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US 12,611,575 B1Granted
Golf ball line marker tool
OwnerEdward Jack Evans Villanuevainventor
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Abstract
A golf ball line marking tool having a body with a circular opening configured to receive a golf ball. A channel is disposed in the body with an opening in a longitudinal channel. A golf ball is inserted into the body where the golf ball is seated into an inner portion of the body. Once the golf ball is seated into the body, a portion of the mid-center line of the golf ball is positioned under the opening of the longitudinal channel. A marker then may be used to draw a straight line onto the golf ball by moving the tip of the maker via the longitudinal channel.
Claims26
A golf ball marking apparatus comprising:
- a solid body, comprising:
- a first inner circumference portion comprising a circular wall forming a first opening through a first side of the body and a second inner circumference portion forming a second opening on a second opposite side of the body, the first opening sized to receive a golf ball into the body, wherein the circular wall fully surrounds the first opening,
- a channel disposed in an outer circumference portion of the body, the channel comprising:
- a first beveled surface;
- a first lateral side;
- a second lateral side;
- a first distal end;
- and
- a second distal end, wherein the first lateral side, the second lateral side, the first distal end and the second distal end form and fully surround a longitudinal opening disposed through the body;
- wherein the first inner circumference portion has a circular surface with a uniform circumference that extends from the first opening to the longitudinal opening;
- wherein the second inner circumference portion has a spherically curved surface that extends from the longitudinal opening to the second opening, wherein a circumference of the spherically curved surface is wider at the longitudinal opening relative to a circumference of the spherically curved surface at the second opening, and wherein the circumference of the spherically curved surface at the second opening is smaller than the uniform circumference of the circular surface;
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- wherein the second inner circumference portion is shaped to mate against a golf ball that is inserted into the first opening, such that the golf ball is press fit and seated into the body and is prevented from passing through the body, and such that a center portion of the golf ball when press fit and seated in the body is positioned under the longitudinal opening.
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A golf ball marking apparatus comprising:
- a circular shaped body comprising:
- a first circular opening on a first side of the circular shaped body, the first circular opening shaped to receive a golf ball;
- a second circular opening on a second side of the circular shaped body;
- a first inner circumference portion having an arcuate surface, wherein the arcuate surface has a first radius from a center point of the circular shaped body to the first inner circumference portion, the first inner circumference portion comprising a wall that fully surrounds the first circular opening;
- a second inner circumference portion;
- a channel forming a longitudinal opening in the body, the longitudinal opening being separate from the first circular opening and second circular opening, wherein the channel comprises:
- a first lateral side;
- a second lateral side;
- a first distal end;
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- a second distal end, wherein a first portion of the first lateral side joins the first distal end and a second portion of the first lateral side joins the second distal end, and a first portion of the second lateral side joins the first distal end, and a second portion of the second lateral side joins the second distal end;
- an outer circumference portion having an arcuate surface, wherein the outer circumference portion has a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion on a side of the channel, the recessed portion having a substantially uniform arcuate surface, wherein the substantially uniform arcuate surface of the recessed portion has a smaller radius than a surface of the non-recessed portion, and wherein the recessed portion of the body is thinner than the non-recessed portion of the body;
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- wherein the second inner circumference portion is shaped to mate against the golf ball that is inserted into the first circular opening, such that the golf ball is seated into the body and is prevented from passing through the body, and such that a center portion of the golf ball when seated in the body is positioned under the longitudinal opening;
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- wherein when the golf ball is seated into the body, a portion of the golf ball extends out of the first circular opening, and a portion of the golf ball extends out of the second circular opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.