Abstract: A quick-change system includes a first exchange tool designed as gripper jaws, a second exchange tool, a first receiving part, and a ball catch. The first receiving part includes a first receiving opening for receiving a one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool. The ball catch is for temporarily fixing the one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool on the first receiving part. The ball catch includes a sleeve that is closed on one side and a spring-mounted press ball arranged in the sleeve. The one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool has a ball-receiving opening, and the press ball can be manually engaged and disengaged in the ball-receiving opening.

Abstract: A sports ball carrier is configured to fit inside a storage bag with ball rackets. The carrier may store sports balls in a substantially planar array that is one sports ball thick, and the width of the carrier may taper along its length generally simulating a racket form factor. A sports ball entry port may be provided for ball collection in a manner similar to a conventional ball hopper.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.

Abstract: An accessory holder is provided for golf cars to store accessories like golf balls in an easy to access location from outside of the golf car. For example, the accessory holder may be mounted on a vertical strut supporting the canopy of the golf car. The accessory holder wraps around the strut and has gaps that allow the accessory holder to be mounted onto the strut.

Abstract: A golf ball retriever includes a body member having a ball receiving opening at one end that opens to a ball receiving cavity within the body member. Opposed bosses extend from the body member and include boss openings external to the ball receiving cavity. A retention member extends across the ball receiving cavity and has opposed ends secured within the boss openings. The body member may include at least one flange having a pivot opening and the pole-mounting member includes a pivot hole opening. A pivot member extends through the respective pivot openings of the body member and pole-mounting member to provide a hinge for pivotal rotation of the pole-mounting member with respect to the body member. A telescoping pole is coupled to the body member. A no-rotation telescoping pole including a plurality of non-circular shaft sections is optionally employed.

Abstract: A golf putting training aid teaches a golfer to push the golf ball on the green during putting. The aid comprises a collar is carried by a golf club shaft. A bore extends vertically through the collar to receive a golf ball therein. The bore has a bottom opening facing downwardly. A flap is carried by the collar and extends into the bore and is displaceable to selectively retain and release the golf ball. An automatic ground actuated trigger is coupled to the flap and extending downwardly and rearward to contact the ground during fore swing of the golf club shaft to gravity release the golf ball onto the green and allow the golfer to push the golf ball with the golf club.

Abstract: A ball retrieval apparatus (10, 910) for retrieving (e.g. tennis) balls (70) from the ground (72) includes a receptacle (12, 912) with an opening (26, 926) over which horizontal rods (36, 936) extend. The rods are received in apertures (34), and can move upwardly and laterally between lowermost and raised positions. The distance between rods in their lowermost positions is less than the ball's diameter. This distance increases as the rods are raised, and moved in opposite lateral directions. A ball can be retrieved by being received into the receptacle between adjacent rods. The rods then drop down to their lowermost positions so that the distance between them again decreases so that the ball is trapped in the receptacle. The invention also extends to a ball retrieval system including a trolley (46, 946) and one or two ball retrieval apparatus supported on the trolley.

Abstract: A device for retrieving a golf ball that is not easily accessible in ponds, in high grass, in bushes, in rocky terrain or in other places that are hard to reach. The device comprises a retriever head that is attached to a telescoping handle. The retriever head comprises an elongated rigid head with no moving parts, with a large opening at the bottom of the front of the retriever. The retriever widens along the sides to form a pocket at the tapered end at the top of the retriever that is used to entrap a golf ball. The outside of the tapered end of the retriever can be used to retrieve a golf ball by scooping it onto the side of the retriever. The rounded point at the tapered end of the retriever can be used to dislodge or reposition a golf ball so that it can be easily retrieved.

Abstract: A telescopic marking assembly for marking on a surface or object that is out of a user's reach includes a rod that has an adjustable length. The rod is selectively extended to reach an object that is out of a user's reach. A tube is movably coupled to the rod and the tube is selectively positionable at a selected angle with respect to the rod. The tube insertably receives a writing utensil thereby facilitating the writing utensil to write on the object that is out of reach.

