Patent ID: 7959516
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising a ferrule ( 1 ) and a hole cup ( 2 ) for a golf flag ( 3 ), where the ferrule ( 1 ) has a boring ( 4 ) in which a bottom end of a flag stick ( 17 ) of the golf flag ( 3 ) is placed, and wherein the ferrule has a relatively short upper part ( 5 ) and a relatively long lower part ( 6 ), the upper part ( 5 ) having a greater diameter than the lower part ( 6 ) of the ferrule which is intended for disposition in a center hole ( 7 ) in the hole cup ( 2 ), the hole cup ( 2 ) being formed by a cylindric wall ( 8 ) and a bottom ( 9 ) with the center hole ( 7 ) having a shape and a depth for receiving the lower part ( 6 ) of the ferrule, wherein at least two replaceable elastic means ( 10 ) are provided far away from each other between each end of the lower part ( 6 ) of the ferrule and the center hole ( 7 ) of the hole cup, for maximum stability and certainty against overturning the flag and correspondingly at least two fastening means ( 11 ) are provided far away from each other in the lower part of the ferrule, each for retaining one of the elastic means ( 10 ), and each of the fastening means being provided by an annular groove ( 15 ) on the ferrule ( 1 ), and one or more longitudinal grooves ( 16 ) are provided in the ferrule ( 1 ) extending through the annular grooves for removing the elastic means before replacing the elastic means, and wherein the elastic means spaced far away from each other on the lower part of the ferrule and extending between the lower part of the ferrule and the center hole provide greater resistance against wear and longer durability and maintain an ability to keep the flag stick upright even after being subjected to wind and weather and usual wear during use.