Patents Assigned to Donald W. Long
  • Patent number: 3986718
    Abstract: A coin operated golf type game in which the player strikes a golf ball with a golf club and drives the ball up a ramp to a target area having scoring holes through which the ball may drop. The ball returns along a track system to a ball collection point and during the course of its travel actuates the various scoring devices which illuminate the scoring board, and sounds bells or horns in accordance with which scoring hole the ball has entered. Both positive and negative scoring increments are used. When a predetermined number of balls have been played, the game scoring is automatically terminated and an indicator lights showing the scoring proficiency of the player. If a sufficiently high score is achieved, the player is awarded a free game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Donald W. Long
    Inventors: Donald W. Long, Stephen Horniak