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7344446 Ball detection apparatus for detecting when a golf ball is hit off a golf tee  
The ball detection apparatus is for detecting when a golf ball is hit off a golf tee of an automatic golf ball teeing machine. The detection apparatus comprises a radar device for producing a first...
7318777 Par one  
A golf system that includes a tee or other area for striking a golf ball; and a golf green having a concave surface with a ball receptacle located at the lowest point in the surface so that a ball...
7238115 Roadway-transportable artificial golf practice green apparatus  
A golf practice green apparatus is provided which is capable of transforming between multiple configurations. A first configuration is best suited for actual use as a target green on a golf driving...
7056221 Ball collection arrangement  
A golf driving range target ( 112 ) comprises pockets ( 150, 183 ) suspended for cables ( 146, 176 ), the pockets feeding received golf balls to a common receptacle. Between the exits ( 166 ) of...
6884180 Self-recording golf ball, golf ball cup, and reading device system  
The present invention provides a self-recording golf ball having an inner core defined by an outer cover, said golf ball further comprising a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit...
6569028 Golf driving range  
A system for facilitating the practicing or playing of golf may include, alone or in combination, a golf target subsystem, a detection subsystem, and a golf ball dispensing subsystem. The golf ball...
6554284 Target assembly for practicing ball games  
A target device includes a rear sheet member and a front sheet member each having one or more conductor members aligned with each other, and an intermediate member disposed between the sheet...
6409607 Golf courses and methods of playing golf  
The present invention provides new golf courses and new methods of playing golf. The golf course has a golf ball hitting area used for a plurality of golf holes. A plurality of target greens are...
6398662 Moving practice green and ball pickup apparatus  
A simulated golf green for practicing variably positioned long distance approach shots on a golf driving practice range; in the form of a mobile golf practice green, ball pickup and return...
6176789 Scoring method and apparatus  
The method and apparatus of the present invention scores a golf shot, such as a golf shot at a practice range, in order to provide a golfer with a meaningful index by which to measure their...
6152830 Putting practice system  
A putting practice system for aiding golfers in maintaining putting skill levels. The practice system includes a surface contour that is adaptable by a user by inflating one or more air bladders to...
5938537 Golf exercise stand  
A golf exercise stand has a main body, two lateral plates, a sensing device, and a flagpole. The main body has a recess hole, a display screen, a groove, two lateral notches, and a rift. The...
5884913 Golf tee shot-green placement monitoring system  
A golf tee shot-green placement monitoring system for monitoring golf tee shots to a designated green of a three-par golf course hole for determining the placement of such tee shots upon the green...
5823885 Portable personal driving range and all purpose sporting net  
A portable personal sporting net includes a tapered cylindrical or funnel-like tubular, pliable, porous net having an enlarged entrance aperture which is supported by a collapsible pole. In one...
5806848 Apparatus for determining a speed of a projectile  
An apparatus for determining a speed of a projectile uses control logic and a single acoustic sensor connected to the control logic. The control logic includes a pulsing clock. The control logic...
5779241 Apparatus and method for measurement of position and velocity  
A sensor for locating the position of and measuring the velocity of an impacting object. The sensor employs a net attached at each edge to sensor modules mounted on a frame. Each sensor module...
5735751 Putting target with audible feedback  
A golf putting target which includes a housing with sloped top sides and which is smaller than a regulation golf cup hole. The housing contains pressure bars, a battery, a normally open circuit and...
5562285 Distance measuring system for a driven golf ball  
The system for determining the carry and/or lateral deviation and/or flight time of a driven golf ball uses a grid of geophones to sense the time of impact of a driven golf ball. The geophones are...
5482278 Handicapped-accessible golf course  
A golf course which is accessible to the physically handicapped. A clubhouse is equipped with wheelchair-accessible ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets and necessary medical supplies and...
5447315 Method and apparatus for sensing speed and position of projectile striking a target  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing the position and speed (force) of a projectile striking a target of arbitrary size and shape. The strike produces an acoustic shock wave which...
5445374 Golf driving range, system and method for retrieving balls from target cup  
A tee area is provided from which contestants may hit golf balls toward flag cups located on a plurality of greens. If a contestant hits a golf ball into a flag cup, a ball sensor detects the...
5419565 Electrical device for detecting the location and speed or force of impact with a target  
An electro-mechanical detection system for measuring the point of impact of a missile such as a sports projectile on a target and for measuring the velocity and force of impact. The detection...
5354052 Hole-in-one detector  
A device for detecting the presence of a golf ball G in a ball-receiving cup comprising a flag pole 1 having a tubular lower portion 2 dimensioned to be received within a standard ball-receiving...
5342053 Golf putting apparatus  
Golf putting apparatus useful for practice and amusement. Golf balls are putted along a path toward a target zone. The width of the path is resolved into segments which define the target zone,...
