Device for retrieving a golf ball

Abstract

A device for retrieving a golf ball (B) includes a shaft ( 1; 101 ) and a member ( 3 ), at one end of the shaft ( 1; 101 ), that is able to hold the golf ball (B). The member includes an annular element ( 7 ) and a carrier ( 5 ) for the annular element ( 7 ). The invention also relates to a holding member per se. It is significant of the device according to the present invention that the annular element ( 7 ) is stationary in relation to the carrier ( 5 ), that the holding member ( 3 ) further includes a tongue ( 9 ) of flexible material, and that the tongue ( 9 ) member into the internal space that is defined by the annular element ( 7 ).

1 . Device for retrieving a golf ball (B), said device comprising a shaft ( 1 ;  101 ) and means ( 3 ), at one end of the shaft ( 1 ;  101 ), that is able to hold the golf ball (B), said means ( 3 ) comprising an annular element ( 7 ), 
 characterized in that the holding means ( 3 ) comprises a carrier ( 5 ) for the annular element ( 7 ), that the holding means ( 3 ) further comprises a tongue ( 9 ) of flexible material, that said tongue ( 9 ) extends into the internal space that is defined by the annular element ( 7 ), that the tongue ( 9 ) has a free end, and that the tongue ( 9 ) in normal position is located in the same plane as the annular element ( 7 ) is located in.    
   
   
       2 . Device according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the annular element ( 7 ) is stationary in relation to the carrier ( 5 ).  
   
   
       3 . Device according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the holding means ( 3 ) comprises a second tongue ( 10 ) of rigid material, and that the second tongue ( 10 ) is pivotally connected to the carrier ( 5 ).  
   
   
       4 . Device according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is movable relative to the carrier ( 5 ) during the overcoming of a certain frictional resistance.  
   
   
       5 . Device according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is longer than the first tongue ( 9 ).  
   
   
       6 . Device according to  claim 1 ,  
     characterized in that the annular element ( 7 ) generally is circular.  
   
   
       7 . Holding means ( 3 ) for a golf ball, said means ( 3 ) comprising an annular element ( 7 ) and a carrier ( 5 ) for the annular element ( 7 ), characterized in that the holding means ( 3 ) further comprises a tongue ( 9 ) of flexible material, that said tongue ( 9 ) extends into the internal space that is defined by the annular element ( 7 ), that the tongue ( 9 ) has a free end, and that the tongue ( 9 ) in normal position is located in the same plane as the annular element ( 7 ) is located in.  
   
   
       8 . Holding means ( 3 ) according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the holding means ( 3 ) comprises a second tongue ( 10 ) of rigid material, and that the second tongue ( 10 ) is pivotally connected to the carrier ( 5 ).  
   
   
       9 . Holding means ( 3 ) according to  claim 8 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is movable relative to the carrier ( 5 ) during the overcoming of a certain frictional resistance.  
   
   
       10 . Holding means according to  claim 7  characterized in that the annular element ( 7 ) generally is circular.  
   
   
       11 . Device according to  claim 2 , characterized in that the holding means ( 3 ) comprises a second tongue ( 10 ) of rigid material, and that the second tongue ( 10 ) is pivotally connected to the carrier ( 5 ).  
   
   
       12 . Device according to  claim 11 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is movable relative to the carrier ( 5 ) during the overcoming of a certain frictional resistance.  
   
   
       13 . Device according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is longer than the first tongue ( 9 ).  
   
   
       14 . Device according to  claim 11 , characterized in that the second tongue ( 10 ) is longer than the first tongue ( 9 ).  
   
   
       15 . Holding means according to  claim 8 , characterized in that the annular element ( 7 ) generally is circular.  
   
   
       16 . Holding means according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the annular element ( 7 ) generally is circular.