Patent ID: 11896886
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A golf putting practice device configured for deployment on a support surface, comprising:
a main wall having a ball strike interface with a ball protrusion plane, the main wall comprising at least one main wall panel and having lower wall edge, an upper wall edge and a pair of side wall edges;
a ball bias assembly in the main wall, the ball bias assembly comprising:
an assembly housing having a housing interior;
a ball opening in the assembly housing, the housing interior communicating with the ball opening;
a practice golf ball disposed for translational motion in the housing interior of the assembly housing, the practice golf ball disposable in a pre-strike position wherein the practice golf ball protrudes from the housing interior through the ball opening beyond the ball protrusion plane of the ball strike interface and a retracted strike position wherein the practice golf ball is at least partially recessed in the ball opening;
a ball return spring disposed in the assembly housing and engaging the practice golf ball, the ball return spring normally biasing the practice golf ball in the pre-strike position and operable to return the practice golf ball from the retracted strike position back to the pre-strike position; and
at least one shock absorbing element on the assembly housing;

a pair of spaced-apart side walls extending from the main wall, the pair of spaced-apart side walls operable to support the main wall in an upright position on the support surface, each of the pair of spaced-apart side walls having a lower wall edge, an upper wall edge, a front wall edge adjoining a corresponding one of the pair of side wall edges of the main wall, and a rear wall edge; and
a putting space formed by and between the pair of spaced-apart side walls, the practice golf ball protruding into the putting space in the pre-strike position.