Abstract: Implementations of a tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag are provided. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag comprises one or more pieces of material attached together and forming an enclosed interior and a corresponding exterior. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first opening and a second opening into the enclosed interior. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first securing loop and a second securing loop. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first securing strap, a second securing strap, and a third securing strap.

Abstract: The current invention is a golf ball retriever that enables an individual to pick up a golf ball without requiring the user to bend over. The golf ball retriever includes an extendable rod with a cup configured to receive a golf ball disposed at a distal end of the rod. In one embodiment, the extendable rod is in a telescopic arrangement movable between an extend position and a retracted position. In use, the rod is extended and the cup is pressed over the ball. The cup receives the ball, and the ball remains within the cup until removed by a user.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.

Abstract: Described herein include various implementations of a ball funneling net that can capture sport balls, such as baseballs, directed into the ball funneling net. The ball funneling net can include a ball directing feature, such as a funnel, and a releasable restraining element that controls the sport balls from being released from the ball capturing net, such as from a distal dispensing end. In some implementations, a user can pick up a part of the ball directing feature and release the releasable restraining element thereby allowing any sport balls captured in the ball capturing net to exit the distal dispensing end. For example, the ball funneling net described herein can improve training efficiency in sports, such as baseball and softball, as well as reduce damage to equipment and improve user experience.

Abstract: The golf ball retriever is a tool for assisting in the recovery of golf balls from water hazards, weeds, muddy areas, or other difficult to reach areas. A typical golf ball retriever comprises a handle and a ball grabbing head. The handle extends the reach of the golfer to reach a golf ball. The ball grabbing head allows the golfer to grab the ball and retain it until the golfer to bring the ball within reach and remove the ball grabbing head for further play. A ball grabbing head may have an inner surface and a plurality of inwardly protruding fingers on the inner surface. The most inward facing portion of at least a portion of the plurality of inwardly or radially protruding fingers may be coated with a rubber liner to increase the golfer's ability to recover the golf ball efficiently. The rubber liner may be a thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires and a pair of hubs. Each hub includes first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ball scoop device comprising a hollow transport shaft connected by a lower angled connection to a ball scoop at the lower end of the transport shaft and connected by an upper angled connection at the upper end of the transport shaft to a ball retainer and a method for using the same.

Abstract: A cart assembly that is designed to hold and transport one or more ball hoppers. The ball hoppers have baskets that are supported by legs. The baskets are configured to hold some type of ball, such as a tennis ball or a golf ball. The cart assembly can transport the ball hoppers as they are standing on legs. The cart assembly has a platform that is supported by wheels. The wheels provide the platform with the ability to roll. Receptacles are present on the platform. The receptacles are sized, shaped and positioned to receive the legs of a ball hopper when the ball hopper is placed on the platform. Once a ball hopper is attached to the platform, the ball hopper becomes part of the cart assembly and can roll with the cart assembly from point to point.

Abstract: A ball retrieving receptacle that attaches to the ball-striking area of a bat. The receptacle comprises a tubular sleeve having a diameter sized to fit tightly or securely around a ball-striking surface of a bat. The tubular sleeve includes a top opening and a bottom opening, and a sloping collar connected to the tubular sleeve. A semisphere hood is connected to the outer rim of the sloping collar, and the semisphere hood includes a semicircle rim extending in front of an opening of the semisphere hood and is connected to the outer rim of the sloping collar. The ball retrieving receptacle is attached to a bat having a handle and a ball-striking surface, wherein ball-striking surface of the bat is located tightly against the tubular sleeve of the ball retrieving receptacle.

Abstract: A ball pickup device is provided, comprising a ball collector and a pull rod connected to the ball connector. The ball collector has ball inlets formed at the bottom of the ball collector and formed by transverse rods arranged at the bottom of the ball collector in parallel at intervals, and one ball outlet is formed by the interval between every two adjacent transverse rods. Each interval is smaller than the diameter of a ball. One end of each transverse rod is fixedly connected to the ball collector, and the other end is a movable end and located in the corresponding receding groove. When a ball is pressed, movable ends move along receding grooves to recede under the pressure of the ball, and the ball enters the ball collector. After the ball enters the ball inlet, movable ends move along receding grooves to gradually return.

