Golf ball retriever

Claim 1

A GOLF BALL RETRIEVER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HANDLE, A BAIL HAVING A PAIR OF BAIL ARMS AND A CONNECTING BIGHT PORTION, MEANS SECURING SAID BIGHT PORTION TO ONE END OF THE HANDLE, AN OPEN-ENDED CYLINDRICAL THIN-WALLED TUBE PIVOTED AT DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED REGIONS TO THE BAIL ARMS FOR CONTINUOUS END-OVER-END SWINGING MOVEMENTS IN EITHER DIRECTION WITHIN THE BAIL CONFINES AND ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSELY OF THE HANDLE, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE TUBE BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF A STANDARD GOLF BALL TO BE RETRIEVED, AN ELASTOMERIC FERRULE OF RINGLIKE DESIGN HAVING A CYLINDRICAL WALL TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVED OVER ONE END OF THE TUBE, THE OTHER END OF THE TUBE BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED DETENT DEPRESSIONS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE BAIL ARMS THEREIN FOR RELEASABLY MAINTAINING THE TUBE AND HANDLE IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP, THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF SAID FERRULE BEING PROVIDED WITH A CONTINUOUS INTURNED FLEXIBLE ANNULAR LIP WHICH OVERHANGS THE ADJACENT RIM OF THE TUBE AND PROJECTS RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE TUBE CONFINES A SHORT DISTANCE, SAID LIP BEING TAPERED TO A FEATHER EDGE AND NORMALLY PRESENTING AN INTERNAL CIRCULAR OPENING THERETHROUGH OF LESS DIAMETER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID GOLF BALL TO BE RETRIEVED, SAID LIP BEING ADAPTED TO BE DISPLACED INWARDLY OF THE TUBE DURING PASSAGE OF A GOLF BALL INTO THE TUBE THROUGH ONE END THEREOF TO ALLOW THE BALL TO ENTER THE TUBE, SAID LIP HAVING A SUFFICIENT DEGREE OF RIGIDITY TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE BALL THEREON WHEN THE AXIS OF THE TUBE IS VERTICAL AND THE FERRULE IS DISPOSED REMOTE FROM THE HANDLE, THE REGIONS OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TUBE AND BAIL ARMS BEING CLOSER TO SAID OTHER END OF THE TUBE THAN TO SAID ONE END THEREOF, WHEREBY THE TUBE POSSESSES A DEGREE OF UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM WHEN THE TUBE AXIS IS OTHER THAN VERTICAL.