Patent ID: 7299685

Claim:
An apparatus for locating and marking the equator of a golf ball comprising: a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion; a plate shaped to support said golf ball; a motor attached to said plate, said motor capable of spinning said plate with said golf ball thereon to spin said golf ball into stable alignment; an annular guard positioned on the top portion of said housing, said guard having a marking opening position at a distance substantially about the equator of said golf ball when said golf ball is supported on said plate, said marking opening sized to receive a marking instrument to mark said golf ball about said equator when said golf ball is spinning in stable alignment; and a cavity positioned on the bottom portion sized to receive a golf ball, the cavity having an edge and a depth to accommodate the golf ball wherein at least a portion of the marked equator of the golf ball is able to be aligned with the edge of the cavity such that the marking instrument is able to be used to mark over said portion of the marked equator of the golf ball.