Golf ball pick-up apparatus
US4157141A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B47/021
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An open bottomed wheeled carriage has upstanding side plates between which a flexible mat is dragged over the ground. The front end only of the mat is secured to a cross bar on the carriage at a height greater than that of a golf ball on the ground. The mat is made up of pivotally joined rings or rings and links or parallel chains so that balls on the ground over which the mat is pulled will pass upwardly through the rings or between links or chains to the upper surface of the mat. A cleated endless belt, driven by the carriage supporting ground wheels, sweeps the balls rearwardly over the mat into a container on the rear of the carriage.
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