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Device for locating tournament playersRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, GolfDevice for locating tournament players description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060240899, Device for locating tournament players. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE [0001] The subject matter of the present disclosure relates to a device for locating players at a tournament. BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE [0002] Unlike most sporting events that have a "kick-off" or other distinct beginning, professional golf tournaments have multiple "tee-off times" for each pairing or group of professional golfers in the tournament. Currently, pairing sheets are available for golfing fans at the tournament. The pairing sheets show the starting tee-off times for each pairing or group of golfers. Newspapers may also provide the starting tee-off times for the golfers. Golfing fans may arrive at the tournament throughout the day and may have an interest in seeing only some of the professional golfers. Unfortunately, the pairing sheets do not enable the golfing fan to locate where a desired golfer is located on the course throughout the tournament. Therefore, a need exists to help golfing fans locate particular golfers in a tournament during various times of the day. [0003] The subject matter of the present disclosure is directed to overcoming, or at least reducing the effects of, one or more of the problems set forth above. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE [0004] A player locating device for a golf tournament or other such event includes a listing of starting tee-off times for a plurality of golf holes of the tournament. From a list of players on the device, a user finds a starting tee-off time and a starting golf hole for a given player that the user wishes to locate at the tournament. Using a moveable element, which can be a slider or a dial on the device, the user aligns the player's starting golf hole listed on the moveable element with the starting tee-off time listed on the device. Then, the user finds the current time on the device and reads the number of the aligned golf hole listed on the moveable element to determine which hole the player is currently playing in the tournament. [0005] The foregoing summary is not intended to summarize each potential embodiment or every aspect of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] The foregoing summary, preferred embodiments, and other aspects of subject matter of the present disclosure will be best understood with reference to a detailed description of specific embodiments, which follows, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0007] FIGS. 1A-1B illustrate an embodiment of a device for locating players at a tournament throughout various times. [0008] FIGS. 2A-2B illustrate another embodiment of a device for locating players at a tournament throughout various times. [0009] FIG. 2C illustrates a pairing sheet. [0010] While the disclosed device for locating players at a tournament is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. The figures and written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concepts in any manner. Rather, the figures and written description are provided to illustrate the inventive concepts to a person skilled in the art by reference to particular embodiments, as required by 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 112. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0011] Referring to FIGS. 1A-1B, an embodiment of a device 10 for locating players or golfers at a tournament or other such event throughout various times is illustrated. The device 10 includes a card or sheet 12 having a front side 14 shown in FIG. 1A and having a reverse side 15 shown in FIG. 1B. As shown on the front side 14 of FIG. 1A, the device 10 includes a pairing section 20, a time section 30, one side of a movable element 40, and directions 18. As shown on the reverse side 15 of FIG. 1B, the device 10 similarly includes a pairing section 20, a time section 30, and another side of the movable element 40. Because these sides 14 and 15 are substantially similar, the various sections and elements in FIGS. 1A-1B are given the same reference numerals for convenience. [0012] The pairing section 20 shows the various parings 22 of golfers for the tournament next to their starting "tee-off" times in the time column 32 of the time section 30. In the present example, the pairings 22 on the front side 14 of FIG. 1A are for those players teeing-off at the starting location 24 of the number one tee for the particular day of the tournament for which the device 10 has been made. The pairings 22 on the reverse side 15 of FIG. 1B are for those players teeing-off at the starting location 25 of the number ten tee for the particular day of the tournament. [0013] The movable element 40 is a slider and is movable within a slot 16 formed in the device 10. One side of the slider 40 is visible on the front side 14 of the device 10, as shown in FIG. 1A. Similarly, another side of the slider 40 is visible on the reverse side 15 of