Patent ID: 6592464
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A portable all-weather golf driving range comprising, in combination:(a) golf ball hitting and landing zones defining a golf hole fairway, said hitting zone being positioned along a first of two opposed ends of said fairway; (b) a primary array of posts circumscribing a perimeter of said golf fairway and with pairs of said primary posts being disposed in oppositely disposed relationship between respective end and lateral edges of said perimeter, said primary posts being arranged in a graduated, ascending height pattern along a longitudinal direction from said first end to a second distal end; (c) a secondary array of posts including support posts disposed in spaced reticulate relationship between said primary array of posts and within said golf fairway, said secondary posts having predetermined heights corresponding to said ascending height pattern of respective said primary posts; (d) a plurality of tensioned cable means extending across said fairway between mutually opposed primary posts above said golf fairway; (e) a golf ball supporting net supported by, in combination, said primary posts, said tensioned cable means and said secondary posts wherein each of said secondary posts generally underlie said golf ball supporting net to form one or more upstanding apices therein, said net including at least one golf ball receiving opening formed therein at a location between respective said apices; and (f) a golf ball retrieval means positioned beneath each of said golf ball receiving openings.