US 12,145,675 B2
Mobile golf simulation system
Tari Cash, Washington, DC (US); and Jim Coates, Dumfries, VA (US)
Assigned to TC GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by TC GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,475.
Application 17/829,475 is a continuation of application No. 17/558,273, filed on Dec. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,352,079.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,982, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289324 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 63/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 71/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 63/061 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 71/022 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0028 (2013.01); A63B 69/3623 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0647 (2013.01); A63B 2220/80 (2013.01); A63B 2225/11 (2020.08); A63B 2225/74 (2020.08)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A double-bayed mobile golf simulation system comprising:
a. a wheeled trailer assembly comprised of:
i. a horizontal frame comprising at least one longitudinal support and at least one transverse axle having a wheel disposed at each axle end;
ii. a rectangular trailer box resting atop and attached to said horizontal frame, wherein said trailer box is characterized by (a) front and rear end panels connected to each other by two opposed side panels to thereby form the four vertical walls of said trailer box and (b) horizontally arrayed bottom and top panels disposed over and under said four vertical walls to thereby form the respective floor and ceiling of said trailer box; and
iii. a partition wall having at least one layer of a radar-absorbing material disposed thereover, wherein said partition wall extends longitudinally through the middle of said trailer box so as to divide said trailer interior into respective left and right side bays;
b. a first screen attached to the left side of said partition wall and a second screen attached to the right side of said partition wall; and
c. first and second golf simulation units contained within each of said side bays, wherein each golf simulation unit is networked to a computer system that, in turn, controls respective left and right side projectors, further wherein said left side projector transmits video to said left side screen and said right side projector transmits video to said right side screen and said radar absorbing material prevents the passage of video between said screens;
wherein:
each side panel includes a horizontally hinged wall portion that, in a first locked configuration, is securely attached to the remainder of said trailer box by a series of spring-assisted compression locks, but that may be unlocked from the remainder of said trailer box and laterally deployed to form a side platform that includes a padded turf stage and tee area on its top surface and a series of adjustable stage legs on its bottom surface.