EP0275764A1 - Golfspiel, bestehend aus einem Golfschläger und einem Spielfeld - Google Patents

Golfspiel, bestehend aus einem Golfschläger und einem Spielfeld Download PDF

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EP0275764A1
EP0275764A1 EP87402895A EP87402895A EP0275764A1 EP 0275764 A1 EP0275764 A1 EP 0275764A1 EP 87402895 A EP87402895 A EP 87402895A EP 87402895 A EP87402895 A EP 87402895A EP 0275764 A1 EP0275764 A1 EP 0275764A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
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  • the present invention relates to a percussion utensil for golf game, this utensil being intended to be used on a playing field disposed on a raised support such as a table or analog.
  • the invention also relates to the grounds arranged on such raised supports for use with the aforementioned utensil.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a percussion utensil and a playing field which make it possible in particular to reproduce, as faithfully as possible, on a reduced scale, the practice of outdoor golf.
  • faithful reproduction of the practice of golf we mean not only the fact that we foresee a course reproducing itself as faithfully as possible, a real golf course with its obstacles, its relief, as well as the state of surface and flexibility of the different zones of such a field, but also the fact that the percussion utensil of the invention allows, in association with the playing field, to offer ball control means similar to those life-size golf game, that is to say allowing an aerial game by taking the ball off the ground and maintaining the basic rules and techniques of golf on a large scale, particularly with regard to movements club's relative to the ball.
  • This notion of faithful reproduction also includes the application of rotation effects on the ball when the latter must describe straight or curved trajectories.
  • the invention relates to a percussion utensil for golf game, on a playing field arranged on a raised support such as a table or the like, characterized in that it constitutes a rigid assembly comprising a rectilinear arm at one end of which is fixed a percussion member in the form of a golf club reduced size, the other end of the arm being provided with a handle, said percussion member comprising, as known per se, a handle fixed at one of its ends, at the corresponding end of the arm by forming an elbow with the latter and carrying at its opposite end a head delimiting a percussion surface of the ball, oriented laterally with respect to the handle, this utensil being intended to be positioned on the ground using a hand of a user in support on this ground and supporting the arm, the other hand of the user orienting the percussion surface relative to the ball by acting on the arm and causing this surface to strike the ball by rotation of the arm around its axis, said utensil allowing thus faithfully reproduc
  • the golf club is fixed in the extension of the arm so as to extend roughly in the same plane as this arm.
  • the inclinations of the handle relative to the arm and to the lower surface of the club head are such that this lower surface extends roughly parallel to the arm.
  • the invention also relates to a playground intended to be placed on at least one raised support such as a table, this terrain being adapted to be used with a utensil as defined above and characterized in that at least certain areas of its surface are flexible.
  • This course reproduces, on a small scale, a real open-air golf course. - It has areas with different surface states and areas with different flexibility.
  • the invention also relates to a set of games comprising at least one utensil and at least one field as defined above.
  • the utensil illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises an arm 1 approximately rectilinear at one end of which is provided a handle 1a produced in the form of a sleeve, for example of leather or rubber, the other end of the arm 1 being extended by a percussion member 2 made in the form of a small golf club.
  • the golf club 2 forming the percussion member of the utensil, similarly to a full-size golf club, a straight handle 3 connected by one of its ends, to the corresponding end of the arm 1 and carrying, at its opposite end, a head 4 delimiting laterally by compared to the handle 3 and the arm 1, a percussion surface 5 (Fig. 2).
  • the arm 1, the handle 3 and the head 4 are contained roughly in the same plane, so that the handle 3 which, in this embodiment, came integrally with the arm 1, is located in the extension of this arm.
  • the arm 1 and the handle 3 are connected to each other by forming an elbow with an angle of approximately 120 ° and the head 4, also made integrally with the handle 3 in this example, is oriented relative to this handle so that its lower face 6 (Fig. 2) preferably extends parallel to the arm 1 so that the angle defined between the direction in which the handle 3 extends and the plane containing this lower face 6 is approximately 60 °.
  • the head 4 of the club 2 is provided on its face opposite to the percussion surface 5, with a flyweight 7 intended to give the utensil a certain moment of inertia by rotation of the arm 1 around its axis and therefore, a certain impact power of the head 4 on a ball 8 (Fig. 1).
  • the percussion surface 5 is provided with a series of grooves 9 (FIG. 1) extending approximately parallel to the underside 6 of the head 4, these grooves being intended, as known per se, to give a rotation effect to the balls at the moment of impact, this effect being known under the name of "backspin".
  • the percussion surface 5 of the head 4 of the utensil can be contained in a plane containing the arm or making a acute angle with the plane containing the lower face 6, as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • Utensils are also provided, the length of the arm 1 and the length of the handle 3 being variable from one utensil to another in order to equip players of different sizes such as men, women or children.
  • the length of the arm 1 can thus be between approximately 30 and 60 cm, a dimension which is also a function of the extent of the terrain used.
  • These adjustment means may comprise devices known per se, in particular the production of the arm 1 or of the handle 3 in the form of two rods slidingly mounted one inside the other to adjust the length of this handle or of this arm, l angle can be adjusted by providing between each of the elements corresponding to the utensil, an articulation device provided with locking means.
  • the utensil of the invention can therefore be produced in a single piece or in several pieces if there are provided articulations or sliding parts, or even a percussion member 2 simply screwed onto the arm 1, so as to be able to interchange the percussion organs and adapt them on the same arm.
  • the utensil can be made of any suitable material, in particular a metal such as aluminum or an alloy thereof, steel or another more noble metal, a plastic material, wood or a composite material.
  • Player J's left hand thus supports the utensil and positions it so that the percussion surface 5 faces the ball 8 and that this percussion surface is situated at an appropriate height relative to this ball, the height of the head 4 relative to the ball 8 which can be adjusted, either by contraction or crushing of the left hand G or else by inserting the arm 1 between another pair of fingers of this same hand.
  • the head 4 of the utensil being thus positioned, shooting can then be carried out by firstly completing the positioning of this head relative to the bullet 8 by a fine adjustment of the orientation of the percussion surface 5 which is effected by the right hand D of the player J who acts appropriately on the handle 2 of the utensil.
  • the lower face 6 of the head 4 extends parallel and in the vicinity of the surface of the support S, the percussion surface 5 of the head 4 being itself close to the ball 8.
  • the shot is made by first turning with the right hand D, the arm 1 in the direction of the arrow F1 in a movement called “backswing”, to raise the head 4 of the club and then, from this high position of the head 4, by turning in a controlled manner the arm 1 also with the right hand D in the direction of the arrow F2 to carry out a movement said of "swing” during which the head 4 must pass in full swing, at the moment when it strikes the ball by its initial position before the "backswing".
  • the difficulty of the shot to be made essentially lies in the fact that it is necessary for a straight shot not to change the axial orientation of the arm 1 and the height of the head 4 during the movements of "backswing” and “swing”, so that the handle 3 of the golf club 2 evolves during these movements in the same plane P called “swing plane”.
  • Playing with the utensil of the invention therefore exercises skill, concentration, precision, reflexes and visualization in the same way as full-scale golf.
  • the use of the utensil also gives sensations which can be compared to those felt when using a golf club life size when making a shot on real outdoor terrain.
  • the terrain illustrated in FIG. 4 reproduces on a reduced scale a real golf course whose course includes two holes 13.
  • This land is arranged on two tables 10 and 11, rectangular, which are in contact by one of their corners thereby providing between them an empty space 12 materializing in a way a natural obstacle of variable difficulty which could be a body of water in real golf.
  • the green surfaces are grassed areas surrounding the holes in which the goal of the game is to introduce the ball into it with a minimum of strokes, these surface areas being perfectly maintained and perfectly mowed. , thus highlighting the slight gradients which remain on such areas and which are intentionally kept for the difficulty of the game.
  • the "bunkers” are in fact cavities made in the "fairway” and in which sand has been placed for constitute an obstacle.
  • the "rough” includes the surface areas of the terrain which generally include natural obstacles such as trees, brush or rock gardens. The rest of the course surface constitutes the "fairway", an extensive lawn-mowed area.
  • the entire field is made of one or more more or less flexible materials and with surface states different to simulate as closely as possible these areas of "fairway", "rough”, "green” or "bunker".
  • Bunkers 16 can for example be materialized by a material similar to long-haired fur or even sand allowing the ball and the club to penetrate the thickness of the ground, which is also valid for the "fairway ".
  • the entire surface of the terrain must be flexible, even if this surface has different flexibility zones, so that this flexibility allows, as in real large-scale play, to strike the club head with the club head to make certain shots, especially those in which you want to lift the ball to give it a bell-shaped trajectory.
  • the diameter of the holes 13 is around 12 mm.
  • this ball is provided with cavities distributed on its surface.
  • the tables 10 and 11 on which the playing field is placed can have various dimensions and be adjustable in height by means of devices provided at each of their feet, such as jacks or racks, in order to allow not only the height adjustment proper of the playing field, but also to adjust the slopes of the field by playing on the inclination of each table.