Abstract: A particle connecting device includes a cage having a hub and a cover on each of two ends thereof. A handle is pivotably connected between the two covers and the two hubs. The cage is composed of multiple resilient wires which are bow-shaped, and the two ends of the resilient wires are respectively connected to two end pieces. Each hub includes pivotal portions which are pivotably connected to the corresponding end piece. The pivotal portions each include a hook to hook the cover. A shaft extends through the center of each of the hub and cover, and is pivotably connected to a respective lug of the handle in axial and radial directions.

Abstract: A ball retrieving assembly includes a tube that has a first end, a second end and a perimeter wall extending between the first and second ends. Each of the first and second ends is open. The tube has a cylindrical shape. The tube has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of a ball to be received by the tube. A ring is attached to an inner surface of the perimeter wall adjacent to the first end. The ring is comprised of a resiliently compressible material. The ring has a diameter that is less than the ball. The ring is compressible to allow the ball to pass through the ring and into the tube. The ring retains the ball in the tube. A cover is removably positioned over the second end. The ball is removable through the second end when the cover is removed.

Abstract: A device for retrieving an object such as a golf ball. The retriever comprises a handle, a stationary member or loop that is rigidly attached to the handle, a reactive member or loop that is pivotally attached to the stationary member and a spring for biasing the reactive member substantially perpendicular to the stationary member. A locking clip is attached to the stationary member and is rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position. In the locking position, the clip restrains the reactive member in a position substantially parallel to the stationary member so that the retriever can be stored without the reactive member rotating into the perpendicular position.

Abstract: A golf ball retriever handle having a plurality of telescoping segments, each segment comprising a tubular member configured to fit relatively snugly about an adjacent member in sliding engagement therewith, each of the members between the smallest diameter member and the largest diameter member being formed with a radially extending annular rib in proximity to a first end thereof and being formed with a radially inward extending annular depression in proximity to a second end thereof, whereby separation of the tubular members in a handle extending direction is inhibited. The handle also having at least one axial groove formed in each section such that overlapping grooves engage each other to prevent rotation of one section with respect to another.

Abstract: A collar for outfitting a golf club or putter under its handle is presented. The collar is a clamshell-type accessory that can be secured with screws around various diameter shafts. One side of the collar has a recess for a divot repair tool. Optionally this tool is metal and a magnet under the recess secures it. Optionally two or more ball markers fit into other recesses. Magnets may secure metal ball markers or plastic versions may also be secured depending on size.

Abstract: A tool for inspecting timber of a structure for the presence of damage to exposed timber caused by a pest. The tool includes a head having a substantially flat rear portion, and a generally concave front portion that forms an edge configured to permit the head to penetrate into a surface deviation in the timber, or into a boundary between the timber and a floor covering over a substantial portion of the height of the floor covering.

Abstract: A pick-up device for picking up balls and other objects, includes an hollow ball container, including an extension section and an attachment unit, or alternatively a handle shaft and a handle bar; and a ball valve mechanism, which can include plurality of elastic strings, or springs, configured in a cross-over pattern, such that a user can hold the pick-up device and press the ball valve mechanism onto a ball, such that the ball passes the ball valve mechanism, and is stored inside the hollow ball container. The ball valve mechanism can alternatively include two springs mounted in slots on opposing sides of a lower end of the ball container; or an elastic string, which is woven in a horizontal/vertical interlacing pattern. The pick-up device can be elongated and tubular, or can include a rectangular ball container, and be made from a plastic material.

Abstract: A portable tennis apparatus comprising a tennis bag, a tennis ball retrieving unit, a stretchable back bar and an extendable bottom stand. The ball retrieving unit retrieves balls on the ground directly to the bag; the stretchable back bar can be pulled up and pushed around with rolling means on the ground easily. The top opening of the bag made it easy to reach the balls for replay. The extendable stand can raise the tennis bag at a desirable level for dispensing balls so that the player does not have to bend down. The stretchable back bar and the stand can be put back to their original position during the transportation of the apparatus, such as between tennis court and player's home. The entire apparatus is light-weighted, easily carried and operated single-handed. This apparatus is truly an “all-in-one” tennis apparatus, and a revolution in the field of tennis equipment.

