Golf ball retrieval device and method
US6695370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B47/02
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A golf ball retriever includes a plate member with spaced apart tear shaped tines each having a leading edge and an opposing trailing edge, and a surface spaced apart from an opposing surface of an adjacent tine a distance greater than the diameter of a golf ball for enabling the tines to guide the golf ball between the spaced apart surfaces during a raking movement of the retriever. A flange extends along the trailing edge of each tine to reduce the distance between surfaces to less than the diameter of the golf ball for lifting the ball from its position typically within a muddy water hazard bottom and trapping the ball between the tines during a raking movement of the retriever.
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