Shoe including golf ball position marker
AssigneeLillian Mae Bazzle
InventorsLillian M. Bazzle, Marshall J. Staton
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Abstract
A permanent magnet is fixably mounted on a typical golf shoe to retain a thin metal disc when placed thereon. The disc, which is brightly colored, may be removed from the magnet to mark the position of a golf ball on a putting green. The disc may then later be placed back on the magnet where it is retained for further use.
Claims5
In combination a shoe, golf ball position marker, and magnet support incorporated in the shoe for releasably magnetically retaining the ball position marker in supported relation on the shoe, said shoe having a sole and an upper extending above the shoe sole providing a foot receiving cavity, the shoe upper including a first base layer, and a second outer layer which is in direct engagement with said first base layer to reinforce the base layer at the instep of the shoe, said golf ball position marker being of magnetizable material capable of being attracted to and held by said magnet support, said magnet support being a magnet securely mounted in fixed relation in an opening in said second outer layer at a location overlying the outer side of the instep portion of the shoe for removably retaining the ball position marker by magnetic attraction forces and permitting said ball position marker to be removed from said shoe by sliding same sideways along said magnet to a position overlying said second outer layer whereby said marker may be easily grasped and removed in one single hand movement along the outer side of said shoe.
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