Information
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Patent Grant
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6220973
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Patent Number
6,220,973
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Date Filed
Thursday, September 2, 199926 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, April 24, 200124 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 473 406
- 473 408
- D21 793
- D21 794
- D21 795
- D21 918
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A multiple functional golf auxiliary tool comprises a receiving housing, one or more ball emitting posts, a grass removing fork, one or two sets of cleaning brushes, a counting disk, and a mark block. Two sides of the receiving housings are installed with a ball emitting post and a grass removing fork, respectively. Another end of the receiving housing is installed with cleaning brushes, a counting disk, a mark block, and other auxiliary tools sequentially. When a golf moves, by the aforesaid auxiliary tools, the function of positioning a ball at a predetermined position, smoothing the grass, removing dirt on the beating surface, recording beating number, marking the grounding point of the ball, and others. Therefore, all the auxiliary tools are combined integrally and multiple functions are concentrated in one tool. Moreover, the present invention may be combined with a key coil for being carried by the user himself (or herself).
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a multiple functional golf auxiliary tool comprising some auxiliary devices, such as a receiving housing, one or more ball emitting posts, a grass removing fork, one or two sets of cleaning brushes, a counting disk, and a mark block, which are installed at a receiving housing. Thus, the present invention is compact and can be carried by user himself (or herself).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Some auxiliary devices are used in golf for meeting different requirements in sporting. For example, as a golf ball is beat, the post for emitting ball must be inserted in the grass for positioning the golf ball. When the grass are not smooth so as to affect the traveling of the ball, a grass removing fork is necessary to smooth the grass. When dirt is accumulated on the surface of a rod, a cleaning brush is needed to brush the surface. A counting disk is necessary for recording the rod number. Besides, a mark block serves to mark the grounding point of the ball. All aforesaid devices are necessary in golf sport. Although these devices are compact, they are not integrated and thus are inconvenient for carrying and storage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a multiple functional golf auxiliary tool comprising a receiving housing, one or more ball emitting posts, a grass removing fork, one or two sets of cleaning brushes, a counting disk, and a mark block. Two sides of the receiving housings are installed with a ball emitting post and a grass removing fork, respectively. Another end of the receiving housing is installed with cleaning brushes, a counting disk, a mark block, and other auxiliary tools, sequentially. When a golf moves, by the aforesaid auxiliary tools, the function of positioning a ball at a predetermined position, smoothing the grass, removing dirt on the beating surface, recording beating number, marking the grounding point of the ball, and others. Therefore, all the auxiliary tools are combined integrally and multiple functions are concentrated in one tool. Moreover, the present invention may be combined with a key coil for being carried by the user himself (or herself).
Another object of the present invention is to provide a multiple functional golf auxiliary tool, wherein a plate or a mark can be adhered to a selected position at two lateral surfaces of the receiving housing for marking name of the user or the product.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of the present invention,
FIG. 2
is a cross sectional view of the present invention.
FIG. 3
is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.
FIG. 4
is a front view of the present invention.
FIG. 5
is a lateral view of the present invention.
FIG. 6
is a rear view of the present invention.
FIG. 7
is a partial cross sectional view schematically showing the inserting groove of the receiving housing and an embedded ball emitting post of the present invention.
FIG. 8
is a partial perspective view schematically showing an elastic piece being punched at the lateral wall of the inserting groove at the receiving housing of the present invention.
FIG. 9
is an assembled cross sectional view showing the counting disk of the present invention.
FIG. 10
is an exploded perspective view of the counting disk in the present invention.
FIG. 11
is an assembled cross sectional view showing the counting disk in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
With reference to FIGS.
1
˜
6
, the multiple functional golf auxiliary tool of the present invention includes a receiving housing
1
, one or more ball emitting posts
2
, a grass removing fork
2
, one or two sets of cleaning brushes
41
and
42
, a counting disk
5
, and a mark block
6
.
