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WO2003103782A1 - Dispositif pour ramasser une balle de golf - Google Patents

Dispositif pour ramasser une balle de golf Download PDF

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WO2003103782A1
WO2003103782A1 PCT/SE2003/000946 SE0300946W WO03103782A1 WO 2003103782 A1 WO2003103782 A1 WO 2003103782A1 SE 0300946 W SE0300946 W SE 0300946W WO 03103782 A1 WO03103782 A1 WO 03103782A1
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tongue
holding means
golf ball
annular element
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Tord Pettersson
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B57/00—Golfing accessories
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B47/00—Devices for handling or treating balls, e.g. for holding or carrying balls
    • A63B47/02—Devices for handling or treating balls, e.g. for holding or carrying balls for picking-up or collecting

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  • the present invention relates to a device for retrieving a golf ball, said device comprising a shaft and means, at one end of the shaft, that is able to hold the golf ball, said means comprising a generally annular element.
  • the device is intended to be used when the golf ball is located at an inaccessible place.
  • the invention also relates to a holding means per se.
  • a ball retriever comprising two loops that generally are oriented in two planes that are perpendicular to each other.
  • One loop is essentially smaller than the other loop, the smaller loop being provided inside the lager loop.
  • a ball retriever is previously known where the means for holding a golf ball comprises two stationary arms that between themselves define a space for receiving a golf ball, and a pivotable ring that in a lowered position cooperates with the arms to hold a golf ball.
  • the unit that is equipped with the means to hold a golf ball is pivotally connected to a shaft that preferably is telescopic.
  • a primary object of the present invention is to present a device of the type defined 1 above, said device structurally being extremely simple.
  • a further object of the present invention is that it should be extremely user-friendly.
  • Still an object of the present invention is that it should be environment friendly, i.e. manufactured from a material that could be recycled. At least the primary object of the present invention is realised by means of a device that has been given the features of the appending independent claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.
  • Fig 1 shows a perspective view of the device according to the present invention
  • Fig 2 shows a side view of the holding means included in the device according to the invention
  • Fig 3 shows a top view of the holding means according to figure 2;
  • Fig 4 shows a perspective view of the holding means according to figure 2
  • Fig 5 shows in a perspective view how the device according to the present invention is located relative to a golf ball that is being retrieved;
  • Fig 6 shows in a perspective view how the holding means of the device according to the present invention is being engaged with a golf ball
  • Fig 7 shows in a side view how the holding means is engaged with a golf ball
  • Fig 8 shows a top view of the holding means in the position according to figure 7;
  • Fig 9 shows a perspective view of a rotated position of the holding means that is engaged with a golf ball; and
  • Fig 10 shows a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a device according to the present invention, the device being used for retrieving a golf ball from a cup in a green.
  • the device according to the present invention shown in figure 1, comprises a telescopic shaft 1 that at one end carries a holding means 3 that in figure 1 is about to be lowered over a golf ball B to retrieve said golf ball B.
  • the user is gripping the shaft 1 at the end remote from the holding means 3.
  • the holding means 3 shown in figures 2-4, comprises a carrier 5 that comprises a sleeve shaped portion 6 that is pushed on to the shaft 1 and fixed relative to the shaft 1 in a suitable way.
  • An annular wire 7 is stationary supported by the carrier 5, the ends of said annular wire 7 being fastened in the carrier 5.
  • the holding means 3 also comprises a first tongue 9 of flexible material, said first tongue 9 being attached to the carrier 5, between the ends of the wire 7 that are fastened to the carrier 5.
  • the first tongue 9 projects from the carrier 5 into the space that is defined by be annular wire 7.
  • the first tongue 9 is located in the same plane as the annular wire 7 is located in.
  • the material of the first tongue 9 is suitably polyurethane.
  • the embodiment of the holding means 3, shown in figures 2-4, also comprises a second tongue 10 of a rigid material, preferably metal, said second tongue 10 being pivotally connected to the carrier 5.
  • the second tongue 10 has a crowned attachment portion 11 that extends around the carrier 5.
  • the parts of the attachment portion 11 that are located on opposite sides of the carrier 5 are penetrated by a pin 12, around which the second tongue 10 may pivote.
  • the parts of the attachment portion 11 that are located at opposite sides of the carrier 5 abut the carrier 5 by a certain pre-stress, and hence the friction between the carrier 5 and the attachment portion 11 must be overcome when pivoting the second tongue 10 around the pin 12.
  • the second tongue 10 has an extension parallel to the annular wire 7, this being a so-called inactive position, in which the ball retriever easily may be inserted into for instance a golf bag without there being a risk for the second tongue 10 to hook into surrounding objects.
  • the second tongue 10 is shown in erected position while the folded inactive position is illustrated by dotted lines. At maximally erected position of the second tongue 10 a part of the attachment portion 11 will abut the carrier 5.
  • the attachment of the first tongue 9 to the carrier 5 is such that the first tongue 9 is more easily deflected in direction towards the second tongue 10. This is effected by having the flexible tongue 9 to abut a supporting means 8 at the side of the tongue 9 remote from the second tongue 10, this being indicated by a dotted line in figures 3, 5 and 6. On the side of the first tongue 9 that faces the second tongue 10 there is no supporting means, which means that the first tongue 9 more easily may be deflected in direction towards the second tongue 10.
  • FIGS 5-9 it is illustrated how the device according to the present invention is used.
  • the second tongue 10 is transferred to erected position before the holding means 3 is activated.
  • Figure 6 illustrates how the annular wire 7 of the holding means 3 has been lowered over the golf ball B so far that the largest diameter of the golf ball B has been bypassed, this of course meaning that the internal diameter of the annular wire 7 being somewhat larger than the diameter of the golf ball B.
