JP2008173431A - Removable type ball picking device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide problems of a conventional ball picking device, having an installation part to be installed on a grip end, making ball holding parts project outward of the grip end, and causing the ball holding parts installed on it likely to be broken as a putter is housed in a caddie bag or the like with the head upward. <P>SOLUTION: The removable type ball picking device is provided with a shaft which can be removably inserted into a hole opened in the grip end of the putter, and a holding member installed on the shaft. The holding member comprises two holding parts capable of holding a golf ball, provided to face each other at an interval, and formed in such shape and size that it can be inserted into a cup. Though the interval between the two holding parts is thinner than the diameter of the golf ball, they are provided with such resiliency that they expand as they are pressed to the golf ball to be capable of holding the golf ball. The holding member is turnable from a position where they project outward of the grip end to a position where the two holding parts overlap with both side surfaces of the putter grip. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a removable picking tool that can be inserted into a hole in a grip end of a putter and can pick up a golf ball in a cup on a green while a player is standing.

  In golf, the ball that is cupped in is crouched by the player, putting his hand in the cup and picking it up. However, crouching and picking up the ball is cumbersome, especially for players with back pain or knee pain. In order to eliminate such trouble and burden, various detachable ball picking tools as shown in the following patent documents have been conventionally developed. In these detachable ball-pick tools described in the patent documents, a ball holding portion is fixed to an attachment portion that can be attached to a grip end of a putter, and the ball holding portion has a substantially ball shape. When the mounting part is attached to the grip end, the ball holding part protrudes to the outside of the grip end. With the player standing, the putter is turned upside down and the ball holding part is inserted into the cup. The ball can be picked up.

JP2003-305141A. JP2003-175132A. JP2003-62129A. JP 2001-129125 A. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-57528. JP-A-7-313633. JP-A-7-236709. Utility model registration No. 3110281. Utility model registration No. 3033970. Utility model registration No. 3006654.

The conventional detachable ball picking tool has the following problems because the ball holding portion remains protruding outside the grip end when the attachment portion is attached to the grip end.
(1) Putting on and taking off the detachable ball picking tool will interfere with putting.
(2) If the putter is placed in a caddy bag or cart putter (hereinafter simply referred to as “caddy bag”) with the putter head up, the ball holder will hit the bottom of the caddy bag, etc. When storing the putter in a bag or the like, the removable picking tool must be removed one by one. For this reason, the actual situation has not been put to practical use.

  The removable picking tool of the present invention includes a shaft that can be inserted and removed from a hole opened in a grip end of a putter, and a holder attached to the shaft, and the holder has two holding members capable of holding a golf ball. The two portions are formed in a shape and size that face each other with a space therebetween and can be inserted into the cup, and the distance between the two holding portions is narrower than the diameter of the golf ball. The holder has a spring property that can be clamped and held, and the holder can be rotated from a position protruding from the outside of the grip end to a position where the two holding portions are covered on both side surfaces of the putter grip.

The removable picking tool of the present application has the following effects.
(1) Since the two holding portions that can hold the golf ball are arranged to face each other with a gap therebetween, when the holding device is protruded to the outside of the grip end, the putter is turned upside down while the player is standing. The golf ball in the cup can be picked up by being inserted into the cup, and the golf ball in the cup can be picked up without bending forward.
(2) Since the two holding portions can be rotated from the position where the two holding portions protrude outside the grip end to the positions where they cover the both side surfaces of the putter grip, the two holding portions are turned on both side surfaces of the putter grip. If you put it on, you can put it on with the removable picking tool attached to the grip end. Further, even when the putter head is placed in a caddy bag or the like with the putter head facing upward, the holder does not hit the bottom of the caddy bag or the like, and there is no possibility of damage.

(Embodiment 1)
An example of an embodiment of the removable picking tool of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This removable picking tool is used by being inserted into a hole in the grip end of the putter grip, and as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a holder 5 that can hold the golf ball 6 is attached to the upper end.

