Retractable putting green

Abstract

A golf putting device includes a flexible, elongate putting substrate. A distal target portion has a ramped portion attached to a distal end of the flexible, elongate putting substrate and contains a raised deck containing a golf hole. A substrate reel is proximally attached to the flexible, elongate putting substrate to retractably receive and to roll up the flexible, elongate putting substrate. A retraction mechanism selectably rotates the substrate reel to retractably roll up the flexible, elongate putting substrate.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf putting device, comprising:
 a flexible, elongate putting substrate;   a distal target portion having a ramped portion attached to a distal end of the flexible, elongate putting substrate and containing a raised deck containing a golf hole;   a substrate reel proximally attached to the flexible, elongate putting substrate to retractably receive and to roll up the flexible, elongate putting substrate; and   a retraction mechanism to selectably rotate the substrate reel to retractably roll up the flexible, elongate putting substrate.   
     
     
         2 . The golf putting device of  claim 1 , wherein the distal target portion comprises a lateral conduit to guide golf ball received in the golf hole out of the distal target portion. 
     
     
         3 . The golf putting device of  claim 1 , wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a spring biased coiling mechanism. 
     
     
         4 . The golf putting device of  claim 1 , wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a motorized coiling mechanism. 
     
     
         5 . The golf putting device of  claim 1 , further comprising a furniture cabinet that houses the substrate reel and the retraction mechanism, wherein a distal face of the distal target portion comprises a drawer face that is manually drawn from the furniture cabinet. 
     
     
         6 . The golf putting device of  claim 5 , further comprising a putter fixture that is attached to the furniture cabinet to store a golf putter. 
     
     
         7 . The golf putting device of  claim 5 , further comprising a golf ball fixture that is one of formed into a surface of the furniture cabinet and attached to the furniture cabinet to receive a golf ball. 
     
     
         8 . The golf putting device of  claim 1 , wherein the retraction mechanism comprises a manually actuated handle to turn the reel to recoil the flexible, elongate putting substrate. 
     
     
         9 . A method of practicing putting of a golf ball, the method comprising:
 pulling a ramped target device that contains a golf hole out distally to uncoil and expose for putting practice a proximally attached, flexible, elongate putting substrate from a reel; and   triggering a retraction mechanism to recoil the flexible, elongate putting substrate onto the reel.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein:
 pulling the ramped target device actuates a ratcheting spring mechanism to store energy; and   triggering the retraction mechanism comprises an additional retraction of the ramped target device to release a ratchet lock to enable the ratcheting spring mechanism to actuate by turning the reel to recoil the flexible, elongate putting substrate.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein triggering the retraction mechanism comprises actuating a motor to turn the reel to recoil the flexible, elongate putting substrate. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein triggering the retraction mechanism comprises manually actuating a handle to turn the reel to recoil the flexible, elongate putting substrate.