Patent ID: 9114290
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A guard for use on a golf hole cup, said guard comprising both a guard body and a handling means fastened to said guard body, said guard body being an inverted frustum of a hollow cone, defining thereby its larger open top end diameter and its opposite smaller open bottom end diameter; said larger open end diameter selected to be large enough to rest securely upon the top rim of said golf hole cup, yet small enough to fit freely down within a golf hole within which said golf hole cup is installed; said smaller open end diameter selected to be large enough to permit a flag pole ferrule to pass therethrough; and said handling means fastened to said guard body at said larger open top end diameter; whereby said guard, fastened to said handling means, may be dropped into and freely removed from within a golf hole by use of said handling means, collecting foreign objects and material that enter said golf hole into said guard, and thereby protecting said golf hole cup from the intrusion or adhesion of any foreign material.