Abstract: A pick-up device for picking up balls and other objects, includes an elongated hollow ball container, including an extension section and an attachment unit, which includes a ball valve mechanism, which can include plurality of elastic strings, or springs, configured in a cross-over pattern, such that a user can hold the pick-up device and press the ball valve mechanism onto a ball, such that the ball passes the ball valve mechanism, and is stored inside the elongated hollow ball container. The ball valve mechanism can alternatively include two springs mounted in slots on opposing sides of a lower end of the ball container; or an elastic string, which is woven in a horizontal/vertical interlacing pattern. The pick-up device can be tubular and made from a plastic material.

Abstract: A device for retrieving an object such as a golf ball. The retriever comprises a handle, a stationary member or loop that is rigidly attached to the handle, a reactive member or loop that is pivotally attached to the stationary member and a spring for biasing the reactive member substantially perpendicular to the stationary member. A locking clip is attached to the stationary member and is rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position. In the locking position, the clip restrains the reactive member in a position substantially parallel to the stationary member so that the retriever can be stored without the reactive member rotating into the perpendicular position.

Abstract: A golf ball-grabbing device including a cap affixable at the longitudinal extremity of the grip of a putter shaft and having a single central opening therethrough with finger-receiving guide notches therearound, and a movable grabber assembly having (a) a base member shaped to be movably retained within the shaft below the cap and (b) at least three non-destructibly resiliently-deformable resiliently-deformable strip-like fingers each having a proximal end secured to the base member, an arcuate ball-grabbing portion, and a distal end terminating in a camming member having a substantially-planar ball-engagable face, each finger slidably engaged within one of the notches. The movable grabber assembly is slidable with respect to the cap between a non-use position in which the arcuate portions of the fingers are contained only by the shaft and a use position in which the arcuate portions of the fingers are deployed outside the shaft and above the cap.

Abstract: An apparatus for retrieving an object: more than two claws mounted to a plunger that is movably housed within a cup, the claws extending through a lid of the cup. With the plunger at the bottom of the cup, each claw is retracted into the lid; with the plunger at the top of the cup, each claw extends beyond the lid to a ball-grasping position. At least one claw is bent and resilient. On pressing the tips of the claws against an object, the at least one claw bends apart from the other claws to admit the object between the claws, and on passing beyond a diameter of the object, the tip of the at least one claw springs back toward the other claws to capture the object between the claws.

Abstract: A ball cart comprising a removable and rotatable ball basket having a plurality of separated chambers that are each able to hold a different kind of ball. Thus, whenever a particular type of ball is desired, a user is able to rotate the basket and lock it in place such that a lid of the chamber that holds balls of that type is accessible to the user. As a result, the user is able to easily select that type of balls desired from the ball cart without sifting through all of the balls in the ball cart.

Abstract: A device for retrieving an object such as a golf ball. In one preferred embodiment, the device comprises a handle, a stationary member or loop that is rigidly attached to the handle, a reactive member or loop that is pivotally attached to the stationary member and a spring for biasing the reactive member substantially perpendicular to the stationary member. Prior to capturing the object, the retriever is set such that the stationary and reactive members are substantially parallel. The retriever is then directed so that when the spring contacts an object, it trips the spring and causes the reactive member to pivot into a substantially perpendicular position with respect to the stationary member, capturing the object inside the stationary and reactive members.

Abstract: A tennis ball collection device includes a rotating drum that rotates at a higher speed than the rotation of the wheels that carry the device. Additionally, the drum rail that operates in connection with the rotating drum to lift a ball off of a ground is allowed to move in the horizontal direction. This back and forth movement is facilitated by a spring that otherwise biases the drum rail forward to a rest position.

