Portable disc golf target

Abstract

The invention includes a pole and a base that when detachably coupled stand upright for use as a knock-over target in the game of disc golf. The invention is shaped and adapted to fall over easily when the pole is struck. The pole may be plain or decorated with marking such as target sections or stripes, and the base is ideally lightweight, thin and relatively small, and shaped as a polygon with an odd number of sides. The invention provides disc golfers with a scoring target of exceedingly easier portability than prior art scoring target baskets and that in use improves the clarity of observers and judges as to whether a disc has made physical contact with the invention. The invention enables the game of disc golf to be more conveniently played at locations that are more difficult or infeasible to bring and position prior art basket targets.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A device for use as sporting equipment, the device comprising an elongate pole detachably coupled with a base having a planar bottom side, the device adapted to fall over when the pole is struck. 
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the base has a planar top side. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the displacement between the top side of the base and the planar bottom side of the base measures less than 5% of a length measurement of the elongate pole. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the displacement between an uppermost point of the base and the planar bottom side of the base measures less than 5% of a length measurement of the elongate pole. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the base and elongate pole are detachably coupled by means of a tapped aperture in the base and a corresponding pattern of threading located at a base end of the elongate pole. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the width of the base is no more than 20% of a length measurement of the elongate pole. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a perimeter of the base forms the shape of a polygon having an odd number of sides. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a top end of the elongate pole is rounded. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein one or more stripes are painted on the elongate pole. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein one or more sections are painted on the elongate pole. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the base is made of a lightweight material.