Patents by Inventor Carl F. Probert

Carl F. Probert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6135893
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking the pace of play of a plurality of groups of golfers on a golf course for the purpose of eliminating slow play provides a medium having a plurality of columns of numbers thereon representing expected tee-times for a plurality of golf holes for each of the plurality of groups. An additional column of numbers on the medium represents expected finishing times for each of the plurality of groups, and a second additional column of defined spaces is provided on the medium for inserting identifying indicia for each of the plurality of groups. Actual tee-times of the groups are marked by a golf course advisor in the plurality of columns on the medium as the groups tee-off on various of the golf course holes, and adjacent ones of the marked actual tee-times for each group are connected together by the course advisor by marking straight lines on the medium to provide a graph line showing the actual pace of play of each group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Carl F. Probert