Patent ID: 7134828

Claim:
An apparatus for retrieving golf balls, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of retrieving sections, each retrieving section including a frame, one or more receptacle baskets removably supported on the frame, and a retrieving roller having a plurality of retrieving disks; a connection rail interconnecting the frames in side-by-side relationship; and a plurality of support wheels, separate from the retrieving disks, one support wheel being positioned at substantially the middle of the plurality of retrieving disks of each of at least some of the retrieving sections, wherein: over its entire length the connection rail is readily flexible in the vertical plane and rigid or substantially inflexible in the horizontal plane, and the support wheels support the retrieving sections with the plurality of retrieving disks adjacent the ground to lift golf balls from the ground and erect the lifted golf balls into the receptacle baskets as the apparatus moves over the ground.