  • the first tongue 9 has been deflected in direction towards the second tongue 10 and then assumed the position shown in figure 7. This deflection of the first tongue 9 is effected without any substantial counter-action since the first tongue 9 has no support on the side that faces towards the second tongue 10.
  • the first tongue 9 is manufactured from a flexible material, said material however having an relatively high stiffness, which means that the first tongue 9 is not deflected to any degree worth mentioning in the position shown in figures 7 and 8.
  • the annular wire 7 defines an opening that has a fixed shape, i.e. the shape of the opening is not changed when using the device according to the present invention.
  • the device according to the present invention may elevate the ball B in the position of the holding means 3 that is shown in figure 7.
  • the first, flexible tongue 9 is supported by the supporting means 8, see figure 8, said supporting means 8 being located on the side of the first tongue 9 that faces away from the second tongue 10.
  • the tongue 9, together with the annular wire 7, supports the golf ball B at two opposite areas of contact, said areas of contact however not being located diametrically relative to the golf ball B.
  • the golf ball B is subjected to a force directed downwards. This may for instance happen if the golf ball B is located in a dense shrubbery and the ball for instance contacts a branch in connection with the elevation of the holding means 3. If this downward directed force is sufficiently large the golf ball B may be displaced downwards relative to the annular wire 7 and the first tongue 9, which means that the engagement between the holding means 3 and the golf ball B ceases and the golf ball B again hits the ground.
  • the holding means 3 may be rotated in direction of the arrow P in figure 9, which means that the second tongue 10 is located at the lower side of the golf ball B, i.e. the second tongue 10 carries the golf ball B together with the annular wire 7. Since the second tongue 10 is manufactured from a rigid material the engagement between the holding means 3 and the golf ball B will not cease even if the golf ball B is subjected to relatively large forces directed downwards . When a golf ball B, having an inaccesible position, has been retrieved by the device according to the present invention the golf ball B and the holding means 3 are separated from each other by urging the golf ball B through the annular wire 7 in direction away from the second tongue 10.
  • FIG 10 an alternative embodiment of the device according to the present invention is shown.
  • a holding means 3 is attached to the free end of a shaft 101 of a golf club, preferably a putter.
  • the holding means 3 may be used to retrieve a golf ball B from a cup C in a golf green.
  • the holding means 3 may in principle be identical with the holding means 3 described above, and hence the same reference numeral has been used.
  • the holding means 3 in figure 10 is mounted on a spigot that is attached to the free end of the shaft 101 of a golf club.
  • the holding means 3 Since the holding means 3 is used subsequent to the entering of the golf ball B into the cup C it is suitable that the holding means 3 is mounted on the putter, this in most cases being the club that is used for entering the golf ball B into the cup C.
  • the user lowers the holding means 3, the second tongue 10 in a usual way assuming an erected position.
  • the user then enters the annular wire 7 over the golf ball B and the golf ball B is urged against the wall of the hole. In a corresponding way as described above the annular wire 7 and the flexible tongue 9 will establish an engagement with the golf ball B.
  • the holding means 3 may then be rotated to have the second tongue at the lower side of the golf ball B, and then the golf ball B may be elevated out of the cup C.
  • the golf ball B is separated from the holding means 3 in a corresponding way as described above.
  • the holding means 3 comprises a generally annular wire 7.
  • the annular wire is exchanged for an annular element that for instance is punched from a relatively thin sheet metal.
  • the annular element preferably has a somewhat larger dimension in radial extension than in axial extension.
  • the annular wire 7 is generally circular and it has shown suitable that the wire should be provided with a small bulging in the portion facing away from the first tongue 9. Thereby, the possibility is improved to handle balls having somewhat different diameter.
  • annular wire is replaced by an annular element.
  • the holding means 3 it is important that one or more areas of contact are established between the wire and the golf ball B in the position where the first tongue 9, of a flexible material, assumes an active position and abuts the golf ball B. These areas of contact are then located at opposite sides (however not diametrically) of the golf ball B relative to the first tongue 9 of flexible material.
  • a second tongue 10 of rigid material is included.
  • the holding means may be void of the second tongue 10 in its most simple design.
  • the holding means may exert an elevating function upon a golf ball only by the cooperation between the annular wire 7 and the first tongue 9 of flexible material.
  • the disadvantage of this simple design of the holding means is that it may not be rotated as regards the longitudinal axis of the shaft 1; 101.
  • the carrier 5 is equipped with a sleeve shaped portion 6 that enables mounting of the carrier 5 on a shaft 1; 101.
  • This may either be effected by direct attachment of the sleeve shaped portion 6 to the shaft 1 or that the shaft 101 is equipped with a spigot, on which the sleeve shaped portion 6 is mounted.
  • the mounting of the carrier on the shaft is effected in alternative ways, e.g. by means of some kind of quick coupling. Thereby, the same holding means may in a quick and simple way be moved from a first shaft 1 to a second shaft 101.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif pour ramasser une balle de golf (B). Ce dispositif comprend une tige (1 ; 101) et un système (3), situé à une extrémité de la tige (1 ; 101), permettant de retenir la balle de golf (B). Le système comprend un élément annulaire (7) et un support (5) d'élément annulaire (7). L'invention concerne aussi un moyen de retenue. Le dispositif est caractérisé en ce que l'élément annulaire (7) est fixe par rapport au support (5) ; le moyen de retenue (3) comporte de plus une languette (9) en matière flexible ; et cette languette (9) s'étend dans l'espace interne défini par l'élément annulaire (7).
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AU2003242078A AU2003242078A1 (en) 2002-06-10 2003-06-10 Device for retrieving a golf ball
US10/517,387 US20050218676A1 (en) 2002-06-10 2003-06-10 Device for retrieving a golf ball

