Patent ID: 8382173

Claim:
A method of constructing an advertising device, the advertising device comprising a cylindrical hollow shaft, a cap on a first end of the hollow shaft, a cup on a second end of the hollow shaft, the cup being shaped to form to a ball and facing away from the hollow shaft to facilitate retrieving a golf ball, and an advertising slip that displays an advertisement along the hollow shaft, the method comprising: forming the cylindrical hollow shaft from a clear polymer-based plastic material; installing the cap made of a molded resilient material to the first end of the hollow shaft; forming the advertising slip by rolling into a cylinder a flexible material with a printed advertisement thereon, the advertisement disposed on an exterior surface of the advertising slip; inserting the advertising slip into the hollow shaft through the second end of the hollow shaft such that the exterior surface of the advertising slip engages an interior wall of the hollow shaft to display the advertisement; and installing the cup made of a molded resilient material to the second end of the hollow shaft, the cup being shaped to form to a golf ball and facing away from the hollow shaft.