US 11,786,791 B2
3-dimensional golf game
Christopher Schulz, Laguna Hills, CA (US); and Nathaniel Dilger, Dana Point, CA (US)
Filed by Christopher Schulz, Laguna Hills, CA (US); and Nathaniel Dilger, Dana Point, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,658.
Application 18/103,658 is a continuation of application No. 17/742,140, filed on May 11, 2022, granted, now 11,577,135.
Application 17/742,140 is a continuation of application No. 16/717,877, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/782,864, filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181984 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 67/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 67/02 (2013.01) [A63B 71/0669 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game of skill device comprising:
a unitary and substantially smooth curvilinear game playing mat comprising:
a horizontal surface having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to lie substantially flat on a floor,
a vertical surface having a first end and a second end, and
a curvilinear surface that interconnects the second end of the first horizontal surface to the first end of the vertical surface;
an approximately golf-ball sized ball; and
at least three ball-receiving cups, each ball-receiving cup having an upwardly-facing cup mouth and an opening opposite thereto that is larger than the approximately golf-sized ball, wherein each ball-receiving cup is fastened to the curvilinear surface or the vertical surface of the game play mat; and
a golf putter;
wherein during gameplay a player places the ball at a tee-off position located proximate the first end of the horizontal surface and thereafter putts the ball with the golf putter with sufficient force and in the proper direction such that the ball rolls from the first end of the horizontal surface past at least one of the ball-receiving cups, the ball then reversing direction back into the upwardly facing cup mouth of the at least one ball-receiving cup.