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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Yutaka Kabeshita, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 57/00 (2015.01); A63B 47/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 47/00 (2013.01); A63B 57/10 (2015.10); B65D 81/36 (2013.01); B65D 81/368 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reconfigurable golf ball container includes a sleeve that is formed from a paperboard material and that defines an interior volume configured to hold a plurality of golf balls. The sleeve includes a perforated line disposed between a tool portion of the sleeve and a remainder of the sleeve. The tool portion of the sleeve is configured to be separated from the remainder of the sleeve along the perforated line to form a golf tool. The golf tool includes a first end configured to be inserted into a soil media, and includes a second end that is capable of supporting a golf ball more than 2.0 cm away from a surface of the soil media.