the device 10, as shown in FIG. 1B. The sides of the slider 40 have columns 42 and 44 listing the locations (i.e., holes or tees) of the golf course. Because the pairings 22 on the front side 14 of FIG. 1A tee-off from the starting location 24 of the number one tee, the first hole in column 42 on the slider 40 shows an arrow for aligning with a starting tee-off time in the time column 32 that corresponds to the adjacent pairing 22 in the pairing section 20. Contrariwise, because the pairings 22 on the reverse side 15 of FIG. 1B tee-off from the starting location 25 of the number ten tee, the tenth hole in column 42 on the slider 40 shows an arrow for aligning with a starting tee-off time in the time column 32 that corresponds to the adjacent pairing 22. [0014] The device 10 can be conveniently given out to golfing fans arriving at the tournament. Using the device 10, the golfing fans can find where a particular golfer is likely located on the course at various times during the tournament. To use the device 10, a user moves the arrow on the slider 40 to the start time in time column 32 for the particular golfer in the pairings 22 that they wish to locate. This can be done for the golfers starting from the starting location 24 of number one tee on the front side 14 of FIG. 1A or for the golfers starting from the starting location 25 of the number ten tee on the reverse side 15 of FIG. 1B. For example, the user in FIG. 1A has aligned the arrow for the number one tee with the paring 22 having the golfers of Campbell, Perez, and Palmer, who had a starting tee-off time of 9:15 a.m. from the number one tee. [0015] Then, the user finds the current time on either column 32 or 34 of the time section 30 to find the current hole in column 42 or 44 on the slider 40 that the desired golfer is likely located. For example, if the current time is 12:15 p.m., the user can determine that the paring 22 of Campbell, Perez, and Palmer, who teed-off at 9:15 a.m. from the number one tee, is likely located at the thirteenth hole or tee of the course. In a similar fashion, the user can operate the slider 40 on the reverse side 15 of the device 10 to find the current hole of any of the pairings 22 who teed-off from the number ten tee on the given day. [0016] In some situations, course or weather delays may have changed the starting tee-off times for the pairings 22 in the tournament. To account for such changes, the user can add the time delay to the starting tee-off time of the pairing 22 they wish to locate and can then use the device 10 as before to locate the pairing 22 at the current time. For example, if there was a weather delay of 30 minutes delaying the starting tee-off time, the user wishing to located the pairing 22 of Pelt, Sanden, Bryan in FIG. 1A would align the arrow on the slider 40 not to the original tee-off time of 8:45 a.m. but instead to the tee-off time of 9:15 a.m. Then, the user can find the current time (e.g., 12:15 p.m.) to determine that the pairing 22 of Pelt, Sanden, Bryan is likely located at the thirteenth hole or tee of the course instead of the fifteenth hole. [0017] Alternatively, any course or time delay in the starting tee-off times could instead be subtracted at the end of the determination. For example, if there was a weather delay of 30 minutes in the starting tee-off time, the user wishing to located the pairing 22 of Campbell, Perez, Palmer could still align the arrow on the slider 40 with the pairing's original tee-off time of 9:15 a.m., as shown in FIG. 1A. Then, the user can find the current time (e.g., 12:15 p.m.) and subtract the weather delay of 30 minutes to determine that the pairing 22 of Campbell, Perez, Palmer is likely located at the eleventh hole or tee of the course instead of the thirteenth hole. [0018] In the present embodiment, the pairings 22 in the pairing section 20 have starting tee-off times at fifteen-minute intervals. It will be appreciated that a given tournament or other such event may have different times of play so that the pairing section 20 and time section 30 for a given tournament can be set up according to the predetermined time interval for that particular tournament. The hole columns 42 and 44 on the slider 40 can be similarly configured to align with the time interval of the tournament so that the numbers for the holes in columns 42 and 44 can align with the times in the time columns 32 and 34. [0019] For example, a given tournament may have starting tee-off times at every twenty minutes so that each pairing 22 may play each hole in approximately twenty minutes. In this example, then the time columns 32 and 34 in the time section 30 would be divided into twenty-minute intervals for each hour, and the pairings 22 in the pairing section 20 would be aligned with the twenty-minute interval that represents that pairing's starting tee-off time. Of course, the measure or time of play is usually known or predetermined for a golf course so that the device 10 can be properly configured for the course and size of the pairings 22 for a given implementation. Continue reading about Device for locating tournament players... 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