5306013 Projectile accuracy signalling apparatus  
A new and improved apparatus for signalling accuracy of a path of a projectile moving on a floor or ground surface includes an audible signal assembly located above and near floor or ground level....
5242169 Golf putting practice device  
A thermoformed thermoplastic housing has a putting deck having an inclined ramp leading to a platform with a rear and a side ball gutter return. A cup extends beneath the deck and has a ball return...
5171013 Detector system for object movement in a game  
A method and system is provided which is particularly designed for board, lane or field games in which balls, pucks or the like are rolled, slid or otherwise propelled by a player over a horizonal...
5064194 Apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs  
An apparatus for use in practicing pitching of baseballs to enable the user to improve pitching accuracy and to indicate pitched balls delivered within a strike zone having a vertical backboard...
5029867 Golf game  
An improved golf game device is proivded and consists of a funnel shaped trough including a soft liner carried in an open topped housing to receive a golf ball hit by a golf player. A return chute...
4880239 Golf training apparatus  
A sport training apparatus for ball hitting games, such as golf, is provided with a frame which includes a base as well as a pair of uprights. A net is stretched across the uprights and has a pair...
4858922 Method and apparatus for determining the velocity and path of travel of a ball  
A pair of velocity sensing devices are disposed on opposite sides of the proposed path of travel of a ball with the electromagnetic energy beams from the devices directed at acute angles to the...
4770527 Photoelectric-piezoelectric velocity and impact sensor  
A photoelectric-piezoelectric velocity and impact sensor has a plurality of photoelectric light sources and associated photodetectors disposed on axes defining an array of light beams. A first...
4659090 Electrical device for indicating the force and/or location of target impacts or other forces  
An electrical device capable of indicating the force and/or location of an impact or other applied force, such as a weight, comprises three or more layers including a continuously-conductive...
4542905 Game with an electromagnetic ball detector  
A ball detector senses and signals the presence of a metal containing ball near preselected points on a game playfield. The ball detector is positioned to avoid contact with the ball and includes...
4511146 Practice golf net device  
A practice golf net device utilizes a fabric-like member suspended from a frame to which are attached a plurality of shroud lines. The lines are connected to a mechanism which reflects the impact...
4336939 Golf chip and putt practice device and game  
A golf chip and putt target formed of flexible sheet material is pocketed to form a center pocket, pairs of longitudinal and lateral pockets each sharing a common wall with the center pocket and...
4160942 Golf ball trajectory presentation system  
A trajectory calculator receiving data indicating initial values of golf ball flight angle, velocity and spin, calculates the apparent elevation and deflection angles at which the golf ball would...
4141557 Simulated golf green  
Disclosed is a segmented target useful particularly as a simulated golf green. The target is made up of multiple parallel strands of wire supported above the ground and running cross wise to each...
4116437 Tennis training and rating apparatus  
A tennis training and rating apparatus comprises one or more ball delivery devices for delivering tennis balls past a net into a playing area so that a player may return the balls back over the net...
4070018 Ball impact target with ball impact sensor  
A device for ball games, sensing velocity and scoring against a damping screen comprised of areas simulating strategic plays against a player's opposition and comprised of electrical sensor means...
4009883 Ball game practicing device  
There is disclosed a method of practicing ball games in particular golf in which a target is positioned on the correct flight path of the ball and the sound emitted when a correctly struck ball...
3972531 Indicating target for projectiles  
An indicating target wherein displacement of individual target sectors in reaction to the impact of a projectile causes the momentary closing of an electrical contact; the closing of the contact...
3966212 Simulated golf green  
A simulated golf green is provided which comprises a base including a base plate, a plurality of dividers mounted on the base plate which define a plurality of areas on the base plate, a plurality...
3889957 Golf ball target  
A target device having a particular use in association with a golf driving range. The device includes a target, preferably shaped as a golf ball, having a series of target holes to receive a ball...
3877704 Apparatus for playing a golf game  
A golf game wherein various forms of targets are spaced forwardly of the tee area and a putting green is located adjacent the tee area. The targets include different zones in which the ball may...
3874664 Impact sensing target  
A target for being positioned on a surface such that an object impinged thereagainst will deflect the target to generate a pulse which is transmitted to an indicator such as a horn, a light, a...
3857022 GRAPHIC INPUT DEVICE  
An interface device is provided comprising a screen made of a material such as plastic or glass whereby the two dimensional coordinates of the location at which the screen is tapped, by an object,...
3814438 GOLF GAME APPARATUS  
Apparatus for improving one's golf game, in which the ball is hit from a contact location to a flexible sheet member. The sheet member has a selected flexibility to permit the ball contacted...
3720413 GAME TARGET  
A forwardly inclined target board is rotationally mounted on each of five horizontally extending pivot shafts which are vertically spaced from each other: Each lower board extends upward to a...
3677546 IMPENETRABLE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING TARGET  
The present invention relates to the field of shooting techniques and particularly to automatically working shooting targets. The invention concerns a shooting target comprising essentially an...
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