Patent ID: 7462010

Claim:
A golf ball collecting apparatus comprising: a frame; at least first and second discs mounted to the frame for rotation about an axis, the first and second discs having facing surfaces defining a space therebetween in which golf balls become lodged at a first angular position relative to the axis and are carried with the first and second discs about the axis from the first angular position; a first finger fixedly attached to the frame and having a first end disposed in the space and configured such that the first finger alone will dislodge golf balls carried with the first and second discs about the axis in a first direction about the axis; and a second finger fixedly attached to the frame and having a surface disposed in the space between the first angular location and the first end of the first finger and depending into the space at least as far as the first end of the first finger and configured such that the second finger alone will dislodge golf balls carried with the first and second discs about the axis in a second direction about the axis; a bent plate attached to the frame, the bent plate defining the first and second fingers.