Patent ID: 7367515

Claim:
An auxiliary paint marking device for use with a field line marking machine that includes a paint supply, said auxiliary marking device serving to accurately, precisely and reproducibly apply discrete painted marks to a surface of a playing field, said auxiliary marking device including in combination: a frame member, said frame member having a length dimension and being attachable to a field line marking machine that includes a paint supply; guide system means carried by said frame member, said guide system means having a length dimension and being oriented in a substantially horizontal position on said frame member adjacent to any to-be-marked playing field surface; said guide system means including a first position indicator and a second position indicator on said guide system means; field paint coating means carried by said frame member, said field paint coating means being carried by said frame and remote from said field line marking machine for movement along said guide system means, said field paint coating means including means for operative communication with a paint supply carried by a field line marking machine to which said frame is attached, field paint coating means being capable of accurately, precisely and reproducibly applying discrete painted marks to a field playing surface, wherein said field paint coating means is slidably secured to said guide system means for controlled movement over a predetermined length from said first position indicator on said guide system means to said second position indicator on said guide system means, the distance between said first and second position indicators on said guide system means corresponding to the length of a discrete painted mark that is to be reproducibly applied to a field playing surface.