Patents by Inventor Michael C. Arnke

Michael C. Arnke 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: 6379271
    Abstract: A golf accessory combines a marking pen for players to place identification on their golf balls, and a green marker for marking the position of a golf ball on a golf green. The present accessory has a configuration resembling a golf tee with a golf ball resting thereon, with the appearance or configuration providing ready recognition of the present device as being related to the game of golf, as well as providing a convenient configuration for the apparatus of the accessory. The elongate tee portion of the device serves as a marking pen, with the marker tip being removably capped by the golf ball shaped portion at the marker tip end of the tee. The opposite end of the tee may include a diametric passage therethrough for attaching a keychain or the like, or for attachment to a golf bag, etc. as desired. The golf ball shaped portion serves as a removable cap for the marker tip, and is openable along a hemispherical parting line to access the interior thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Michael C. Arnke
  • Patent number: 5743180
    Abstract: A light-weight, portable golf ball marking device for golf balls is preferably shaped to resemble a golf ball balanced on a golf tee, and comprises a golf ball-shaped portion and a golf tee-shaped portion. The portions interconnect, and are both preferably manufactured from polypropylene. The ball-shaped portion comprises separate upper and lower halves, connected by a tether. The tee-shaped portion comprises separate front and back halves, which both define apertures for receiving a bolt and nut for securing the halves together. The bottom of the ball-portion insertably engages an opening defined by the tee-shaped portion to house the operational components of the golf ball marking device. The upper part of the tee-shaped portion defines a cavity that is continuous with this opening, and contains a tray-stem support member for an ink pad. The support member can be adjusted up or down, so as to accommodate ink pads having different thicknesses and maintain a constant height level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventor: Michael C. Arnke