At least one inserting groove
11
is installed at one lateral side of the receiving housing body
1
for being inserted by the ball emitting posts
2
. A groove
12
is installed at the another lateral side. An aperture
121
is installed at the place of the groove
12
so that the aperture
121
is adapted to be penetrated by a locking piece
11
and thus to pass through the grass removing fork
3
. In general, the grass removing fork
3
is received within the groove
12
. As the grass removing fork is turned outwards, then it may be used. Moreover, at least one slot
13
is formed at the upper portion of the lateral side of the receiving housing
1
. A lateral hole
131
is formed at the lateral wall of the slot
13
. The slot
13
can receive one or two sets of cleaning brushes
41
and
42
so that the supporting seats
411
and
421
of the cleaning brushes
41
and
42
can be combined with push buttons
412
,
422
at the outer end of the lateral hole
1131
for controlling the using as being pushed outwards or storage as being pulled inwards. Another, a receiving groove
14
is formed at the lower portion of the slot
13
of the receiving housing
1
so to provide a counting disk
5
to be active or fixed. Besides, the lower end of the receiving groove
44
of the receiving housing
1
is formed with a cambered notch
15
. A cambered track
151
is installed at the inner wall of the notch so that the cambered notch
15
can be embedded by a round mark block
6
.
Referring to
FIGS. 7 and 8
, an elastic piece capable to inwards resist against a wall is punched from (or locked to) the lateral wall of inserting groove
11
of the receiving housing
1
. Thus, after the ball emitting posts
2
are inserted, fixing and positioning effects are achieved. The depth of the aforesaid inserting groove
11
is correspondent to the length of ball emitting post
2
. Thus, the ball emitting post
2
can be embedded into the groove completely.
In the cambered notch
11
of the receiving housing
1
, the length of the notch must slightly smaller than the diameter of the mark block
6
. A round trench
61
is installed at the wall of the mark block
6
. Therefore, a buckling effect is formed between the cambered notch
15
of the round trench
61
and the cambered track
151
. Since the length of the notch is smaller than the round diameter of the mark block
6
, thus the mark block
6
can be embedded into the cambered notch
15
exactly. Thus, the dropping out event is prevented effectively.
In the receiving groove
44
of the receiving housing
1
, two lateral walls are concave properly. A smaller concave surface
141
is formed at the wall of the detecting surface. Thus, after the counting disk
5
is received, the moving and detecting actions can be performed conveniently.
FIGS. 9
to
11
shows the structure of the counting disk
5
. The counting disk
5
includes two lateral covers
51
and
52
, a movable piece
53
, a spring
54
, and two steel balls
55
.
The two lateral covers
51
and
52
can be combined for formed as a hollow casing. Each side of the two lateral covers
51
and
52
has a cambered concave wall
510
,
520
, respectively. In one of the lateral covers, the inner wall thereof is installed with two opposite semi-spherical rings
511
and
512
. A notch
522
is installed at the concave wall
520
of another lateral cover
52
.
The movable piece
52
is an acute teeth piece, and the surface of each tooth is printed with numbers
1
to
10
(not shown) for counting. A ring
531
is installed at the lateral surface thereof. A plurality of grooves
532
are installed at the inner wall of the ring
531
. The ring
531
may be engaged with the two semi-spherical rings
511
, and
512
.
Each end of the spring
54
is resisted against by a steel ball
55
for being embedded into the ring
531
of the movable piece
52
. The two steel balls
55
are installed in the grooves
532
with respect to the two ends of the ring
531
. When the movable piece
53
and the two semi-spherical rings
511
and
512
are engaged, the spring
54
is exactly embedded into the gap of the two semi-spherical rings
511
and
512
. Therefore, when the movable piece
53
rotates and moves, by the ejecting and movement of the two steel balls
55
and the groove
532
, a slight movement is generated and a slight voice of di-da is emits. Since the teeth
530
of the movable piece
53
protrudes from the movable piece
522
of the lateral cover
52
and the notch
522
is respective to the wall of the receiving groove
14
of the receiving housing
1
, the number of the teeth
530
is clearly displayed so that the user may recorded the beating number in each hole.