Abstract: A tennis ball retrieving apparatus includes a storage tube, a ball capturing system, a release cap, and a shoulder strap. The intake tube and the release cap are oppositely positioned from each other along the storage tube, where the ball capturing system is connected with the storage tube and the release cap is removably attached with the storage tube. The user can utilize the tennis ball retrieving apparatus to collect tennis balls as the tennis balls are collected through the ball capturing system and stored within the storage tube. The release cap allows the users to unload the tennis balls from the storage tube once the storage tube is filled with the tennis balls. The shoulder strap is connected with storage tube so that the tennis ball retrieving apparatus can be easily transported by the users.

Abstract: A clay target magazine comprising a wall of cylindrical shape, said wall having at least one sight window provided therein, said magazine having slots provided in said wall proximate to said walls lower end to accept a retaining means therein, said magazine sized to hold a plurality of clay targets, said magazine further sized in order to be loaded into the carousel of a clay target trap.

Abstract: A method for retrieving a golf ball employs a gripper with a magnetic coupling. The coupling has a cavity containing a magnet. The magnet has a field strength adequate to hold onto a vertical surface of an unmagnetized metal object while a golf ball is held in the gripper. The magnetic coupling is magnetically attached a non-magnetized head of a golf club. In operation, downward force is applied through the golf club to depress the magnetic coupling in order to encompass and grip the golf ball with the gripper. The head of the club is lifted and the golf ball removed from the gripper. The device can be stored by clipping it to an object.

Abstract: An advertising device for an improved golf ball retriever is provided. The golf ball retriever includes a hollow shaft made of a clear plastic material wherein an advertising slip can be placed into the hollow shaft by the use of a pole. The shaft may include a grip on one end for secure maneuvering of the golf ball retriever during retrieval. The shaft includes a suction cup with a hollow center on the opposite end where the grip may be located for retrieving a golf ball. The top end of the shaft also includes apertures in the shaft that allow a hanging device to be removably affixed to the shaft of the golf ball retriever. The top end of the shaft also has an end cap removably attached to the shaft to enclose the top end of the hollow shaft.

Abstract: An animal waste scooper has a flexible extension adapted to be reversibly coiled such that when it is uncoiled, a trigger operated jaws/scooping portion of the device is employed to pick up waste. The flexible scooper device includes a handle with a trigger, a flexible, preferably corrugated extension assembly and a pair of jaws. Other embodiments are directed to a reversibly flexible, bendable hand operated device for grasping a golf ball from the ground from a standing position.

Abstract: A rolling collection tool allows for retrieval of ground objects including pine cones by a user while standing erect. A method for construction of the device is provided in which a plurality of wires are formed into a generally oval shaped chamber and covered in a flexible covering in sets of two or more wires. The chamber is connected to a bail and handle and rolls to pick up and store objects in the chamber until emptied. The objects enter the chamber as the device rolls by temporary separation of the covered wires for the object, and the device retains the objects by resilient return movement of the covered wires to their original position. The flexible covering on the wires rotates around sets of the wires as the device retrieves objects.

Abstract: A device for capturing an object includes a base and a plurality of resilient fingers extending from the base. The fingers provide an internal space for accepting at least a portion of the object, wherein the distal ends of the fingers define an opening configured to deflect the fingers outwardly to enlarge the opening when the object passes through it. An elastic member is attached between plural fingers, and exerts essentially no inward force resisting expansion of the internal space until the fingers are deflected outwardly, such as by the object. Various forms of the device enable it to be used and/or easily adapted for use in many settings, including a light bulb changer that can reach remote locations and is adaptable to many different bulb shapes and sizes, and a sports ball holder/retriever, a device for freeing an object from an attachment at a remote location and retrieving it.

Abstract: A system for retrieving an object, particularly a substantially spherical object such as a golf ball, the system including a handle, a stationary member or loop that is rigidly attached to the handle, a reactive member or loop that is pivotally attached to the stationary member and a tension or compression member for biasing the reactive member substantially perpendicular to the stationary member. The tension/compression member is mounted externally, independent of the handle member and on the stationary member. Additionally, a telescopically extendable pole including a first hollow cylindrical tube and a second cylindrical tube which is telescopically displaceable within the first tube. In another arrangement, a system for selectively locking a set of telescoping tubes at a fixed relative longitudinal position including a series of hand operable, externally mounted, rotational locking collars and a two piece arcuate dimpled spacing mechanism.

