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US 5,476,113 AGranted
Umbrella for catching golf ball
AssigneeFu Tai Umbrella Works, Ltd.
InventorsChung-Kuang Lin, Jung-Jen Chang
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Abstract
An umbrella includes: central shaft having a bucket holding portion recessed in a bottom grip portion of a handle of the hollow central shaft, and a ladle telescopically securable in the hollow central shaft and the handle having a bucket portion formed on an outer end of the ladle, whereby upon a withdrawal of the ladle from the central shaft, the bucket portion can be protruded forwardly to pick up a golf ball when far hit into a lake or a pond in the golf course.
Claims5
An umbrella comprising:
- a hollow central shaft having a handle formed on a lower portion of said shaft, a central hole formed through said handle and said central shaft, and a bottom grip portion formed on a bottom of said handle for gripping;
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- a ladle member telescopically securable in said central shaft and normally retractable into said central shaft for portable purpose, and having a bucket portion secured on an outer end of the ladle member and normally retractable into a recess in said bottom grip portion for gripping when retracting said ladle member into said hollow central shaft, said bucket portion operatively withdrawn from said grip portion for picking a golf ball on said bucket portion when said ladle member is withdrawn outwardly from said central shaft;
- said bottom grip portion on said central shaft including:
- a spherical surface circumferentially formed on an outer surface of the bottom grip portion, a bucket holding socket recessed in the bottom grip portion for engaging the bucket portion of the ladle member, and at least a protrusion hole recessed in the socket for engaging at least a protrusion formed on the bucket portion of the ladle member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.