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Ball-retrieving golf putter & ball

a golf putter and ball-retrieving technology, applied in golf clubs, golf accessories, racket sports, etc., can solve problems such as prior art dealing

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-13
MILLER RALPH JEROME
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[0006]R. Jerome Miller's invention is a simple yet novel means of making the game of golf more pleasurable and efficient for all players of the game.

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However, the present inventor Miller maintains that none of the prior art dealing with golf putters and golf balls encompass or anticipate Miller's vision for these two said sporting utensils.

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[0005]The magnet-in-the-handle concept for Miller's improved putter is designed to retrieve a golf ball from a golf course green's cup. The same effect could be achieved by means of a twist-grip type of mechanism, whereby three or more resilient retractable wire “grabbers” would (a) extend out from the putter's handle's tip, (b) embrace the ball, and (c) lift the ball out of the cup. As Miller has already mentioned the ball could be made to be reactive to a magnetic force by various methods, including, but not limited to, a steel or other magnetically responsive metal or plastic substance which would be embedded in the golf ball, i.e. placed in the core of the ball, or placed within the rubber wrappings of which a golf ball is made, or alternatively placed within the outer covering of said ball. The magnetically affected metal need not necessarily be a sphere, as in the shape of a steel ball-bearing, for example. The accompanying drawings illustrate the best mode of the Ball-Retriev...

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Abstract

R. Jerome Miller's new invention consists of a simple magnet embedded in the handle of the putting club, near the tip of the handle. The golf ball has a magnetic metal or plastic substance in its core, or integrated in the said ball's covering. This metal or other substance is responsive to the force of magnetism, while itself not being a magnet. When Miller's improved golf ball is putted into a golf course's green's cup, the player simply turns the putter upside down, sticks the handle into the cup, the ball clings to the putter's handle tip, and the golfer lifts the ball out of the cup and into said player's hand, all without the inconvenience of physically bending down.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 531,789, filed 2003 Dec. 22 by the present inventor.BACKGROUND—FIELD[0002]This invention relates to golf putting clubs and golf balls in particular including, but not limited to, putters and golf balls under the patent classification 473.BACKGROUND—PRIOR ART[0003]Relevant prior art includes the Haskell rubber-core golf ball patented Apr. 11, 1899; The James W. Smith golf ball which was patented Dec. 15, 1908 (No. 906,664); and the Bartsch hard-cover golf ball patented Apr. 11, 1967. Reference should be made to Pruitt (U.S. Pat. No. 2,979,335); Erickson (U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,117); Piazza (U.S. Pat. No. 4,021,068); Cole (U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,,617); and Luther (U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,953), in addition. However, the present inventor Miller maintains that none of the prior art dealing with golf putters and golf balls encompass or anticipate Miller's vision for these t...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B53/00
CPCA63B43/00A63B2209/08A63B53/14A63B47/02A63B60/06A63B60/00
Inventor MILLER, RALPH JEROME
Owner MILLER RALPH JEROME
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