Patent ID: 6029599
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A63B,G09F

Abstract:
A golf pin stand device comprising:a connector adapted to connect to a shaft of a golf pin, said connector having a substantially ""U"" shaped elongated plate, said elongated plate having an outside surface, an inside surface, a left end section, and a right end section, said connector being adapted to connect to the shaft with the shaft located between said left and right end sections adjacent to said inside surface;wherein said elongated plate comprises a central section having two central apertures therein, a left end and a right end, and wherein said left end section projects at an obtuse angle from the left end of said central section and has a left end aperture therein, said right end section projects at an obtuse angle from said right end of said central and has a right end aperture therein;wherein said connector includes a ""C"" bolt having two threaded free ends, each free end passing through one of said two central apertures, each free end being secured therein by a complementarily threaded nut type fastener; anda pair of leg members pivotally attached to said outside surface of said elongated plate, each of said leg members including an elongated rod, a pivotal rod cap, and a rod end cap, each elongated rod having a first end and a second end, each pivotal rod cap being attached to said first end of one of said rods and having a substantially flat protrusion with a pivotal rod cap aperture therein, each rod end cap being attached to said second end of one of said rods;wherein said leg members pivot freely relative to said connector between a retracted position and an extended position, said leg members are substantially parallel to each other in the retracted position, said leg members are angularly separated in the extended position, and said connector is adapted to support a golf club when said leg members are in the extended position.