CN101663072A

CN101663072A - Ball collector

Info

Publication number: CN101663072A
Application number: CN200880012763A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 埃迪·路易斯·西里尔·罗兰多
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-04-21
Filing date: 2008-04-14
Publication date: 2010-03-03
Also published as: US20100087265A1; GB0707762D0; GB0720710D0; GB201017852D0; GB2443914B; GB2443914A; WO2008129240A1

Abstract

A golf club head for collecting golf balls and positioning them on the tee comprising a body having a concavity in its base leading to a pair of arms at one end. The pathway between the concavity andthe arms including a summit over which the ball passes preventing the ball from rolling back down the pathway, thus captivating the ball in the arms.

Description

Ball collector

The present invention relates to a kind of device that ball is picked up of being used for, relate in particular to and be used for device that golf is picked up.

For the linksman, a kind of exercise of form is the field of practising a ball game, and there, they can carry out swing exercise on the court, bats and does not influence other linksman.The batting that the linksman can much repeat in the zone of practising a ball game.Golf allows to remain on the place that they are fallen, and when finished every day, the operator by the field of practising a ball game collected usually.Therefore, the linksman needs a lot of golf, and before batting, each ball all must be placed on the ball seat.

The automation equipment of placing the ball on the ball seat has designed.Yet these are sizable devices, often need high mounting cost, and high maintenance cost.Therefore, for the linksman, it is expensive using them, is under the situation of expensive motion at it, has increased the expense of another part again.Therefore, have only the field of practising a ball game of minority that such device is arranged.

Therefore, need linksman's each ball on the placement ball seat before batting each time usually.This need many time-consuming, cause tired even linksman's the back of the body caused injury or increases the weight of bending of old injury.

Can make the linksman collect ball and need not bend over the other device that ball is placed on the ball seat has been suggested.These are made up of the device that comprises capture apparatus in handle end usually, and it is similar to the bar of golf clubs usually.The use of these devices is difficult, needs to coordinate to collect and grasp ball, decontrols described ball then when being placed on ball on the ball seat evenly.Optionally device comprises a pair of arm or ring, and it can be enclosed on the golf, and described device is out of shape in this process.Such device is difficult to use, because they need a firm surface to push and ball is not pressed in the surface.In addition, be difficult to control the amount of needed power on the ball that device is enclosed within, that is, to such an extent as to can not use too big power with the ball device for ejecting.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of improved device, it is used to collect ball and ball is placed on the appropriate location.

According to the present invention, a kind of ball collector is provided, it comprises main body, described main body has ball guide rail (ball guidance pathway), described ball guide rail has recess in its lower section and adorns ball, and described recess leads to a pair of arm that is positioned at place, an end, and the size of described recess can be held ball, but allow ball to remove from the top of described arm, the summit (summit) that described track has between described recess and described arm stops ball to move backward along track.

In use, described device is placed on above the golf, and, when golf is placed on the ground, pulling back described device, guidance spheres is along described track, and enters in the arm of auto levelizer, and installs indeformable.Can rise described device then, pick up golf, again golf is placed on the ball seat.Reduce described device then,, thereby golf is stayed on the ball seat away from described track.In case enter into the arm of device, because the existence of summit, ball can not roll backward along track.

Preferably, described ball collector is made by hard plastic material, so that it is indeformable under the weight of golf.

Preferably, described device will further comprise handle.Expediently, this handle is telescopic.

Typically, described summit will form the part of marginal texture (edge formation) along the bottom margin of guider (guide), and it is used to catch golf.

Preferably, the end relative with described arm of described main body comprises that also ball exercise indulges structure.This structure will typically comprise depression, and its size can be accepted the major part of ball, and have otch at base portion.

Preferably, described handle further comprises support, and it can make and be used for supporting described device.

In order to help to understand the present invention, will be as an example, and a specific embodiment is described with reference to the accompanying drawing followed, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the birds-eye perspective according to device of the present invention, and it does not have handle;

Fig. 2 is the upward view of the device among Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that the device among Fig. 1 is picked up ball;

Fig. 4 is that the device among Fig. 1 is placed on schematic diagram on the ball seat with ball;

Fig. 5 is the rearview of the support of device;

Fig. 6 is the front view of the support among Fig. 5; And

Fig. 7 is the perspective views of supports according of Fig. 5, and it is arranged on the device of Fig. 1.

Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, wherein shown device comprises according to ball placer 1 of the present invention.Described device comprises main body 2, and this main body 2 is by molded plastic material, make at indeformable sufficiently rigid material under the weight of golf or under by linksman's applied pressure.

Described main body at one end has recess 6 near the portion 8 in its base portion, its size can be caught a golf, and described recess 6 covers the major part of ball, but allows the sub-fraction of ball to extend out below recess, so that ball can be with respect to the device motion.

