Patent ID: 8356846

Claim:
A golf ball retriever comprising in combination: an open bottom housing; a telescopic handle detachedly fixed to said housing; said housing having a front wall, a rear wall and two opposing side walls; said front walls and said rear walls each having a lower edge, said each lower edge having a set of spaced-apart bales attached thereto; each said bales having a length extending from said front wall to said rear wall and a width that when combined with the width of the opposite said bale prevents the exit of a golf ball; each said bale being an extension of, but not attached to, said bottom edge of each said side wall; each said bale extending beyond said open bottom housing such that each said bale rests on said lower edge of said front walls and said rear walls; at least one of said front wall and said rear wall having a bale stop located near the said lower edge wherein said bales stop prevents the bales moving upward too far and also causes to return to their original position trapping the ball inside said housing; said telescopic handle being connected to said housing and the opposite end of said telescopic handle having a gripping portion.