Patent ID: 7094158

Claim:
A golf putting practice apparatus comprising: (A) base and housing members; (B) a ball tray extending forwardly from said base and housing members and defining on its upper surface a depressed pocket area for receiving a ball; (C) flipper means including a longitudinal flipper member and a coaxially mounted base section supporting said flipper member; (D) means for mounting said flipper means for pivotal movement between its retracted orientation wherein said flipper member is substantially behind said pocket area and its extended orientation wherein said flipper member is at least over a portion of said ball tray; (E) rotational energy storage means for pivoting said flipper means from its retracted orientation into its extended orientation whereby said flipper member propels a ball forwardly from said pocket area; (F) powered retractor means for pivoting said flipper means, after propelling a ball forwardly from said pocket area, from its extended orientation into its retracted orientation; and (G) means for powering said retractor means.