Patent ID: 6832423
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for securing first and second annular members to a golf ball in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation, comprising:a first member having a first recess sized to receive the first annular member with a portion of the first annular member projecting upwardly therefrom; a second member having a second recess sized to receive the second annular member in a substantially parallel orientation relative to the first annular member and with a second portion of the second annular member projecting downwardly therefrom; and an alignment guide coupled to the first and second members for positioning the first and second members in substantially parallel alignment and the first and second annular members in substantially concentric alignment when the first and second members are brought together to sandwich the golf ball between the first and second annular members, the alignment guide having at least three posts coupled to one of the first or second members and at least three bores in the other of the first or second members, the at least three bores being sized and spaced to receive the at least three posts.