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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicants:
Matthew M. Pringle, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Ross T. Galarneault, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Matthew M. Pringle, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Ross T. Galarneault, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Assignee:
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); A63B 57/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 57/00 (2013.01); G08B 13/14 (2013.01); A63B 2243/0029 (2013.01);
Abstract
The monitoring system employs a sensor to detect the replacement or removal and replacement of the flagstick in a golf hole liner. The sensor may be incorporated into the flagstick, the hole liner or any combination of the two. A central receiver remote from the sensors receives the two signals from respective sensor and has a timing device for recording the time of arrival of each signal from each sensor.