  The shaft 4 is an elongate bar with a sharp lower end, and has a thickness that can be press-fitted into the hole 3 so that the shaft 4 cannot be accidentally dropped when inserted into the hole 3. The upper end of the shaft 4 is fixed to a rectangular block 7 as shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the holder 5 is formed by integrally molding two plate-like holding portions 8 and a connecting portion 9 so that the two holding portions 8 capable of holding the golf ball 6 are spaced apart. The two holding portions 8 have a spring property that can be opened and closed somewhat at the rising portion 10 from the connecting portion 9 (see FIG. 5b). The two holding portions 8 are slightly inflated outward at the front end side so as to easily hold the golf ball 6. The connecting portion 9 is formed in a U shape.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the holder 5 is formed in a shape, size, and interval that can be inserted into the cup 11 on the green. As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the distance between the two holding portions 8 is formed to be narrower than the diameter of the golf ball 6. However, when the distance between the two holding portions 8 is put on the golf ball 6 and pressed, Is expanded so that the golf ball 6 enters between the holding portions 8 and is sandwiched and held by the spring property of the two holding portions 8. The interval between the two holding portions 8 is an interval that can be put on both side surfaces of the putter grip 1 as shown in FIG.

  The holder 5 has a U-shaped connecting portion 9 whose back is attached to a U-shaped substrate 12 having the same shape as that of the holding portion 5 with an adhesive. The holder 5 and the substrate 12 can be integrally molded with resin.

  The substrate 12 is placed on the outside of the three outer sides of the block 7, and the connecting pin 13 inserted from the outside of the substrate 12 is inserted through the block 7 so that the substrate 12 and the block 7 can rotate. 5 from the position where the holder 5 protrudes outside the grip end 2 in FIG. 1 to the position where it covers the outside of the side surface of the putter grip 1 in FIG. 4 (from the solid line position to the chain line position in FIG. 5ab). It can be rotated in the direction of arrow A in a).

(Usage example 1)
An example of use of the removable picking tool of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, this detachable pick-up tool is used by inserting the shaft 4 into the hole 3 of the grip end 2 and mounting it on the putter grip 1. In order to pick up the golf ball 6 in the cup 11 with this removable picking tool, the following is performed. As shown in FIG. 3, the holding part 8 is inserted into the cup 11 with the putter 14 turned upside down, and the two holding parts 8 protruding outside the grip end 2 are pressed against the golf ball 6, so that the two holding parts 8 The golf ball 6 is sandwiched and held by the spring property. When the golf ball 6 can be clamped and held, the putter 14 is pulled up from the cup 11 and the golf ball 6 is taken out of the cup 11. The player removes the golf ball 6 by manually pulling it.

  When putting using the putter 14 with the detachable ball picking tool, the holder 5 is rotated as shown in FIG. 3 so that the two holding portions 8 are placed on both sides of the putter grip 1. In this state, putting is performed as usual with the head 15 facing down. In this case, the two holding portions 8 do not get in the way when gripping. When rotated in this way, it can be stored in a caddy bag or the like with the head 15 of the putter 14 facing up. In this case, there is no possibility that the holder 5 does not hit the bottom of a caddy bag or the like and is damaged.

  The putter 14 accommodated in a caddy bag or the like can be taken out and put as it is (in a state where a detachable picking tool is attached). After the cup-in, the holder 5 is rotated to project outside the grip end 2 as shown in FIG. 3, and the golf ball 6 in the cup 11 is picked up.

(Embodiment 2)
The holder 5 of the detachable pick-up tool of the present invention is not limited to the one formed by deforming the resin plate into a substantially U shape as in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to bend the two frame-shaped holding portions 8 so as to face each other. Moreover, the holder 5 of FIG. 6 is not limited to a metal wire, but may be formed by bending a linear resin material into a frame shape. Further, the shape, material, and the like of the holder 5 are not limited to those described above, and may be other.

(Embodiment 3)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the removable picking tool described in each of the above embodiments includes a rectangular block 7 and a U-shaped substrate 12 arranged on the outer side of the outer periphery of the block 7. Although the connecting pins 13 are combined, the shapes of the block 7 and the substrate 12 are not limited to this, and may be arbitrary. Therefore, for example, the block 7 can be a semicircular plate, and the substrate 12 having a shape that can be placed on the outside of the arc portion of the block can be combined.

