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Customizable golf parlor game

US4134590A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 4, 1977
Grant dateJan 16, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 4, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2250/1042
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A golf parlor game for participation by one or more players includes a random number generator, a plurality of club play cards associated with each player, hole layouts having indicia in the form of golf course holes, ball markers for plotting a shot of given distance and character, determined from a play card, on the hole layouts and distance markings for facilitating the plotting of a shot of given distance on a hole layout. The club play cards have first indicia thereon for indicating an actual golf club associated therewith (i.e. a one-wood or all of number four, five and six irons), and second indicia thereon corresponding to all the possible numbers generated by the random number generator and indicating the distance and character of a shot, different shot distance and character being associated with different numbers on each card. A player plays a number of hole layouts until a predetermined round is completed, each hole layout being played by selecting various club play cards and activating the random number generator upon selection of each play card until a player's ball marker on that hole layout is disposed in the hole. A plurality of customizable club play cards having …

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