Patent ID: 7229365
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf assistance device comprising: a mandrel comprising claw attachment receptacles, leg attachment receptacles, an operating rod aperture, and a lock engagement fossa; a sliding member comprising an operating rod connected to a ball engagement member, the operating rod slideably disposed within the operating rod aperture, the ball engagement member comprising a claw activation member and a downwardly facing ball engagement surface; a lock slidably engaging the operating rod, the lock adapted to gravitationally slide along the operating rod and be received by the lock engagement fossa; a plurality of legs, each leg comprising a ground engaging end and an attachment end, each attachment end pivotally attached to the mandrel, each attachment end adapted to be engaged by the lock when the lock is gravitationally disposed within the lock engagement fossa; at least two claws, each claw comprising a pivot end and a free end, the pivot ends each pivotally attached to the mandrel, the free ends each pivotal from a first position to a second position, the first position comprising the position at which the free ends support a golf ball disposed against the ball engagement surface, the second position comprising the position at which the free ends withdraw from beneath the golf ball, wherein the claws are pivoted from the first position to the second position by reciprocal motion of the claw activation member; and a shaft connected to the operating rod.