Marking board for attachment to golf trolley

A marking board for attachment to golf trolley comprising a plate with a hollow for holding papers therein, clipping elements for clipping and locating papers thereon and hollow tubes and pipes on the underside of the plate for holding tees, golf bail position marking pegs and pens. The plate is further provided with curved recesses on two opposing sides thereof to facilitate the withdrawal of the papers from the hollow. A ball holder is connected to one perimeter edge of the plate and comprises a flat portion and a curved portion to receive golf balls within a room between the portions, protrusions being provided on two sides of the curved portions to prevented the balls from sideward falling off the room.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
A heretofore known marking board for attachment to golf trolley was 
developed for use, which board is fixed to a golf trolley and has mark 
keeping papers 2 (see FIG. 9) held thereon for golf player to put down 
their marks. 
Referring to FIG. 9, the marking board, generally numbered 1, has a fixing 
hole 19, two through holes 11 on an upper part thereof, a recess 20 
between the holes 11, two ball sockets 16 on the side opposite the upper 
part; the fixing hole 19 is engaged with a screw (not shown) which is then 
passed into the shaft of the golf trolley such that the board 1 is 
fastened to the golf trolley; the holes 11 and the recess 20 are 
associated with a locating element 3. The locating element 3 has a pair of 
combining plates 32 retained within the recess 20 of the board 1 and two 
inserting pins 31 which is arranged such that they 31 can pass through 
locating holes 21 of the papers 2 and the through holes 11 of the board 1 
to locate the papers 2 on the board 1. Furthermore, the locating element 3 
has several holding elements 33 for holding the golf ball position marking 
pegs (not shown). There are provided tee holding holes 18 on one side of 
the board 1 for tees (not shown) to be passed thereinto and thus stored on 
the board 1. On the side opposite the holes 18, a hole 15, a trench 14 and 
a clipping part 12 are provided for holding pens; a pen can be inserted 
into the hole 15 perpendicular to the board 1, or disposed between the 
board 1 and the clipping part 12, or placed on the trench 14 depending on 
need. Each ball socket 16 is provided with an anti-fall element 17 to hold 
on to the golf ball (not shown) inserted into the socket 16. 
This paper holding board is found to have following disadvantages. 
1. The anti-fall elements 17 and the clipping parts 12 are made to be thin 
in order to be flexible, resulting in fragility thereof. 
2. The papers have to be specifically bored and cut in order to match with 
the board, resulting in high manufacturing cost of the papers used. 
3. The fixing hole 19 and the screw engaging the fixing hole 19 are likely 
to form an uneven surface on the board, causing inconvenience in writing 
with the board. 
4. The paper is likely to be broken from the middle if the user fails to be 
careful in tearing it off the board. 
5. Being not protected by any cover, the papers placed on the board are 
likely to become useless because of rain or water. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The marking board of the present invention comprises a paper holding plate 
and a ball holder; the plate has a hollow for storing papers therein. The 
plate is further provided with curved recesses on two perimeters thereof 
such that the stored papers can be reached and taken out of the hollow by 
hands. Two clipping elements are anchored to the upper side of the plate 
to locate papers placed on the upper side of the plate. Hollow tubes and a 
hollow pipe are affixed to the underside of the plate such that tees or 
ball position marking pegs can be deposited inside the tubes and pens can 
be inserted into the pipe. 
The ball holder consists of a flat portion and a curved portion; the flat 
portion is connected to the curved portion and to the plate with a height 
difference between the flat portion and the plate. 
The curved portion is arranged such that golf balls can be inserted into 
the room formed between the flat portion and the curved portion; 
protrusions are provided on two lateral sides of the curved portions in 
order to prevent the balls from sidewards falling off the ball holder; the 
plate has a corner, which is just above the joint of the flate portion and 
the plate, to prevent the inserted balls from upwardly falling off the 
ball holder.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
A marking board of the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, comprises a 
paper holding plate 4 and a ball holder 5 as the main parts; the plate 4 
has a hollow 41 defined by an upper plate portion 411 and a low plate 
portion 412 for storing papers therein. The plate 4 further is provided 
with curved recesses 42 on two opposing perimeters thereof such that the 
papers stored in the hollow 41 can be reached and taken out of the hollow 
41 by hands. Two clipping elements 43 are anchored to the upper plate 
portion 411 of the plate 4 (see FIG. 1 and FIG. 3) such that papers can be 
located on the upper plate portion 411 by means of inserting one perimeter 
edge of the papers into apertures between the clipping elements 43 and the 
upper plate portion 411. 
A plurality of hollow tubes 44 and a hollow pipe 45 are affixed to the 
lower plate portion 412 such that tees (not shown) or ball position 
marking pegs 441 (see FIG. 1) can be deposited inside the tubes 44 and 
pens (not shown) can be inserted into the pipe 45. 
A pair of fixing plates 47 are provided on the lower plate portion 412 and 
spaced such that a shaft 61 of a golf trolley 6 (see FIG. 8) can be firmly 
inserted therebetween. Furthermore, the lower plate portion 412 has 
threaded holes 48 (see FIG. 5) provided thereon to engage screws 481 (see 
FIG. 4) passed through the shaft 61 in order for the board of the present 
invention to be fixed to the golf trolley 6. 
The ball holder 5 consists of a flat portion 53 and a curved portion 51; 
the flat portion 53 is connected to the curved portion 51 on one perimeter 
edge and to the plate 4 on the opposite perimeter edge with a height 
difference (see FIG. 1) between the flat portion 51 and the upper plate 
portion 411. 
The curved portion 51 is arranged such that golf balls (see FIG. 3) can be 
inserted into the room formed between the flat portion 53 and the curved 
portion 51; protrusions 52 are provided on two lateral sides of the curved 
portions in order to prevent the balls from sidewards falling off the ball 
holder 5; the plate 4 has a corner 49 (see FIG. 1), which is just above 
the joint of the flate portion 53 and the plate 4, to prevent the inserted 
balls from upwardly falling off the ball holder 5; the curved portion 51 
is flexible such that the inserted balls can be easily taken out of the 
holder 5 upon pushing the portion 51 outwardly of the flat portion 53. 
After the marking board is affixed to the golf trolley, papers are arranged 
on the board, located by the clipping elements 43 for recording points 
while playing golf. And,. ball position marking pegs 441 and golf balls 
are stored in their respective positions, i.e. the tubes 44 and the ball 
holders 5, and can be removed therefrom for use. 
From the above description, the paper holding board of the present 
invention can be known to have following advantages. 
1. The hollow 41 can prevent the papers deposited therein from getting wet 
in raining days. 
2. The tubes 44 can prevent sharp ends of the tees or ball position marking 
pegs 41 from sticking out and hurting the users. 
3. The papers can be easily removed from the board without getting broken 
due to the design of the clipping elements 43. And, the curved recesses 42 
can facilitate the removing of the papers from the hollow 41. 
4. The design of the ball holder 5 provides more room for golf balls than 
the prior art ball sockets, i.e. more golf balls can be stored by means of 
the ball holder when the board of the present invention is of the same 
size as the prior art paper holding board. 
While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above, 
it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be 
made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such 
modifications which may fail within the spirit and scope of the invention.