US 11,697,049 B2
Golf ball retrieval device
Vernie Santos, Happy Valley, OR (US)
Filed by Vernie Santos, Happy Valley, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/71,858.
Application 17/071,858 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/709,851, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, granted, now D954869.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/915,165, filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106882 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 47/02 (2006.01); A63B 57/40 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 47/02 (2013.01) [A63B 57/40 (2015.10)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf ball retrieval device comprising:
a receiver configured to be removably mounted to a golf pin, wherein a receiver body is congruent to a counterweight of the golf pin, wherein the receiver indexes to the golf pin;
a collar comprising a hollow structure concentric to the receiver, wherein the collar is configured to permit passage of the golf pin through the golf ball retrieval device;
an insertable grommet configured to enable a user to adapt the collar to fit the golf pin of a minimal diameter;
a platform comprising a surface protruding radially from a combined form of the collar and the receiver, wherein the platform is configured to substantially fill a cross-sectional area of a golf cup;
wherein the golf cup has a depth;
wherein the collar further comprises an operable fixation component configured for adapting the collar to fit a plurality of pin diameters corresponding to a plurality of golf pins.