(Embodiment 4)
If the holder 5 and the shaft 4 can rotate the holder 5 from a position protruding outside the grip end 2 to a position covering both side surfaces of the putter grip 1, as shown in FIGS. The connection structure is not limited to the combination of the substrate 12 and the block 7 with the connection pins 13, and any connection structure can be used. Therefore, for example, a universal joint type shown in FIG. The detachable ball picking tool shown in FIG. 7 covers a rotating ball 16 provided at the upper end of the shaft 4 with a block-shaped cover 17 formed integrally with the holder 5 so as to be rotatable. The slit 18 is opened, the shaft 4 protrudes outward from the slit 18, the shaft 4 can be turned up and down along the slit 18 with the rotation of the turning ball 16, and the holder 5 can be turned up and down. It is what.

(Embodiment 5)
The removable picking tool of the present invention may have a structure shown in FIG. In the removable picking tool of FIG. 8, the holder 5, the substrate 12, and the connecting pin 13 are integrally formed of resin. The block 7 is formed by combining the upper block 21 and the lower block 22. On the lower surface of the upper block 21, a groove 23 for arranging the connecting pin 13 and a fitting protrusion 24 for fixing the upper block 21 to the lower block 22 are provided. The upper surface of the lower block 22 is provided with a groove 25 in which the connecting pin 13 is disposed, and a fitting hole 26 into which the fitting protrusion 24 is fitted and the upper block 21 and the lower block 22 are combined. Is provided with a shaft 4. As shown in FIG. 8, the shaft 4 is formed with a plurality of engaging portions 27 having a large diameter so that the shaft 4 does not fall off from the hole 3 when inserted into the hole 3 of the grip end 2. In the detachable ball picking tool shown in FIG. 8, the connecting pin 13 is disposed between the groove 23 of the upper block 21 and the groove 25 of the lower block 22, and the fitting protrusion 24 of the upper block 21 is fitted to the lower block 22. The block 7 is completed by fitting into the hole 26. At this time, the connecting pin 13 is rotatably accommodated in the block 7.

  The removable picking tool of the present invention is not limited to picking up a golf ball in a cup, but can be widely applied to picking up a ball used in other sports such as picking up a ball for a gate ball.

The perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of the detachable pick-up tool of this invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded explanatory view of the detachable ball picking tool shown in FIG. 1. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the golf ball in a cup is picked up using the removable pick-up tool shown in FIG. The perspective view which shows a mode that the holder of the detachable pick-up tool shown in FIG. 1 was rotated. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows the detachable type ball-picking tool shown in FIG. (A) is a front view. (B) is a side view. (C) is a plan view. The perspective view which shows another example of embodiment of the detachable pick-up tool of this invention. The perspective view which shows the other example of embodiment of the detachable pick-up tool of this invention. The disassembled perspective view which shows the other example of embodiment of the removable pick-up tool of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Putter grip 2 Grip end 3 Hole 4 Shaft 5 Holder 6 Golf ball 7 Block 8 Holding part 9 Connecting part 10 Standing part 11 Cup 12 Substrate 13 Connecting pin 14 Putter 15 Head 16 Rotating ball 17 Cover 18 Slit 21 Upper block 22 Lower block 23 Groove 24 Fitting protrusion 25 Groove 26 Fitting hole 27 Locking portion

Claims (1)

  A shaft that can be inserted into and removed from a hole opened in the grip end of the putter, and a holder attached to the shaft, and the holder is provided with two holding portions that can hold a golf ball facing each other with a gap therebetween. And is formed in a shape and size that can be inserted into the cup, and the distance between the two holding portions is narrower than the diameter of the golf ball, but has a spring property that can be clamped and held when pressed against the golf ball, The detachable picking-up tool characterized in that the holder can be rotated from a position protruding outside the grip end to a position where two holding portions are covered on both sides of the putter grip.

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