Golf ball and tee retriever

Abstract

A device for retrieving a golf ball or tee, which comprises a tubular shaft having a pair of trigger arms disposed in said shaft, and movable therein, each of which is connected to a respective opposed openable jaw. The jaws overlie a hemispherical recessed cup sized to receive a golf ball, such that when the jaws are in a closed position, the captured ball is totally within the confines of the jaws and said cup. The jaws are spring loaded such that a release of the trigger arms causes the springs to relax, thereby causing the jaws to return to a closed position retaining the ball. A tee is captured similarly, but within a pair of semicircular cutouts within the base of each jaw upon the application of a gentle tug upwardly by the user. A second pull of the trigger arms release the captured ball or tee.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A device for retrieving a golf ball without the necessity of bending over, which device comprises: 
 an upper portion comprising a trigger mechanism, and a lower grabbing portion, which lower portion comprises a cup having a downward facing open end, which end is covered over by a pair of side opening jaws,    and a shaft which carries the trigger mechanism, and which shaft is connected to the lower portion,    and said trigger mechanism is operatively connected to said pair of side opening jaws to move them from a closed position to an open position upon actuation.    
     
     
         2 . A device for retrieving a golf ball having a retractable trigger mechanism disposed within, and near one end of a, tubular shaft, which trigger mechanism is connected to, a lower portion comprising a pair of pivotable jaws for opening and closing said jaws, which jaws serve to secure the ball for retention when in a closed position.  
     
     
         3 . A device for retrieving a golf ball while in a standing position, which device comprises a tubular shaft having a trigger mechanism comprising a pair of trigger arms, disposed therein, each of which arms is connected to a respective mirror image opposed pivotally open able spring loaded jaw, the said jaws overlying in part and closing off, a hemispherical cup open at its bottom and sized to receive a golf ball, which cup is recessed relative to an interface of said jaws, such that when the jaws are in a closed position, a captured ball is totally within the confines of the jaws and said cup.  
     
     
         4 . A device for retrieving a golf ball, while in a standing position, which device comprises a tubular shaft, having a trigger mechanism comprising two trigger arms disposed within said shaft near one end thereof, said shaft being connected at its opposite end to a cup having a bottom facing open end, and said open end of said cup being disposed within,  
     
     
         5 . A pair of opposed spring loaded pivotable jaws, each of which has a side and a base, and which jaws overly said cup each one of which jaws is connected to a respective trigger arm, whereby when the trigger arms are in a first position, the jaws are in a first location which overlie the cup's open end, and when the trigger arms are moved to a second position, the jaws move outwardly to a second position, to thereby reveal the cup's open end beneath said jaws.  
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 4  wherein the jaws are spring loaded such that release of the trigger arms moves the jaws back to the first position.  
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 3  wherein the jaws each have a side and a base which base includes a mirror image semicircular cutout along an edge thereof, such that the jaws can retrieve a golf tee within the circle opening defined by the pair of semicircular cutouts.  
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 3  further including a cap disposed on the end of said shaft opposite the end connected to said cup.  
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 3  wherein a first Velcro® pad is disposed upon said shaft, and a writing instrument secured to a second Velcro® pad, which second pad is releasably engageable with said first pad.  
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 3  wherein the shaft includes a vertical slot therethrough and the trigger mechanism is disposed within the vertical slot.  
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 6  wherein the trigger arms are each connected to a wire stud disposed on the side of a jaw.  
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11  wherein the trigger arms are rubber covered.  
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 4  wherein each spring loaded jaw comprises a jaw having a pair of coil springs mounted such that one end of each spring is attached to one jaw and the other end is attached on the respective same side on the opposite jaw.  
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the shaft includes a cap on said shaft, and each jaw has a jaw side and a jaw base, and each jaw base has a semicircular cutout therein.