Frisbee golf disc retriever and more

• US 6,705,654 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2001
• Issued: 03/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Slauf L. Johnny
• Original Assignee: Slauf L. Johnny
• Inventors: Slauf, L. Johnny
• Primary Examiner(s): Kramer, Dean J.
• Application Number:
  US10/027,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20030122390A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 294/19.1, 294/19.2, 294/24, 294/1.1, 294/65.5, 294/51, 294/26, 151/05, 151/441, 151/442, 151/443, 135/74, 135/143, 716/7, 790/1, 403/220, 403/225, 403/291
• US Class Current: 294/24
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/52 Frame members linked by elastic means when disassembled
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 47/02 for picking-up or collecting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/06 Ring or disc tossing games , e.g. quoits; Throwing or tossing games, e.g. using balls; Games for manually rolling balls, e.g. marbles
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/04 telescopic; extensible; sectional

Abstract

The invention known as the “Frisbee golf disc retriever and more ” is a fold-up type of extension rod being comprised of several tubular sections having slip-joint type connections which are pulled together by an elastic type of cord being laced through the center of all the tubular sections and being anchored in a partially tensioned state at each end piece section of tubing by means of a knot or any feasible type of cord end device, a handle, a double ended coupler device which also houses a tie strap device, and a nail-head type hook device for retrieving Frisbee golf discs and the like. Other readily attachable tools include a J-hook device, a net device, a magnetic pick-up device, a feather duster device, an ornament hanger device.

Claims

1. A tubular fold up type of extension retriever device comprising;

a;

) several tubular body sections, each having a male slip-joint connection machined or formed on one end and a mating female slip-joint connection machined or formed at the opposite and so that the sections can be connected together at the mating ends to create a body section of an extension pole unit; and

b;

) two end piece sections, to be connected to the distal ends of the body section, each one having a different gender slip-joint connection at one end, then both having outside diameter threads on their distal end, being accompanied by a shallow bore in the threaded end; and

c;

) an elastic type of cord laced through the center of all of the body sections and both end piece sections and being anchored in a state of partial tension at the distal ends of each end piece section by means of a knot in the cord or any feasible cord end device that would rest inside the shallow bores of the end piece sections; and

d;

) a removable handle having one end turned down and threaded on the outside diameter for attaching to the unit, while the other end is knurled for grip; and

e;

) an elastic type cord to be used as a friction type tie strap; and

f;

) a removable double ended coupler which also houses the friction type tie strap, wherein the coupler having each end being bored then counter bored and threaded in the counter bore so as to attach to either of the end section pieces or to the handle or to couple another unit, where one end of said double ended coupler has a second counter bore which intersects with a perpendicular hole drilled through only one wall of the second counter bore to house one end of the elastic tie strap by means of a knot at the distal end while the primal end is laced into the end of the second counter bore and out through the intersecting hole and pulled tight to secure the knotted end into the second counter bore, then the tie strap is laced through a second drilled hole being perpendicular to the second counter bore and parallel to the first drilled hole but not intersecting with the second counter bore, said tie strap then having a knot or a cord end device at the distal end preventing it from pulling back through, this makes a closable loop in the strap on one side of the double ended coupler that is pulled over the end of the unit in it'"'"'s compact state and pulled tightly closed securing the unit compact, and

g;

) a removable nail-head type hook device especially designed to promote the same hooking action around the full circumference of the nail-head type end to snag the lip of a Frisbee or a Disc Golf disc, having a bore and a threaded counter bore at the opposite end for attaching to an end piece section of the unit.

2. The retriever device of claim 1, further comprising at least one from the group consisting of:

a) a readily attachable net device type attachment;

b) a readily attachable feather type duster tool;

c) a readily attachable strong magnet pick-up tool;

d) a readily attachable hanger tool;

or

e) a readily attachable J-hook device.