Patent ID: 6074311
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A device for marking the position of a golf ball on the ground, comprising:a body which a user can place on the ground in abutment with a ball on the ground, the body having a lower surface for en gaging the ground and a recessed side surface for engaging the ball with at least two point contact between the ball and the recessed side surface;a marker pin; andattaching means for attaching the pin to the body so that the pin can be driven into the ground so that the pin does not project substantially above ground level, with the lower surface of the body engaging the ground and with the recessed side surface engaging the ball, the attaching means being releasable, once the pin has been so driven into the ground, so that the body can be removed from the ground leaving the pin so driven into the ground.