Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
473286000 | And turf repair tool or ball retriever | 21 |
20080261714 | Magnetic Golf Ball Collecting Device - A golf ball collecting device including a cup adapted to successfully hold a golf ball therein. The cup incorporates a metal disc of magnetic material to enable the device to be attached by magnetic force to the end of a golf club. In this manner the golf club with the device attached thereto can be used to retrieve a golf ball from ground level without having to bend down. The golf ball can be gripped by the device by aiming the cup at the golf ball and pressing on it slightly, thus allowing the golfer to easily retrieve the ball without having to bend over or kneel and risk straining their knees or back. The device can be quickly and easily attached to the golf club by a second metal disc attached to the handle grip, and just as quickly and easily removed after the golf ball has been retrieved. | 10-23-2008 |
20090082127 | Cigar holder and divot repair tool - A golf tool including a body defining a divot repair tool with one or more fingers. A centrally disposed opening in the body is configured to receive a cigar. A solid perimeter body wall surrounds the opening and an exposed top edge of the body defines a rest support for a golf club handle. | 03-26-2009 |
20090149270 | DEVICE FOR PICKING UP GOLF BALLS - A device for picking up balls or golf balls ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090203461 | Ball-retrieving golf putter & ball - R. Jerome Miller's new invention consists of a simple magnet embedded in the handle of the putting club, near the tip of the handle. The golf ball has a magnetic metal or plastic substance in its core, or integrated in the said ball's covering. This metal or other substance is responsive to the force of magnetism, while itself not being a magnet. When Miller's improved golf ball is putted into a golf course's green's cup, the player simply turns the putter upside down, sticks the handle into the cup, the ball clings to the putter's handle tip, and the golfer lifts the ball out of the cup and into said player's hand, all without the inconvenience of physically bending down. | 08-13-2009 |
20090275420 | Golf putter head - A golf putter head includes an opening, a deflectable plate and a cutout. The opening is located behind a putter face, and is larger than a golf ball. The deflectable plate is coupled to the golf putter head, with a first end of the deflectable plate projecting into the opening. The cutout is located above the deflectable plate, the cutout having a width that is greater than or equal to a width of the deflectable plate. | 11-05-2009 |
20090286616 | GOLF CLUB LIFTER TOOL TO RELEASEABLY MOUNT TO THE CLUB GRIP - A golf iron lifter tool formed with an elongated stem surmounted by a pair of semicircular fingers terminating in ends spaced apart a distance to from a throat for receipt of the narrow part of a golf iron shaft and configured to be drawn up the shaft to frictionally engage and compress the golf club grip to be held stationary relative thereto. | 11-19-2009 |
20090318241 | GRIP HOOK GOLF BALL RETRIEVER - A retrieval apparatus for retrieving golf balls is disclosed. The retrieval apparatus may be attached to a golf club handle and may include a flexible collar disposed for attachment around the golf club handle. The retrieval apparatus may also include a pair of tines projecting distally from a neck portion and the collar wherein the neck portion bridges the collar to the pair of tines and, wherein the tines define a substantially circular forked carrier for holding the golf ball. The tines may also include a sloped surface on each of the tines disposed to lift the golf ball and guide the golf ball into the forked carrier. | 12-24-2009 |
20100160063 | DEVICE FOR GAME - A device for a game, the device attachable to a playing means and including a substantially annular gripping portion surrounding an inner member, said gripping portion including a first and a second end, the arrangement being such that with said first and second ends urged towards one another the gripping portion squeezes the inner member to more securely grip the playing means. | 06-24-2010 |
20100173722 | Golf Ball Pick-Up Tool - A golf ball pick-up tool includes a supporting shaft and a resilient golf ball hook attached to the supporting shaft. The resilient golf ball hook defines an opening of an original size smaller than a diameter of a golf ball. Upon application of a force, such as by pressing the tool over a golf ball, the resilient golf ball hook is displaceable to an enlarged size larger than the diameter of the golf ball. Upon cessation of the force, the resilient golf ball hook resiliently returns to the original size. | 07-08-2010 |
20110053700 | Golf club with pick and place feature - A golf club that picks up a golf ball, sets the golf ball on a tee and may be used to hit the golf ball by providing an opening in the golf club head for entrance of the golf ball which through a series of inclining and declining planes and bumpers the ball rolls into the back of the golf club via a push down motion, thence the golf club can be picked up, held above the tee, and with a turn of the wrist the golf ball can be set upon the tee for driving by the same golf club. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053701 | GOLF BALL RETRIEVAL ADAPTER - There is provided a golf ball retriever that is easy to install and convenient for any golfer, eliminating the need to bend over when retrieving a ball. The ball-retrieval system may be integrated into a golf club shaft or grip portion without interference to use of the golf club. The device can be used with any golf club, such as a putter, to retrieve a golf ball from the ground or within the cup. The system also allows the release of the golf ball after retrieval. The device includes a ball retrieval cup sized and formed of a material to allow it to flex around the diameter of the golf ball and frictionally engage the ball. The cup further allows the ball to be released by the application of a force thereto. A magnetic mounting system attachment to a golf club is provided. | 03-03-2011 |
20110183774 | GOLF BALL PICK-UP DEVICE - A golf ball pick-up device includes a body, which has a shape that allows the body to form a frame with a head of the golf club. The body has an end forming a clamping section that defines an internal receiving space. The clamping section also forms a sideway opening in communication with the receiving space. The clamping section uses the opening to lead a shaft of the golf club into the receiving space, so as to allow the clamping section to fit over and thus retain on the shaft of the golf club. A user may then use the frame formed by the body and the head of the golf club to pick up a golf ball, especially a ball that falls in a sand trap or a water hazard where hands may not reach to pick up the ball. | 07-28-2011 |
