Adjustable Height Golf Cup
AssigneeThe Toro Company
InventorsHyok Lee, Peter Nanninga, Brian Qualls
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Abstract
A golf cup device that can be easily removed and replaced at a desired height or elevation relative to surrounding turf includes an outer sleeve and an inner cup assembly that slides into the outer sleeve. A height adjustment mechanism connects the inner cup assembly to the outer sleeve, allowing a user to mount the inner cup assembly at various heights/elevations relative to the outer sleeve. This allows the outer sleeve to be initially buried within the ground and then the inner cup assembly to be positioned within the installed outer sleeve.
Claims20
A golf cup, comprising:
- an outer sleeve having an inner wall surface;
- an inner cup assembly having an outer wall surface and being positioned entirely within the outer sleeve and inner wall surface;
- and,
- a height adjustment mechanism comprising one or more structures extending from the outer wall surface of the inner cup assembly, the inner wall surface of the outer sleeve, or both the outer wall surface of the inner cup assembly and the inner cup assembly, the inner wall surface of the outer sleeve.
A golf cup, comprising:
- an outer sleeve comprising and interior passage and one or more ribs extending radially inward from its interior passage;
- and,
- an inner cup assembly comprising a plurality of stepped regions positioned to rest on the one or more ribs;
- wherein adjusting a rotational position of the inner cup assembly relative to the outer cup assembly repositions the plurality of stepped regions relative to the one or more ribs to thereby change an elevation of the inner cup assembly relative to the outer sleeve.
A golf cup, comprising:
- an outer sleeve comprising a sleeve sidewall;
- an inner cup assembly comprising a cup wall;
- and,
- one or more wall structures located between the sleeve sidewall and the cup wall;
- wherein the one or more wall structures releasably secure the inner cup assembly at different heights relative to the outer sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.