Improvements in or relating to Balls for use in Practising Golf and other Games.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Balls for use in Practising Golf and
other Games.
I, ARTHUR GUY ELLIS, of 11 Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It has been found that in practising golf and other games the ball frequently
travels so far as to be lost and even when it remains near at hand it is very often
hidden among the long grass so as to make its whereabouts very uncertain and
entail a loss of an immense amount of time in its recovery.
Now the object of this invention is to overcome these difficulties by providing the
ball with an attachment which will check or
delay its passage through the air and
also make its flight and its resting place more visible.
According to this invention I connect to the ball, by means of swivel joints,
or one or more rings, and a cord or wire of suitable length, a disc of tin or
other bright or painted metal which is connected to the said cord at or near its
centre.
On the ball being struck the said attachment acts as a drag and limits the flight
of the ball. Furthermore on account of the bright surface of the disc its passage
is easily discernible. Should the ball alight among long grass or weeds, the disc
would remain at the top and by reflecting the rays of the sun would direct the
player to the spot where the ball is lying.
This invention will also allow of golfers practising full "Tee" or other strokes
in a comparatively confined space, for the flight of the ball when struck with
sufficient force to send it 200 yards, can be reduced to about 30 or 40 yards.
The invention by the use of varied sizes of the disc is applicable to the handi-
capping of "long driving" golfers against "short driving" players. The "check
flight ball" being used for the "Tee" stroke, and another ball being substituted
for subsequent strokes, as if the "Teed" ball had split on the first stroke.
In some cases a kite tail, or other device may be substituted for the bright
disc.
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1003
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Balls for use in Practising Golf and
other Games.
I, ARTHUR GUY ELLIS, of 11 Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
It has been found that in practising golf and other games, the ball frequently
travels so far as to be lost and even when it remains near at hand it is very often
hidden among the long grass so as to make its whereabouts very uncertain and
entail a loss of an immense amount of time in its recovery.
Now the object of this invention is to overcome these difficulties by providing
th: ball with an attachment which will check or delay its passage through the air
and also make its flight and its resting place more visible.

page_text: According to this invention I connect to the ball, by means of a screw eye or
staple with or without swivel joints, or one or more rings, and a cord or wire of
suitable length a disc of tin or other bright or painted metal, leather or other
suitable material, which is connected to the said cord at or near its centre. On
the ball being struck the said attachment acts as a drag and limits the flight of the
ball. Furthermore, on account of the bright or coloured surface of the disc its
passage is easily discernible. Should the ball alight among long grass or weeds
the disc would remain at the top and thereby attract the eyes of the player to the
spot where the ball is lying.
This invention will also allow of golfers practising full "Tee," or other strokes,
in a comparatively confined space, for the flight of the ball when struck with
sufficient force to send it 200 yards can be reduced to about 30 or 40 yards.
The invention is also well adapted for play or practice when the ground is covered
with snow.
The invention by the use of varied sizes of the disc is applicable to the handi-
capping of "long driving" golfers against "short driving" players. The "check
flight ball" being used for the "Tee" stroke, and another ball being substituted
for subsequent strokes, as if the Teed ball had split on the first stroke.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings illustrative of this invention.
Figure 1 shews a golf ball fitted with an attachment according to this invention,
and Figure 2 an enlarged view of a portion of the same.
A golf ball a is provided with a loop, eye, or staple, b to which is secured a cord,
chain, or wire c. The other end of this cord, chain, or wire, is secured to an eye d
attached to a disc e of metal or other suitable material. The end of the shank is
shewn as provided with a nut to prevent the removal of the disc e at Figure 1. At
Figure 2 the end of this shank is shewn riveted over for the same purpose.
It is obvious that the connection of the disc e with the cord, chain, or wire c
may be made by means of a wire T or loop soldered to the disc, or free to rotate,
or by almost any other method of connection, without departing from the nature of
this invention. Furthermore, the check flight attachment may be made otherwise
than circular, and flat, concave, or convex.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An attachment to balls for playing golf and other games consisting of a disc or
other shape at the end of a cord, chair, wire, or the like, which is secured at the
other end to the ball, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.