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Patent No.:

US 12599816 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2022

Golf ball dispenser with embedded display device, separate front waterfall panel and/or blower assembly

Applicant:

Topgolf International, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Brian David Burdette, McKinney, TX (US);

Andrew David Macaulay, Dallas, TX (US);

Clinton Scott Lovejoy, Dallas, TX (US);

William Kevin Miner, Frisco, TX (US);

Theodore Yuchiang Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mark Joseph Semsak, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Gabriel Heath Denk, Wylie, TX (US);

Justin Dean Pendleton, The Colony, TX (US);

Brian Lee Roderman, Plano, TX (US);

David Christopher Singer, Austin, TX (US);

Clifton Frederick Geisler, McKinney, TX (US);

Scott Michael Thibeault, Redwood City, CA (US);

Frances Meng Wang, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Ryan Petri, Carrollton, TX (US);

Kenneth John Buras, Jr., Durango, CO (US);

Assignee:

Topgolf International, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Attorney:

Noréns Patentbyrå AB

Primary Examiner:

Joseph B Baldori

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 47/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 47/002 (2013.01); A63B 24/0003 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); A63B 2071/0638 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2209/14 (2013.01); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2225/54 (2013.01); A63B 2225/74 (2020.08);
Abstract

A golf ball dispenser includes: a receptacle configured to hold multiple golf balls; a passageway connecting an outlet of the golf dispenser with the receptacle; a gateway coupled between the passageway and the receptacle to restrict a passage of the multiple golf balls into the passageway, the gateway being selectively moveable to allow a golf ball to pass into the passageway for delivery to a tee area; and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser to present at least information regarding the golf ball in flight after the golf ball is hit from the tee area. Further, methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for use with such golf ball dispensers, can control holding and dispensing of golf balls at a golf facility, e.g., a driving range.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Burdette, Brian. (2026). Golf ball dispenser with embedded display device, separate front waterfall panel and/or blower assembly (U.S. Patent No. 12599816). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12599816

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