Patent ID: 11944883
Assignee: TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a body having an ingress and an egress for golf balls passing through the body, wherein each of the golf balls includes a radio frequency identification tag;
at least one antenna of a radio frequency identification reader, the at least one antenna arranged with respect to the body to receive information from the golf balls for identification of the golf balls;
multiple protrusions located within the body, the multiple protrusions being positioned with respect to each other in a Galton configuration that both (i) impedes the golf balls from passing through the body without being read by the radio frequency identification reader, and (ii) allows the golf balls to pass through the body without jamming therein;
a first support surface and a second support surface, wherein the multiple protrusions comprise protuberances on the first support surface or the second support surface; and
horizontally oriented bars located within the body, the horizontally oriented bars being arranged in two columns extending between the first support surface and the second support surface, wherein a gap between the bars of the two columns is less than a diameter of a golf ball, and a vertical distance between adjacent bars in each respective column is less than the diameter of a golf ball.