Patent Application
20240207708
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The disclosure relates to golf devices and more particularly pertains to a new golf device for practicing bunker shots on a golf course. The device includes a golf mat that has a turf portion and a bunker portion. The bunker portion is defined by a deformable bag that is attached to the golf mat and a granular material that fills the deformable bag. A golf ball be placed on the deformable bag and a golfer can stand on the deformable bag to attempt to shoot the golf ball with a golf club. In this way the golfer can practice bunker shots without traveling to a golf course.
The prior art relates to golf devices including a golf practice device that includes a box, a liner positioned in the box, sand disposed on the liner and a golf mat extending away from the box. The prior art discloses a portable sand trap device that includes an annular cart, a curved barrier being positioned on the annular cart and a dome with an opening that is positionable over the curved barrier and the annular cart. The prior art discloses a golf ball dispenser that includes a launching mechanism that launches a golf ball onto a putting area. The prior art discloses a golf sand bunker simulator that includes beaded chains that are collected on a mat to simulate a sand bunker. The prior art discloses an ornamental design for a golf mat that includes a turf portion and a cup portion for holding a golf ball.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a golf mat that has a turf portion comprised of artificial turf and a bunker portion comprised of a deformable bag. The bunker portion simulates sand in a bunker of a golf course to facilitate a golfer to practice bunker shots without traveling to a golf course. A granular material is disposed within the deformable bag thereby facilitating the deformable bag to simulate sand in the bunker of the golf course. In this way the granular material increases difficulty for the golfer to practice the bunker shots.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The golf mat 12 has a top surface 22 and perimeter edge 24 and the golf mat 12 has a recess 26 extending into the top surface 22. The recess 26 has a bounding edge 28 and a lower bounding surface 30 and the bounding edge 28 undulates around the top surface 22 thereby facilitating the recess 26 to approximate the shape of the bunker of a golf course. The artificial turf 15 is positioned between the bounding edge 28 of the recess 26 and the perimeter edge 24 of the golf mat 12. The artificial turf 15 may be artificial turf of any conventional design that is typically associated with golf mats.
The deformable bag 18 has a perimeter edge 32 and an upper surface 34 and the perimeter edge 32 of the deformable bag 18 is attached to the lower bounding surface 30 of the recess 26. Furthermore, the perimeter edge 32 of the deformable bag 18 is aligned with the bounding edge 28 of the recess 26 such that the upper surface 34 abuts the bounding edge 28. The deformable bag 18 is comprised of a resilient material, including but not being limited to polytetrafluoroethylene, carbon fiber or canvas, which has sufficient strength to absorb the impact energy of a golf club without being damaged.
A granular material 36 is disposed within the deformable bag 18 thereby facilitating the deformable bag 18 to simulate sand in the bunker of the golf course. In this way the granular increases difficulty for the golfer 20 to practice the bunker shots. The granular material 36 fills a void 38 defined between the deformable bag 18 and the lower bounding surface 30 of the recess 26 in the top surface 22 of the golf mat 12. Additionally, the granular material 36 may comprise sand, glass beads or other type of resilient, granular material 36.
In use, the golf mat 12 is placed in a preferred location and a golf ball 40 is placed at a random location on the deformable bag 18. The golfer 20 stands on the deformable bag 18 and attempts to shoot the golf ball 40 off of the deformable bag 18 with a golf club. In this way the deformable bag 18 and the granular material 36 simulate a bunker thereby facilitating the golfer 20 to practice bunker shots without travelling to a golf course. The golf mat 12 can be rolled up for storage when the golf mat 12 is not being employed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
