Abstract: Disclosed herein are a virtual golf simulation apparatus and method. The virtual golf simulation apparatus includes an image processing unit, a manipulation unit, and a green setting unit. The image processing unit provides an image of a basic set green on which a user will perform putting. The manipulation unit provides an interface that enables the user to set the lie of the basic set green. The green setting unit generates a user-set green by processing received setting information via the manipulation unit. The image processing unit provides the image of the user-set green.

Abstract: The cushioned choke-safe play mat is an apparatus that provides a safe and comfortable area for the playing of young children or infants. The cushioned choke-safe play mate includes an enclosing cover, a cushioning layer, and a plurality of toys. The enclosing cover surrounds the cushioning layer, and the plurality of toys is fixed along the exterior of the enclosing cover. The enclosing cover includes an upper layer and a lower layer. The upper layer and the lower layer are perimetrically connected to each other. This engagement between the upper layer and the lower layer encloses around the cushioning layer. More specifically, the lower layer is beneath the cushioning layer and the upper layer is above the cushioning layer. Consequently, as a user rests on top of the upper layer, the user is comfortably resting on top of the cushioning layer while safely playing with the plurality of toys.

Abstract: A game system that uses a swinging launcher to strike and propel a magnetic projectile. The magnetic projectile is propelled toward a primary target. If struck, the magnetic projectile clings to the primary target with magnetic attraction. Optional obstacles may be provided to make the striking of the primary target more difficult and the game more challenging. A tee is provided for placement of the magnetic projectile. The swinging launcher is spring loaded. The swinging launcher has a striking head that contacts the magnetic projectile on the tee when the spring loaded striking head is cocked and released. The striking head hits and separates the magnetic projectile from the tee thereby propelling the magnetic projectile toward the target.

Abstract: A training device for teaching pocket billiards comprises an overlay placed on a playing surface of a pool table having indicia representing a plurality of predetermined shots. Indicia for each of the shots including a cue ball marker and an object ball marker for indicated placement of a cue ball and an object ball, and a cue ball return area to which the cue ball returns after impact with the object ball. Indicia includes a first trajectory line extending between the cue ball marker and the object ball marker, and a second trajectory line extending from the object ball marker in the direction of one of the pockets. An associated guide manual is provided containing English instructions for imparting spin to the cue ball according to the shot. The indicia for each of the predetermined shots are a different color so that the player can easily differentiate between shots.

Abstract: A play-table game assembly characterized by a support surface which includes two halves hinged together by a hinge, the support surface having a first orientation in which the two halves are folded towards each other along the hinge, and a second orientation in which the two halves are pivoted about the hinge to form a generally flat plane, each of the halves including a rim such that in the first orientation a storage volume is defined and bounded by the support surface and by the rims folded towards each other, and in the second orientation a user area is defined on the flat plane, a plurality of leg-mounting holes formed at corners of the support surface, formed on one face of the support surface and on an opposite face thereof, at least one playing surface adapted to be placed on at least one of the faces of the support surface when the support surface is in the second orientation, a plurality of legs adapted to be selectively secured to the leg-mounting holes on at least one of the faces of the support s