Golf ball retriever

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A - Human Necessities

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294/2.12

A63B 47/02 (2006.01) A63B 53/14 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2039525

A golf ball retriever includes a self-contained module having a plurality of curved, resilient prongs in the form of cantilevered springs and a housing with a side wall, an open end and a closed end. An end cap having an aperture associated with each prong is disposed across the open end of the housing and retains the prongs. One of the prongs has a shoulder cooperating with a portion of the end cap to form a latching mechanism. A push button arrangement disengages the latching mechanism allowing an axial compression spring to move the prongs from a first position having the prongs substantially dis- posed within the housing to a second position having the prongs sub- stantially extending from and through the housing's open end. The resilient, elastic prongs bias the push button arrangement toward a latched position. The cantilevered configuration of the prongs places them in a biased relationship with the side wall of the housing and urges the prongs toward the second, extended position. The coopera- tion between the bias of prongs and the bias of the axial spring per- mits actuation of the golf ball retriever using an axial spring having a smaller spring rate and a shorter length than required to fully extend the prongs if the spring rate of the prongs were not present.

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