What extend from recess 6 is ball guide rail 10, and it comprises the top and the sidepiece of recess.This guider extends along the length of main body 2, and enters into main body more deeply, covers the major part of golf, but when being covered by described device, the sub-fraction of ball still can rest on the ground.Described guider 10 is provided with marginal texture 12 along its bottom margin 14, has reduced the width of described guider at its bottom margin 14 places, and has entered into the arm of device 16.Described structure 12 stops golf to come out from the bottom of guider, perhaps stops golf to enter into device in this position, thereby ball is caught in device, but the lower curved face of ball still can be extended to outside the device.

Marginal texture 12 guiding golf are along guider 10 and enter into the arm 16 that extends from the other end 18 of main body 2.Arm 16 is shaped as to be convenient to golf and to be clipped in the arm safely, and can be raised and be placed into ball seat.

Marginal texture 12 comprises summit or ledge 26, and golf is crossed it and is manoeuvred in the arm 16.Like this, ball is caught in the arm, and is moved backward along guider by summit 26 preventions.Ball is sandwiched in the arm 16, between the end 24 of summit 26 and marginal texture 12.

With reference now to Fig. 3,, in use, collect golf in order to use described device, with described main body 2 be positioned at ball top (Fig. 3 a), and move and caught by recess 6 up to ball.To hold-down devices, main body 2 moves backward, makes ball rotate (Fig. 3 b) along the top 28 of guider between marginal texture 12 lightly.Ball is kept slight downward pressure, continue the motion backward of ball, appear between the arm 16 and device is positioned on the ground up to ball.Device will make the golf that is trapped between the arm 16 rise (Fig. 3 c) from the rise of this position.The sidepiece of ball and anterior by arm 16,24 supports, the bottom of ball is by marginal texture 12 supports, and the rear portion of ball is supported by summit 26.

Forward Fig. 4 now to, for golf is placed on the golf tee, ball is raised in device, and is placed on that (Fig. 4 a) on the ball seat.In case ball is placed on the suitable position, device can lower from ball.At this point, if ball correctly is not positioned on the ball seat, then when device 1 was lowered, this situation can be felt, so the position can be adjusted again.The reduction of device will stay the ball on the ball seat, install then along with the arm opened 16 through around the ball seats and be removed (Fig. 4 b).

Again with reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2, the end 8 of device, it is relative with arm 16, is equipped with another equipment 30 of place kick of being used for.Described equipment 30 comprises open ledge 32, and described open ledge 32 makes progress and outwards opens, and base portion 34 is opened.Open size to adapt to golf around.This ledge allows ball to be directed into convenient being picked up or stored position along ground.In addition, this ledge makes can be taken ball outside ball bucket or other storage device: ledge 32 be positioned in ball around, ball scrolls up along the side of ball bucket then, and leaves the top.When ball along the side of ball bucket or analog when scrolling up, open part 32 ball chuck be held in the device.In addition, this ledge makes the user assign to ball is picked up by pin or similar protuberance with him, with when device around ball when tilting, fulcrum ball, thus ball is held.Like this, ball is raised.This open ledge 32 has been gone back balance and has been installed 1, and it is flat that device 1 can be stood on the ground, conveniently uses.

With reference now to Fig. 5,6 and 7,, this device also can use in conjunction with support, especially is not the local of level completely or when device has the danger that is unexpectedly knocked on ground.Support comprises plastic mould 42, and it comprises main body 44, has extended two grippers 46 from described main body 44, and it removably is fixed to support on the bar 48 of club.Described main body also has two arms 50, and it extends forward and downwards, a pair of little ledge gripper 52 and the described first gripper quadrature.These grippers are clamped a U type metal tube 54.In order to play the effect of support, metal tube positions on the ground with its end 56, plays the effect of leg 58, and is supported by ledge gripper 52 and arm 50.When club was used, metal tube 54 rotated with gripper, so that upwards aiming of leg 58, and was parallel to the bar 48 of club.The top that cap 60 can be equipped in golf clubs is fixed to suitable position with leg.

The present invention wants to be limited by the detail of the foregoing description.For example, device can be made by any unbending material, comprises wood or metal.

Claims

1. ball collector, it comprises main body, described main body has the ball guide rail, described ball guide rail has recess in its lower section and adorns ball, described recess leads to a pair of arm that is positioned at place, an end, the size of described recess can be held ball, but allows ball to remove from the top of described arm, and the summit that described track has between described recess and described arm stops ball to roll backward along described track.

2. ball collector as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ball collector is made by hard plastic material, so that it is indeformable under the weight of golf.

3. as claim 1 or the described ball collector of claim 2, it also comprises handle.

4. ball collector as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described handle is telescopic.

5. the described ball collector of arbitrary claim as formerly, wherein, described summit forms the part of marginal texture along the bottom margin of described ball guide rail, and this marginal texture is used to catch golf.

6. the described ball collector of arbitrary claim as formerly, wherein, described main body comprise also that with described arm opposing ends ball exercise indulges structure.

7. as claim 3 or the described ball collector of claim 4, wherein, described handle also comprises support, and described support can make and be used for bracing or strutting arrangement.