Multiple function golf auxiliary tool

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6220973
  • Patent Number
    6,220,973
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, September 2, 1999
    26 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 24, 2001
    24 years ago
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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