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EP87402895A 1986-12-18 1987-12-17 Golfspiel, bestehend aus einem Golfschläger und einem Spielfeld Expired - Lifetime EP0275764B1 (de)

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FR8617753A FR2612789B1 (fr) 1986-12-18 1986-12-18 Ustensile de percussion pour jeux de golf, terrain de jeu comportant utilisation de cet ustensile et ensemble de jeu comprenant l'ustensile et le terrain
FR8617753 1986-12-18

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GB612044A (en) * 1946-05-16 1948-11-08 William Hamilton Jobson Apparatus for playing a game
US3537576A (en) * 1968-06-20 1970-11-03 Michael Macaluso Jr Golf game
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US3809404A (en) * 1972-10-04 1974-05-07 A Fikse Miniature golf game and golfer
US3844565A (en) * 1973-06-19 1974-10-29 V Gigliotti Golf game apparatus
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GB187101A (en) * 1921-09-12 1922-10-19 Henry Furse An apparatus for playing table games
GB510333A (en) * 1938-01-29 1939-07-31 William Foord Wallace Apparatus for playing a game
GB612044A (en) * 1946-05-16 1948-11-08 William Hamilton Jobson Apparatus for playing a game
US3537576A (en) * 1968-06-20 1970-11-03 Michael Macaluso Jr Golf game
GB1288075A (de) * 1969-05-02 1972-09-06
US3809404A (en) * 1972-10-04 1974-05-07 A Fikse Miniature golf game and golfer
US3844565A (en) * 1973-06-19 1974-10-29 V Gigliotti Golf game apparatus
US4511142A (en) * 1983-05-09 1985-04-16 Tempo, Inc. Golf training device

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FR2612789A1 (fr) 1988-09-30
AU606107B2 (en) 1991-01-31
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US4856783A (en) 1989-08-15
JPS63238886A (ja) 1988-10-04

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