US 12,330,030 B2
Electronic golf flagstick
David Otterdahl, Elko New Market, MN (US); Robert Szymborski, Prescott, WI (US); and Dale Szymborski, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to Ace Golf Technologies, Lake Elmo, MN (US)
Filed by Ace Golf Technologies, Lake Elmo, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,423.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,712, filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226707 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 57/00 (2015.01); A63B 57/30 (2015.01); A63B 57/40 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 57/357 (2015.10) [A63B 2220/806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic golf flagstick configured for sensing objects proximate the golf flagstick, comprising:
an elongated pole comprising a first end and a second end extending along a longitudinal axis, the first end adapted to be removably secured to a surface; and
a compartment assembly arranged along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, the compartment assembly comprising:
a sensor array housing comprising at least two sensor top support features and at least two sensor bottom support features which together define openings in a circumferential surface of the sensor array housing; and
at least two sensors disposed within a respective one of the openings of the sensor array housing, wherein the sensor array housing positions the at least two sensors within the respective openings at any appropriate angle relative to elongated pole that allows the at least two sensors to be configured to capture data substantially adjacent to the first end of the elongated pole;
wherein an external portion of each of the sensor top support feature comprises at least one protrusion arranged above each of the at least two sensors and extending outwardly beyond an outermost surface of each of the at least two sensors;
wherein each of the protrusions and outermost surfaces of each bottom support feature define a linear span from which the outermost surface of each of the at least two sensors is recessed.