Abstract: The GOLF DISC AND FLYING DISC AND MULTIPURPOSE PICK UP TOOL is a lightweight, collapsible, segmented shaft fitted with a durable suction cup. The suction cup provides a vacuum adhesion on either side, or any location, on the golf disc or flying disc or other generally flat and smooth objects. The disc or object can then be picked up (retrieved) from any surface or obstacle within reach. A flick of the finger to the suction cup edge breaks the vacuum and the tool and disc or object are separated. The tool can be deployed and used with one hand. The tool can be carried and used as extended or folded and stowed.

Abstract: A device for retrieving an object such as a golf ball. In one preferred embodiment, the device comprises a handle, a stationary member or loop that is rigidly attached to the handle, a reactive member or loop that is pivotally attached to the stationary member and a spring for biasing the reactive member substantially perpendicular to the stationary member. Prior to capturing the object, the retriever is set such that the stationary and reactive members are substantially parallel. The retriever is then directed so that when the spring contacts an object, it trips the spring and causes the reactive member to pivot into a substantially perpendicular position with respect to the stationary member, capturing the object inside the stationary and reactive members.

Abstract: A cart that collects tennis balls on the ground when manually pushed by a user and stores the tennis balls once collected. The cart includes a housing, a gathering assembly, a conveyor assembly, and a receptacle. The housing is manually pushed by the user. The gathering assembly is operatively connected to the housing, and gathers the tennis balls on the ground. The conveyor assembly is operatively connected within the housing. The receptacle is disposed against the housing, and stores the tennis balls elevated thereto by the conveyor assembly that have been gathered by the gathering assembly.

Abstract: A ball retrieval device that picks up tennis balls from the ground and vertically elevates them into a cart. The ball retrieval device includes an L-shaped frame including a first section and a second section. A feeder system is located on the horizontal section of the L-shaped frame and a paddle wheel system is connected to the feeder system. A lift system is located on the vertical section of the L-shaped frame.

Abstract: A table tennis ball collector and dispenser collects and secures table tennis balls with minimal effort. The collector may comprise a frame supporting one or more cross members arranged to allow one or more table tennis balls to enter therebetween. A tubular elastic sleeve having open receiving and dispensing ends may be attached to the frame to capture table tennis balls that advance beyond the cross members. The sleeve may taper towards its dispensing end to secure the table tennis balls within. Individual or multiple collected table tennis balls may be dispensed by applying force to push the table tennis balls out of the dispensing end of the sleeve. A handle extending from the frame allows the user to position the frame 120 for collection and dispensing of table tennis balls.

Abstract: A tool for grasping and holding an article, such as a pine cone. The tool includes an elongated handle which may be telescopically adjustable so as to allow for a plurality of selectively-desired, longitudinal setting positions thereof. A flexibly-resilient, tension-biased grasping mechanism is mounted to a lower end of the handle. The grasping mechanism includes a pair of curvilinear arms for flexibly accommodating and securely grasping a pine cone.

Abstract: A grabbing system uses a typical first grabber located on a main shaft to grasp golf tees for setting into and retrieving them from the ground. A secondary shaft slidably passes through the main shaft of the device and has a second grabber such that the first grabber and the second grabber are simultaneously controlled by a single trigger mechanism. This allows a tee and ball to be grasped and released together such that setting the position of the secondary shaft with respect to the main shaft allows for precise penetration placement of the tee into the ground. A clipping system allow for easy carrying of the device, while optional support legs allow the device to free stand upright on the ground.

Abstract: A golf ball lifting device is provided comprising: a golf ball gripper with a mechanical feature and a magnetic feature; and a gripper mount for attachment to a golf club. The mount has a mechanical feature and a magnetic feature. The mechanical and magnetic features of the gripper and mount are arranged for mutual cooperation, the mechanical and magnetic cooperation together assisting to maintain engagement between the gripper and mount when the gripper is mounted on the mount. The mount magnetic feature is arranged to enable the picking up of a magnetic golf ball marker, at least when the gripper is not mounted on the mount.