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Golf ball marker

  • US 5,743,180 A
  • Filed: 04/03/1997
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A golf ball marking device comprising:

  • a hollow, spherical first portion comprising an upper half having an interior surface, a lower half and a tether, said tether connecting said upper half and said lower half, said lower half and said upper half when joined together defining an enclosed, interior first cavity, said lower half further defining a first aperture;

    a blotting member comprising a support post having a first end attached to said inner surface of said upper half and a second end, and an absorbent blotter pad substantially perpendicularly connected to said second end;

    an elongated portion having a top defining a second cavity for rotatably receiving a threaded stem, said second cavity aligned in registry with said first aperture of said lower half, said elongated portion attached to said first portion;

    an inking member comprising a threaded stem and an ink pad tray bearing indicia for marking a golf ball surface with ink, said ink pad tray substantially perpendicularly attached to said threaded stem and forming a terminal flange thereon, said threaded stem received by said second cavity and extending through said first aperture into said first cavity of said lower half disposing said ink pad tray within said first cavity, said inking member being coaxially aligned and opposing said blotting member when said upper half and said lower half are joined together, said threaded stem being dimensioned to extend sufficiently into said first cavity to cause said ink pad to engage said blotter pad and permit axial extension by rotation of said threaded stem; and

    ,a spring-actuated plunger comprising a cylindrical member having a floor having a diameter slightly larger that of said ink pad tray and a hole, said threaded stem closely and freely passing through said hole, and a spring coaxially surrounding said threaded stem, said spring having a first end engaging said lower half and a second end outwardly biasing said floor against said lower half thereby causing said cylindrical member to jacket said ink pad tray and said blotter pad when said upper half and said lower half are joined.

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