Patent ID: 7137900
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for practicing golf ball putting comprising a carriage, a carpet wound on a spool, the spool having an axis of rotation and being carried on the carriage, the carpet comprising a carpet putting surface, the carpet putting surface having a longitudinal length longer than its lateral width and comprising a putting location marking and at least one putting target marking, the putting location marking located a predetermined longitudinal distance from the putting target marking, the carpet putting surface facing up when at least a portion of the carpet is laid onto a horizontal surface, drive wheels having a fixed axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the spool, the drive wheels engaged by a first clutch to move the carriage along a horizontal surface in a first direction and aid in laying at least a portion of the carpet onto the horizontal surface, the spool engaged by a second clutch to move the carriage along a horizontal surface in a second direction opposite the first direction to aid in winding the carpet onto the spool.