Method and device for marking golf balls
OwnerHoward Sosininventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method and device for marking golf balls that allows for the placement of a putting directional indicator (PDI) along the dynamic axis of a ball. While golfers could use the device to mark individual balls after they have been purchased (i.e. after they already have marks on them from the manufacturer), in preferred embodiments, the PDI is applied at the manufacturing stage and/or before the ball has other markings placed upon it. While the PDI could simply consist of one or more lines, in a preferred embodiment, the putting directional indicator may serve as an identifying mark for a manufacturer, distributor or consumer and may be designed to incorporate letters, words, symbols, short sentences, names, initials, numbers, images and photographs.
Claims14
A ball marking device, comprising:
- a temporary marking device for making a temporary mark on a dynamic axis of a ball;
- a marking device for marking a putting directional indicator on said dynamic axis, wherein said marking device is oriented according to said temporary mark made by said temporary marking device;
- and
- an orientation device for guiding the marking device according to the temporary mark made by the temporary marking device, wherein said orientation device comprises an optical recognition device that optically recognizes the temporary mark.
A ball marking device, comprising:
- a temporary marking device for making a temporary mark on a dynamic axis of a ball;
- a marking device for marking a putting directional indicator on said dynamic axis, wherein said marking device is oriented according to said temporary mark made by said temporary marking device;
- and
- an orientation device for guiding the marking device, wherein said orientation device comprises a magnetic recognition device that magnetically recognizes the temporary mark.
A method of marking a ball, comprising:
- locating a dynamic axis of a ball;
- identifying said dynamic axis;
- and
- marking a putting directional indicator along said dynamic axis, wherein said locating,identifying and marking steps are automated;
- and
- wherein said identifying step includes applying a temporary mark along said dynamic axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.