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SE0201749A SE525164C2 (sv) 2002-06-10 2002-06-10 Anordning för att hämta en golfboll samt fasthållningsorgan för en golfboll
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US4046413A (en) * 1976-09-14 1977-09-06 Atlantic Products Corporation Golf ball retriever
US4180288A (en) * 1978-02-21 1979-12-25 Sievers Paul T Golf ball retriever
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US6046044A (en) * 1994-04-08 2000-04-04 Yokoyama; Shiro Cisplatin resistance proteins
US6257635B1 (en) * 1999-12-16 2001-07-10 V. Victor Torelli Golf ball retriever

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US1452679A (en) * 1922-02-21 1923-04-24 Henry W Fisher Retriever for golf balls
US3046044A (en) * 1958-11-19 1962-07-24 Arnold B Christle Golf ball retrieving device
US4073529A (en) * 1976-02-06 1978-02-14 Albert Ostrin Golf ball retriever
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US3273927A (en) * 1965-03-16 1966-09-20 Lesley J Carlson Golf ball retriever
US3306649A (en) * 1965-04-28 1967-02-28 A J Ind Corp Golf ball retriever
US4046413A (en) * 1976-09-14 1977-09-06 Atlantic Products Corporation Golf ball retriever
US4180288A (en) * 1978-02-21 1979-12-25 Sievers Paul T Golf ball retriever
US5184859A (en) * 1991-11-15 1993-02-09 Nihra Thomas E Golf ball retriever
US6046044A (en) * 1994-04-08 2000-04-04 Yokoyama; Shiro Cisplatin resistance proteins
US6257635B1 (en) * 1999-12-16 2001-07-10 V. Victor Torelli Golf ball retriever

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SE525164C2 (sv) 2004-12-14
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SE0201749D0 (sv) 2002-06-10
SE0201749L (sv) 2003-12-11

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