Patent ID: 6409611
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A45B,A63B

Abstract:
A golf swing training umbrella and golf ball retrieving device comprising:a support assembly having a base member and a plurality of tubular sections telescopically disposed in said base member and having an innermost tubular section and an outermost tubular section; a cover support assembly being collapsibly attached to a first end of said base member; a cover member being securely supported upon said cover support assembly; a hand-grip member being securely and removably disposed about said support assembly; a golf ball retrieval assembly being securely and removably attached to an end of said outermost tubular section, said retrieval assembly including a bracket member having a first end portion being attached to said end of said outermost tubular section of said support assembly, said bracket member having threads disposed upon an outer surface thereof; said retrieval assembly including a bracket fastening member being attached to said base member and being threadably couplable to said bracket member such that each of said tubular sections is restricted from extending away from said base member, said bracket fastening member comprising an annular member having a threaded internal wall for selectively coupling to said outer surface of said bracket member; said base member including an annular flange being disposed upon and extending thereabout an open second end of said base member; and said bracket fastening member having an annular groove disposed therein for receiving said annular flange of said base member, wherein said bracket fastening member is permitted to rotate freely about said second end of said base member such that said bracket fastening member and said bracket member are selectively couplable when said bracket fastening member is rotated.