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Sporting game of sokker golph™Related Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Playing Field Or Court Game; Game Element Or Accessory Therefor Other Than Projector Or Projectile, Per SeSporting game of sokker golph™ description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070037636, Sporting game of sokker golph™. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/707695, entitled "The Sporting Game of Sokker Golph.TM.," filed Aug. 11, 2005, and is related to another patent application being filed concurrently herewith claiming priority from the same application with the same inventor, entitled "The Skokker.TM. Ball," Attorney Docket No. RLA 35.119. The disclosures of both of these applications are specifically incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention generally relates to the field of outdoor sporting games played in specially designed facilities such as a golf course or a soccer field. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] For over a century, the game of golf has always been considered as a game of the highest prestige and esteem. The reason is that the game of golf requires not only a player's developed skill but also one's mastery over one's mind when the game is played. In this respect golf is truly a unique game of its own unmatched by any others in the sporting field. Unfortunately for ordinary folks, golf has also been developed over the years primarily for people with means. It has been looked upon as only a rich man's game that requires not only expensive equipment to play (e.g. the golf club set and bag), but also fashionable attire and exquisite golf courses associated with country clubs accessible only to those lucky few that can afford such means. Although in recent years many more common people can afford to enjoy playing this game as equipment outlay, playing attire costs and green fees have all slowly come down from those of earlier years, golf still remains an expensive sporting game for people to play. It is of interest to note that golf today still has not been recognized and listed as a competitive sporting event in the Olympic Games. One of the reasons is that at present golf is still not considered as a game that is accessible for play by most common people. [0004] The game of soccer has been considered for a long time by many as the most popular and beloved sporting game of the world. Only until relatively recently soccer was not a popular game in the United States, primarily because of the co-existence of the enormously popular game of American football. Over the past decade or so, the popularity of soccer in the United States has grown significantly because of the success of the American women's soccer teams in world competitions. Today soccer is just as popular, if not more so, as little league baseball for elementary school children, boys and girls alike. In the coming years it is difficult to not believe that soccer will rank equally in enthusiasm and support alongside with American football, baseball, ice hockey and basketball as the most popular seasonable sporting games in the United States. [0005] As more and more people play golf in the United States when the overall playing cost for the game slowly declines over the years and the popularity of soccer has just about gone through the roof in about the same time span, particularly in the United States, an opportunity presents itself for introducing a game that combines the striking features of these two popular and beloved games into one that is more accessible to common people. Such a game, called "Sokker Golph.TM.", will preserve, albeit in a different way, not only the fun and spirit of the golf game, but more importantly reduce the overall playing cost for the game to the point that almost anybody can afford playing it. A special ball which is similar to the regular soccer ball, but behaves totally differently when kicked or passed, is used to play the game of Sokker Golph.TM.. The so-called skokker (short for "Skokker Ball.TM."), which is the subject of the current invention, exhibits an eccentric and rather uncontrollable motion in flight when kicked or on the ground when putted unless a concomitant spin is properly applied to it. In other words, the skokker allows properly trained players to control its motion on the ground and in the air. Once this is achieved, skilled soccer players can continue to use their ball handling skills in kicking and moving the skokker while playing the game of Sokker Golph..TM. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] The present invention is generally directed to a sporting game in which a skokker ball is kicked from a starting point toward a smooth containing a buc for the purpose of sinking the skokker ball into the buc in as few as strikes as possible and, if the skokker ball is not sunk into the buc when it is first kicked, then it is struck with a player's foot one or more additional times until the skokker ball is sunk into the buc. Significantly, the direction of travel of the skokker ball will be to the right when a counterclockwise spin is applied to the skokker ball at a point of contact with the player's foot, to the left when a clockwise spin is applied and straight when a top spin is applied. [0007] In a first, separate group of aspects of the present invention, the sporting game is played on a course having N holes (where N is any positive integer greater than 0), and each of the holes has a unique starting point, a rough and a smooth with a unique buc located in it, the skokker ball having a diameter of approximately nine inches and each of the unique bucs has a diameter of approximately 18 inches. When the game is played by two or more players, the winner is the player who has the fewest strikes of the skokker ball. [0008] In a second, separate group of aspects of the present invention, a player must choose either the player's left foot or the player's right foot as a first foot, with the player's other foot then becoming a second foot, and the player must kick the skokker ball from the starting point and when not on the smooth with the player's first foot while the player must only strike the skokker ball on the smooth with the player's second foot. The selection of which of the player's feet will be the first foot and which will be the second foot can be maintained throughout all holes in an N-buc game or the player can be allowed to change such selection with the beginning of a new hole. [0009] Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a novel sporting game that combines elements of golf and soccer through the use of a new ball that exhibits eccentric rolling and flight characteristics. [0010] This and further objects and advantages will be apparent to those skilled in the art in connection with the drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiment set forth below. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] FIG. 1 depicts schematically the design of the regular Sokker Golph (SK) ball showing the construct of the hollow inner core filled partially with glycerin and the outer layer of compressed air surrounding the inner core. [0012] FIG. 2 depicts the directional motion of the skokker when a spin is concomitantly applied to the a) right side of the skokker; b) the left side of the skokker and c) the top surface of the skokker with the kicking. [0013] FIG. 3 depicts the different design for a Sokker Golph course: (a) a design following a 9 or 18 hole golf course layout; (b) a design utilizing a standard soccer playing field; (c) a design utilizing an American football playing field and (d) any plausible design with sufficient space for laying out an SK course with at least one buc. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0014] The present invention is directed to a new outdoor sporting game that combines the intrigue, skill and excitement features of the prestigious game of golf with the popular game of soccer. This new outdoor sporting game is called "Sokker Golph". The playing rules of this new game generally follow the framework of golf in that each player starts out with his or her own ball and attempts to place the ball into a designated spot (the "hole" on the putting green for golf and the "buc" [short for the bucket] on the "smooth" for Sokker Golph) in the playing field ("golf course" for golf and simply a "SG course" for Sokker Golph). Like the playing of golf when a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball into each of the 9 or 18 holes on a course with as few strokes as possible, the player playing Sokker Golph tries to achieve the same objective without the use of clubs but with a totally different ball (see FIG. 1). For playing a hole in Sokker Golph a player equipped with a special pair of shoes (optional) attempts to first kick the ball onto the "green" ("smooth" for Sokker Golph) and then sinks the ball into the hole (bucket or "buc"). Like golf, for playing a 9-hole or 18-hole game, whosoever uses the fewest strokes (drives or putts for golf and kicks and passes for Sokker Golph) to sink the ball into each of the 9 or 18 holes (bucs) wins the game. [0015] Unlike the small golf ball used to play golf, the skokker is considerably bigger (.about.9.0'' in diameter) and is slightly bigger than the regular soccer ball which is .about.8.5'' in diameter. Apart form the size difference of the skokker from either the golf or the soccer ball, the construct of the skokker is totally different as depicted in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the skokker has a centrally located core or hollow spherical shell 1 formed out of hard plastic which is filled in part with as fluid (liquid) 2 which is much heavier than air. Possible candidates for the filling fluid include glycerin, oils such as motor oil or live oil or water. The hollow spherical shell 1 is supported at the center by six elastic anchoring struts 3 (springs not shown). When the space 4 between the core 1 and the outer surface of the skokker is inflated with air 5, the skokker becomes bouncy like a soccer ball. Since the size of the skokker is .about.9.0'' in diameter, the size of the buc on the smooth (.about.15'' in diameter) is also considerably larger than the size of the hole on the putting green for golf. Apart from the size difference of the skokker from either the golf ball or the soccer ball, the construct of the skokker is totally different, as is described in my application entitled "The Skokker.TM. Ball," which is being filed concurrently with the present application. [0016] To determine the travel direction of skokker ball upon either being kicked or struck (putted), a spin must be imparted onto the ball in order to control the motion of fluid 2 in an inner core 1 of the skokker ball. In other words, the spin imparted onto skokker ball will cause fluid 2 inside a cavity of the core 1 at the center of skokker ball to swirl substantially in a well-defined manner such as a clockwise, counterclockwise, top to bottom or bottom to top spinning direction as depicted in FIG. 2. It is this swirling motion of the fluid at the core of skokker ball that will determine the motion of skokker ball and its subsequent direction of travel. In other words, unless the skokker ball is kicked or struck in a deliberate fashion, the skokker ball will appear to have a mind of its own upon being casually kicked or struck and will travel in a totally uncontrollable and unpredictable manner. [0017] As shown in FIG. 2(a), when a counterclockwise spin 6 is applied to a right side point of contact 7 of the skokker ball while it is being kicked or struck, an equivalent clockwise spinning effect 8 is imparted to fluid 2 inside the core 1 thus causing the resultant motion of the skokker ball to the right from the point of contact. When a clockwise spin 9 is applied to a left side point of contact 10 of the skokker ball while it is being kicked as shown in FIG. 2(b), an equivalent counterclockwise spinning effect 11 is imparted to fluid 2 inside the core 1 thus causing the resultant motion of the ball to the left. In FIG. 2(c) when a top spin 12 is imparted to the ball while it is kicked, the effective spinning on fluid 2 inside the core 1 remains in the vertical plane 13 and the skokker ball will subsequently go in a straight direction without swirling to the left or right. The examples given above are for pure spin actions. In actuality this seldom happens and the spin imparted to the skokker ball by the kicker is some kind of a mixture of spin actions illustrated in FIG. 2. Nevertheless, it is possible to control the directional motion of skokker ball 3 in flight or on the ground by applying a deliberate and appropriate spin to it while kicking or striking (putting) same. In one extreme situation, the skokker ball can be made to behave like a boomerang that will come back right at the kicker after it is appropriately kicked. However, it would take a lot of practice before one can achieve such a feat. [0018] Thus, unlike many balls advanced earlier that produce fun in different contexts by erratic and uncontrollable movements or making random clattering sounds, the skokker is unique in that its motion in flight or on the ground is totally controllable by the player. However, a player must learn, through a lot of training and hard work, to control its directional motion. Such is desirable if the skokker is to be used for the game of Sokker Golph. This is because a sporting game has hardly any meaning in playing if everything about playing it is pretty much left to luck or accidental happenings. The game of golf will never be the same if there is no control of driving or putting the ball through a lot of hard work and practice. Similarly, the game of soccer is not the same game if the ball cannot be skillfully controlled by the players but is left only to random and unpredictable motion Continue reading about Sporting game of sokker golph™... Full patent description for Sporting game of sokker golph™ Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Sporting game of sokker golph™ patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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