In the two sets cleaning brushes
41
,
42
, one set has soft hairs (such as made of plastics), while another set has hard hairs (such as made of copper or steel material) for cleaning wood rod or iron rod.
In the aforesaid grass removing fork
3
, the fork end is cut as a sharp post
31
for removing dirt on the golf rod.
Moreover, according to the present invention, a proper concave surface is formed between the groove
12
and the receiving groove
14
for being combined by a marking brand
17
of a product. Similarly, at another lateral surface of the receiving housing
1
, a larger plate
18
can be appended for marking name, address, or directory number of the user. Besides, a through hole
19
may be formed on a selectable place on the body of the receiving housing I so that it can be adhered to a lock coil
7
for being carried by himself (or herself).
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A multiple functional golf auxiliary tool comprising a receiving housing, one or more golf tees, a divot removing fork, one or two sets of cleaning brushes, a counting disk, and a ball marker, characterized in that:the receiving housing comprises a receiving body with at least a first groove in a first lateral side of the body, said groove containing at least one golf tee, a second groove in a second lateral side of said housing which contains a divot removing fork within the groove at a selected position; at least one slot at the upper portion of a third lateral side of the receiving housing; the slot retaining one or two sets of cleaning brushes; a third receiving groove for a counting disk formed at the lower portion of the slot of the receiving housing and fitted with a counting disk; the lower end of the third receiving groove of the receiving housing contains a cambered notch with two ends, the length between the two ends of the notch is slightly smaller then the diameter of a ball marker so that the cambered notch is embedded by a circular ball marker; and wherein the counting disk includes first and second lateral covers, a movable piece, a cylindrical spring with two ends, and two steel balls; the first and second lateral covers are combined to form a hollow casing, each side of the first and second lateral covers has a cambered concave wall and the inner wall of the first lateral cover contains two opposed semi-spherical rings; the concave wall of the second lateral cover contains a notch; and wherein the movable piece is circular in shape with acute teeth on its outer periphery, the lateral surface of each tooth is printed with sequential numbers for counting and viewing through the notch in the second lateral cover; the movable piece has an inner ring structure containing a plurality of spaced grooves which engage the two semi-spherical rings, each of two ends of the spring compress a steel ball into a corresponding groove in the inner ring structure of the ring and when the movable piece rotates on the two spherical rings each ball moves over the grooves and by the force of the spring engages the corresponding groove in the counting process, a slight noise is emitted; and the number on the teeth is clearly displayed through the notch.
- 2. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lateral hole is formed in the second lateral wall of the slot, the slot receives cleaning brushes so that the supporting seat of the cleaning brushes are combined with push buttons at the outer end of the lateral hole for controlling the use of the cleaning brushes as being pushed outwards or storage of the cleaning brushes as being pulled inwards.
- 3. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cambered notch at the lower corner of the receiving housing contains a cambered track at the inner wall of the notch, a round trench is installed at the wall of the ball marker, thereby, the round trenches and the cambered track of the cambered notch are engaged for positioning.
- 4. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein an elastic piece capable of applying inward pressure against the golf tee to fix the tee in place is contained in the second lateral wall of inserting groove of the receiving housing.
- 5. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second lateral walls have appropriate concave portions; a smaller concave surface is formed at the wall of the detecting surface; after the counting disk is received, so that the moving and detecting actions are performed conveniently.
- 6. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein in which contains two sets of cleaning brushes, the first set having soft hairs, and the second set has hard hairs for cleaning wood rod or iron golf clubs.
- 7. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the divot removing fork has a sharp end installed at the receiving housing is and cut as a sharp post.
- 8. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 7 wherein a concave surface is formed between the groove of the receiving housing and the receiving groove for being marked with a product name.
- 9. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein a larger plate is adhered to one selected lateral surface of the receiving housing.
- 10. The multiple functional golf auxiliary tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein a through hole is installed at the selected position of the body for being hung by a lock coil.
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