Patent ID: 6926622
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball engagement and support member for attachment to a shaft and employed to retrieve and place golf balls by an individual manipulating the shaft, said golf ball retrieving and support member being of unitary construction and including a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having a first portion top surface, a first portion bottom surface, and a first portion rear surface, said first portion defining a hole for receiving the end of a shaft, said second portion projecting forwardly from said first portion and including spaced first and second golf ball support and engagement arms defining a cavity for receiving a golf ball, said cavity being open at the top and bottom thereof whereby said cavity extends through said golf ball retrieving and support member, said golf ball engagement and support arms having forwardmost disposed distal ends defining a space therebetween communicating with said cavity and proximal ends, said space being smaller than the diameter of a golf ball, said golf ball engagement and support arms having curved golf ball engagement and support surfaces disposed about said cavity rearwardly from the distal ends thereof and converging at said first portion, said golf ball engagement and support arms gradually decreasing in height in the direction of the distal ends thereof and gradually decreasing in width in the direction of the distal ends thereof, the proximal ends of said golf ball engagement and support arms joining at said first portion, each of said curved golf ball engagement and support surfaces including an upper surface segment and a side surface segment, said upper surface segment and said side surface segment adjoining at a curved edge, and said golf ball engagement and support member defining an elongated tee retention hole in communication with said cavity and extending therefrom into said first portion.