Patent ID: 7165796

Claim:
A golf ball pick-up device comprising: an upright pick-up tube having an open lower end and an upper end portion that is formed with a ball-exiting opening; a strip unit including a plurality of resilient strips each having a radial outer end connected fixedly to said lower end of said pick-up tube, said strips being arranged along a circumferential direction of said pick-up tube and extending radially and inwardly from said lower end of said pick-up tube so as to define a ball inlet thereamong, said strips deforming so as to allow a plurality of golf balls to move into said pick-up tube via said ball inlet when said strip unit is pressed against the golf balls one at a time, said strips being sized so as to prevent downward removal of the golf balls from said pick-up tube via said ball inlet; and a ball-guiding unit disposed within said upper end portion of said pick-up tube and formed with a ball-guiding surface shaped so as to guide the golf balls into said ball-exiting opening when the golf balls move upwardly within said upper end portion of said pick-up tube; and an upright handle disposed movably on said pick-up tube and extending upwardly from said upper end portion of said pick-up tube, and a positioning unit, said ball-guiding unit being connected fixedly to a lower end of said handle, said handle being disposed at an extended position whereat an upper end of said ball-guiding surface is adjacent to an upper end of said ball-exiting opening in said pick-up tube, and being movable to a retracted position whereat said ball-guiding surface is disposed within said lower end of said pick-up tube, said positioning unit positioning said handle in said extended position and said retracted position.