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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Braden W Kroll, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark W Kroll, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ; A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
473353 ; 473372 ;
Abstract
A system and method for locating lost golf balls is taught. The system includes a special golf ball with an octant corner reflector resident within the center of the golf ball, as well as a convenient flashlight sized radar transmitter and receiver. The method teaches the use of such a portable handheld radar transmitter and receiver to sweep a golf course for evidence of an echo from the special golf ball with a resident reflector.