Golf data recorder with integrated missing club reminder and theft prevention system
US8226495B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2225/54
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and systems relating to at least one or more of golf club reminding and golf data collecting and recording. In one embodiment an apparatus on a golf club includes an integrated reminder and a stroke cancellation system and is semi-automatic in that the recording of the stroke is directly in response to changing the state (e.g. activating) of a switch which indicates that the golfer has pressed a button on the golf club. The pressing of the button indicates that the golfer will or has taken a stroke with the golf club and that the stroke is to be recorded, with the location of the stroke and an identifier of the club (e.g. 9 iron). The system may also be equipped with a missing club reminder and theft prevention function that notifies the golfer is a golf club has been left behind or if a club or golf bag has been removed without authorization.
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