Patent ID: 6366205
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A63B,G08B

Abstract:
A system for detecting one or more missing golf clubs from a group of golf clubs comprising:a) a sensor associated with each golf club of the group of golf clubs; b) an interrogator having a limited operating range and operative to direct signals throughout the limited range, wherein the sensors within the limited range respond to said signals by transmitting a unique identifier, and wherein a golf club is deemed to be missing when the golf club lies outside the limited range and thus its associated sensor fails to respond to said signals; c) a memory operative to store one or more identifiers transmitted by one or more said sensors, and d) a controller operative to perform an initial inventory of said group of golf clubs, store said initial inventory in said memory, periodically perform subsequent inventories of said group of golf clubs, and to compare said subsequent inventories to said initial inventory, for the purpose of uniquely identifying the golf clubs missing from said group.