20120064988 | Golf Putter Head - A golf putter head a putter head body. The letterhead body has a putter base, a putter top, a putter striking face, and a putter rear wall. A hosel connection is mounted on the putter head. An opening is sized to receive a standard regulation golf ball and a rim formed at the entrance of the opening. An inside surface of an opening wall provides a tee hole having a substantially horizontal direction and is sized to receive a standard tee. The tee hole communicates with the opening. The tee hole is positioned to allow ejecting of a golf ball within the opening, when the tee is pressed into the tee hole. | 03-15-2012 |
20120115629 | Divot Caddy - A golfing accessory having a golf club handle holder, a divot repair tool, and a golf ball marker retainer. The accessory has a pair of prongs attached to each end of its body. The first end having prongs that form a U-shape adapted to cradle a golf club handle. The opposite end of the accessory has a second set of prongs attached thereto that form a V-shape, divot repair tool. When the second end of the accessory is planted into the ground, a collapsible stand may be extended and a golf club handle may be laid upon the device to provide a stable way to hold the club aloft above the soil. The middle portion of the accessory's body contains a round cut-out for storing a golf ball marker of predetermined size and shape. This cut-out is lined with a magnetic material to facilitate retention of a marker. | 05-10-2012 |
20120115630 | DIVOT REPAIR TOOL - Prongs of a divot repair tool that is secured to a golf club are repeatedly inserted into the turf and removed from the turf surrounding a ball mark to repair the turf without requiring the user to bend over. The divot repair tool includes a base portion having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a top, and a bottom opposite the top. At least one prong extends from the first end. A vertical portion extends from the base and is substantially perpendicular to the base. A magnet is secured within the base portion to secure the divot repair tool to the golf club. | 05-10-2012 |
20120135817 | GOLF ACCESSORY - Golf accessory are presented including: a body having a front face, a rear face, a distal end, and a proximal end; a thumb indent disposed along the front face of the body, the thumb indent configured to provide a surface area for a user's thumb; a tamping portion configured to tamp a divot or ball mark during a divot or ball mark repair operation, the tamping portion disposed along the rear face along the proximal end, the tamping portion extending away from the rear face; an elongated repair prong extending away from the proximal end, the elongated repair prong configured for use in the divot or ball mark repair operation; and an object rest disposed along the distal end, the object rest including a shape receptive to at least a golf club shaft. In some embodiments, the elongated repair prong further includes a taper, the taper narrowing away from the body. | 05-31-2012 |
20120208652 | Golf Ball Grabber - A golf ball-grabbing device including a cap affixable at the longitudinal extremity of the grip of a putter shaft and having a single central opening therethrough with finger-receiving guide notches therearound, and a movable grabber assembly having (a) a base member shaped to be movably retained within the shaft below the cap and (b) at least three non-destructibly resiliently-deformable resiliently-deformable strip-like fingers each having a proximal end secured to the base member, an arcuate ball-grabbing portion, and a distal end terminating in a camming member having a substantially-planar ball-engagable face, each finger slidably engaged within one of the notches. The movable grabber assembly is slidable with respect to the cap between a non-use position in which the arcuate portions of the fingers are contained only by the shaft and a use position in which the arcuate portions of the fingers are deployed outside the shaft and above the cap. | 08-16-2012 |
20120289355 | GOLF BALL LIFTER - A golf ball lifting device is provided comprising: a golf ball gripper with a mechanical feature and a magnetic feature; and a gripper mount for attachment to a golf club. The mount has a mechanical feature and a magnetic feature. The mechanical and magnetic features of the gripper and mount are arranged for mutual cooperation, the mechanical and magnetic cooperation together assisting to maintain engagement between the gripper and mount when the gripper is mounted on the mount. The mount magnetic feature is arranged to enable the picking up of a magnetic golf ball marker, at least when the gripper is not mounted on the mount. | 11-15-2012 |
20130072318 | Golf Ball Retrieval Device - Disclosed is a golf ball retrieval device configured for retrofit to a putter grip. An exemplary embodiment generally takes the form of a cylinder having an interior space defined on one end, i.e. the golf ball receiving end, by a front diameter large enough to receive a golf ball and, on the opposite end of the interior space, i.e. the golf ball retention end, a rear diameter small enough to prevent a received golf ball from passing through. In some embodiments, the interior surface slopes from the front diameter back to the rear diameter. As such, one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the interior surface of some embodiments operates to substantially define a space in the shape of a frustum. Advantageously, embodiments of a golf ball retrieval device receive, retain, and release a golf ball by leveraging only gravitational forces. | 03-21-2013 |
20140135142 | Golf Club Stand and Accessory - A golf club accessory stand is characterized by a unitary frame having retractable lower end and an extendable upper end. The retracted lower end of the leg is inserted into the ground and the extendable upper end has a receptacle to retrieve a golf ball from the water. The stand is lightweight and used by a golfer to support a number of golf clubs when the golfer is separated from his golf bag. The accessory stand includes a removable cup holder, cigarette holder and cigar holder. | 05-15-2014 |
20180021635 | GOLF PUTTER | 01-25-2018 |