Patent ID: 7364396
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball retriever comprising: a first herding arm, a second herding arm, a center, and a container, the first and second herding arms extending out from the center of the retriever, each herding arm adapted to funnel a golf ball it contacts towards the center of the retriever, the center comprising at least one pair of rotating spaced wheels, each wheel having a pickup surface, the pickup surfaces of the spaced wheels distanced from each other in predetermined amount to pick up a golf ball between the surfaces of the spaced wheels, the pickup surfaces of the spaced wheels adapted to move a golf ball up and off of a putting surface and move the golf ball to the container as the spaced wheels rotate, wherein the weight of the retriever rests on four contact points of round cord belting extending between pulleys.