock-and-release engaging means is a screw means;

said adapting screw means of said flying object means being mounted on a fitting screw means of said head of said club means, rotating said flying object means, said screw means of said flying object means being engaged with said screw means of said head means of said club means;

swiveling said club means, said flying object means being rotated in a reverse rotating direction, due to an eccentric force of said eccentrically mounted flying object, said screw means being in a released position and said flying object means being launched to fly.

6. A golh sport means according to claim 5 of which said screw means being constituted of a dual semi-circle screw,

said dual semi-circle screw of said flying object being mounted on said dual semi-circle screw on said head means of club means, rotating said flying object in a half cycle, said dual semi-circle of said flying object being locked with said dual semi-circle screw of said head means of club means;

swiveling said club means, said flying object being rotated in a reverse rotating direction half cycle due to an eccentric force of said eccentrically mounted flying object, said flying object being in a releasing position and said flying object means being launched to fly.

7. A golh sport means according to claim 5 of which said screw means in said flying object being a female screw;

and said screw means on said head means of said club means being a male screw,

said female screw being mounted on said male screw, rotating said flying object means, said female screw being engaged with said male screw;

swiveling said club means, said flying object rotating in a reverse rotation direction and said female screw being disengaged with said male screw, said flying object being released and launching to fly.

8. A golh sport means according to claim 4 of which said head means further comprising an adjusting lock means to adjust an angular position of said direction controlling lock-and-release engaging means;

releasing said lock means, said direction controlling lock-and-release engaging means being able to rotate to adjust for a narrow window of angular position to have an optimum launch for said flying object;

tightening said lock means to fix said angular position of said direction controlling lock-and-release engaging means, then swiveling said club means, said flying object being released to launch to fly,

repeating above processes for said direction controlling lock angular position-and-release engaging means, until an optimum of a farthest throwing distance being reached.

9. A golh sport means according to claim 7 of which said female screw further comprise a compact lighting light means and sound generating sound means,

said light means and said sound means being located at a middle of said female screw, screws being notched at a peripheral of said female screw;

said male screw having a pore in a middle portion at a top of said male screw to adapt said light means and said sound means;

said light means and said sound means indicating flying path and final landing place in night golh and snow golh.

10. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object means being composed of composite material of soft wrapping means and hard framing backbone means to form an aerodynamic airfoil means;

said mounting adaptor means of said flying object means being integrated with said backbone means of said flying object means;

said wrapping means wrapping around said backbone means at edges of said flying object means;

said wrapping means and said backbone means being constituted a smooth shape of said aerodynamic airfoil means.

11. A flying object means according to claim 1 of which said flying wing being a plural wing segments being constituted of airfoil segment of slat means, airfoil segment of main wing means and airfoil segment of flap means,

said slat means being at front of said main wing means;

said flap means being at back of said main wing means;

said plural flying direction wing being an overlap of said flying forward direction of a plural wing segments with flying backward direction of a plural wing segments plus sections made of smooth transitional curves between said two plural wing segments;

said overlap being with following ways of

said flap means of said forward direction wing being overlapped with said slat means of said backward direction wing,

said slat means of said forward direction wing being overlapped with said flap means of said backward direction wing and

said main wing of said forward direction wing being overlapped with said main wing or said backward direction wing,

an overlapping flap with slat being a slotted skirt means.

12. A target means according to claim 3 further comprises an reverted umbrella basket means,

said basket means further comprising a plural of L-shaped ribs pivotally mounted a framing ring means, one short end of said L-shaped ribs biasing against a wall of said ring,

said ring means being hanged beneath said wind-bell-chain means with low ends of said string means of said wind-bell-chain means,

as said ribs contracting to be a bundle, said target means being portable.

13. A target means according to claim 3 of which hanging cap means is supported on a supporting pole with a universal swing type joint means,

said joint means being at top of said pole;

said joint means being beneath said cap;

said cap means free swinging on said joint means in any direction, said cylinders of said wind-bell-chain hitting on said pans to generate harmonic sound.

14. A target means according to claim 3 of which hanging cap means further comprises light means,

said light being in an interior side of said wind-bell-chain to be protected by said wind-bell-chain;

said light means shining light on said wind-bell-chains means for night golh.

15. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object is a throwing golfball means,

said golfball comprising a throwing ball means, a shooting stick means and a pivotal mounting adaptor means;

said ball means being at one end of said stick means, said adaptor means being at another end of said stick means;

as said golfball means being pivotally mounted on said club means, swiveling said club means, said golfball means rotating due to an eccentric force generated by said ball and said golfball means being thrown to fly.

16. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object is a flying disk type golfrisbee means,

said golfrisbee means being in disk shape having said adaptor means being eccentric;

said eccentric having said golfrisbee to mount eccentrically on said head means of said club means;

swiveling said club means, said golfrisbee means rotating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means;

an eccentric force generating due to said eccentric position of said adaptor means on said golfrisbee means, said golfrisbee being launched to fly with gyroscopic rotational satiability for long range flight.

17. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object is a flying ring type golfring means,

said golfring being in a ring shape, said adaptor means being on said ring of golfring;

said adaptor means being eccentric to the ring,

swiveling said club means, said golfring means rotating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means;

an eccentric force generating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means, said golfring means being launched to fly with gyroscopic rotation to stabilize said golfring for a long rang flight.

18. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object is a flying boomerang means,

said boomerang being constituted of a plural of branches being joined together at one end;

said adaptor being eccentric on said boomerang;

swiveling said club means, said boomerang means rotating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means;

an eccentric force generating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means, said boomerang being launched to fly with rotation to make curved flight path for odd number of branches;

even number and symmetric branches boomerang making straight flight path.

19. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said flying object is a polygon means

said polygon being constituted of a plural of branches with ends being jointed together successfully;

said adaptor being eccentric on said polygon;

swiveling said club means, said polygon means rotating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means;

an eccentric force generating due to said eccentric of said adaptor means, said polygon means being launched to fly with gyroscopic rotation, odd number edges polygon making curved flight path, even number edges polygon making straight flight path.

20. A golh sport means according to claim 1 of which said bead of club means further comprising a dust cover to protect said head means for said flying object means from muddy as said heads means putt a ball means on ground,

said head having a plural of latch means;

said dust cover having a plural of latch means;

said latch means of said head being interlaced and interlocked with latch means of said dust cover as said dust cover being in position with head;

as said flying object means not being mounted on said head means, putting said dust cover on said head means, as said dust cover mounting on said head and sliding sideward, said dust cover being locked with said head of said club means.