US2548330A

US2548330A - Golf ball holder

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Publication number: US2548330A
Application number: US90305A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eugene R Wiseman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-04-29
Filing date: 1949-04-29
Publication date: 1951-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 1968-04-10

Description

0 m n a N N 0% N A R 6 M a 4 V T N x T 2 /M E R WISEMAN GOLF BALL HOLDER Filed April 29, 1949 fuse/v: 1?

April 10, 1951 Patented Apr. l0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,548,330 GOLF BALL HOLDER Eugene R. Wiseman, BculdenColo. I, Application April 29', 1949, serial No. 90,305 Claims. (01. 224-5) This invention relates to improvements. in golf ball carriers of the type adapted tobe secured to the clothing of the golf player. v a i In playing golf the player often requires one or more spare balls during his plays between a tee and green, either for replacements for lost balls or because it is desired to substitute a particular ball in a certain play. For example, the next play may be such that there is a chance of losing the ball due a hazard in the golf course, in which event the player substitutes an interior or cut-up golf ball, the loss of which will cause him no particular amount of disconcertment. He normally carries encughballs for .the entire game in theba'g which contains his clubs. It isnot convenient, however, to carry this bag to all parts of the golf course where it may be necessary to make the plays and hence it is more convenient to carry one or more golf balls on his person. These maybe carried'iri a pocketof the clothing, if provided with sa'in'e, but this has not been found convenient because it produces bulges in the clothing; wears them, and causes annoyance which hampers the free and unrestricted movement of the body during swinging of the club.

To obviate the foregoing and yet provide the golfer with spare golf ballsavailable on his person, certain" ball carriers-have been proposed such as those showuin Patent No. 1,862,614, granted June 14, 1932, and Patent No. 1,610,344 granted December 14, 1926. It is to devices of this type, and improvements therein, that the present invention more particularly relates.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a galf ball carrier which permits more convenient access to the balls for insertion in and removal from the carrier.

Another object is to provide a holder in which the golf balls are visible so that the player may quickly select the one desired without removing others therefrom. Y

A further object is to provide a holder which is simplified in construction and may be mass produced from molded plastic material to thus render it relatively inexpensive.

Further objects, advantages, and salient features will become more apparent from'the description to follow, the appended claims, and the ccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is side elevation of the golf ball holder;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan thereof;

Figure 3 is an end elevation;

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 44, Figure l; and

20-, theitube wall! and base.

c Figure 5 is a side,elevation showing theposition of the carrier on the clothing of the golfer. Referring in detail to the drawing, the carrier i Q-isprovided with a base I l, and a pair of cylindrical tubes i2, I3; secured thereto, these tubes being slightly larger in diameter than thediameter of a golf ball i l; The walls of the tubes are provided with arcuate cut out portions l5 which permit the ball to be grasped between the fingers when it is desired to remove them from the carrier. v i V To releasably secure the balls in the holder a detent: I6 is provided on a wall of each tube, and

as, best shown in Figure 4, when a ball is in position in the holder, the detent forms an effective tube diameter.D' which is slightly less-than the diameter D of the golf ball, which prevnts ;,the ball from falling out of the pocket formed by The portion I] of the cylindrical wall is suimciently resilient to per, mit it to spring laterally when the ball is drawn outwardly across the. detent or when forced in- Wardly into the pocket. 7 v The carrier just described maybe secured to the clothingin any convenient manner; although the resilient clip: 18 is preferred which is ,se-

cured to the carrier along an edge thereof as indicated y reference character It. This rip h .aspring tongue 2-0 which engages a portion of the clothing, such as a belt 2| the base of the carrier being disposed on the opposite side of the belt. If the golfer does not wear a belt, the clip construction is equally effective tosecure the carrier to the top edge of trousers, a skirt, an edge of a pocket, or any other garment edge.

The clip [8 may also be provided with a portion 22 forming a channel 22a which holds a pencil 23 therein, this portion also being resilient so that the pencil may be snapped into or out of the channel. The pencil is a necessary part of the golfers equipment, being used to keep a tally of the number of club strokes during the game and such other notations as become necessary.

The carrier may be constructed of any material desired but plastic material is preferred since the device may be moulded and thus constructed inexpensively. The base and tubes are moulded as one integral member and the clip formed as another, also of plastic material. A suitable solvent or cement is then applied to one or both in the region of edge 19 and after the two parts are pressed together and the material which effects adhesion has set, the carrier and clip become one integral unitary member.

worn by the golfer,

While two pockets have been disclosed for carrying two balls, this is exemplary only and one pocket or more than two may be provided. Also, the shape may be modified from that shown and other means of securing the device to the golfers clothes may be employed, without departure from the spirit of the invention. The tube I2 or l3 has been illustrated holding a single ball. It will now become apparent that the tube may be of any length to hold a plurality of balls. As an example, the tube may be of a length to accommodate several balls and be closed by a base similar to base II. This base may have secured thereto a suitable clip, similar to clip 20, extending parallel to the tube. The tube may be secured to the wearer's clothing or to the top edge of a golf bag in inverted position, that is, with detent [6 at the bottom of the tube. After the exposed ball is removed, the remaining ball fall in the tube the distance of one ball diameter exposing another ball which may be removed when desired by pulling it downwardly past the detents 15. It is also apparent that two or more such tubes may be placed side by side and secured together where a greater capacity is desired. These 25. tubes may be provided with a common base similar to base II and the clip secured either to one of the tube walls or to the base so that when the clip is disposed over the top edge of an article, such as a golf club bag, the open ends are directed downwardly. Since many other modifications will occur within the spirit of the invention it is not intended therefore, that the invention be limited to the precise details illustrated or disclosed except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A golf ball carrier comprising, a base member adapted to lie against a substantially vertical 0 portion of a users clothing, a resilient clip secured to the member having a portion engaging a the opposite side of said vertical portion, a cylindrical resilient tube extending horizontally from the base opening outwardly away from the 46 users clothing of such size to form a pocket for a golf ball, and detent means integral with the wall of the tube for releaseably securing the golf ball therein.

' 2. A carrier in accordance with claim 1 where- 50 4 in at least two cylindrical tubes are provided on the base, the axes of the tubes being parallel and in a single substantially horizontal plane, adjacent tubes having a common wall portion therebetween.

3. A golf ball carrier in accordance with claim 1 wherein the base and tube are integral plastic material.

4. A golf ball carrier comprising, a flat base, a resilient clip secured to the base having a portion disposed adjacent one side thereof, a pair of cylindrical tubes projecting perpendicularly outward from the other side of the base, the tubes having an inside diameter slightly greater than the diameter of a golf ball and being disposed closely adjacent to each other to provide a common wall portion therebetween, an integral detent on the wall of each tube projecting inwardly thereof, the diametrical distance from the free end of each detent and the common wall portion being less than the diameter of a golf ball, the portion of each tube wall carrying a detent being sufiiciently resilient to permit a golf ball to be forced beyond the detent thereon and into the tube.

5. A golf ball holder in accordance with claim 4 wherein the tube walls are constructed to expose diametrically opposite portions of a golf ball adapted to be disposed therein, whereby the ball may be grasped between the fingers of a hand to remove it from the holder.

EUGENE R. WISEMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,414,875 Hanaford May 2, 1922 1,718,952 Fischer July 2, 1929 1,810,491 McClure June 16, 1931 1,814,887 Bender July 14, 1931 1,911,256 Andrew May 30, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7,323 Great Britain Apr. 2, 1908 326,425 Great Britain Mar. 13, 1930