US 11,745,059 B2
Golf ball pickup tool
Katsuyuki Sakakura, Mishima (JP)
Assigned to S.T.O Ltd, Mishima (JP)
Appl. No. 16/970,701
Filed by S.T.O Ltd, Mishima (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/029876
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/019694, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173348 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 47/02 (2006.01); A63B 57/20 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 47/02 (2013.01) [A63B 57/20 (2015.10)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf ball pickup tool comprising:
an elongated grip configured to be grabbed by hand; and
two holder pieces that are made of a material having spring properties and configured to hold a golf ball therebetween, wherein
the grip has a movable support that movably supports the two holder pieces in a predetermined moving direction, and the grip is sized so as to accommodate the two holder pieces supported by the movable support,
base ends of the two holder pieces are joined to each other and supported by the movable support, and the two holder pieces are urged so as to close distal ends of the two holder pieces,
the movable support is a rotatable support configured to turn the two holder pieces on a pivot located near one longitudinal end of the grip, and
the golf ball is held between the distal ends in the state of the two holder pieces being extended from the grip by turning the two holder pieces accommodated in the grip out of the grip, wherein
each of the two holder pieces is formed of a thin plate material into a shape having an arm and has a holding hole formed at a position closer than the arm to the distal end, the holding hole being configured to receive and hold the golf ball inserted therein, and
the base ends of the two holder pieces that are overlaid on each other are joined to each other.