Ball retriever

Claim 1

A PORTABLE, COMPACT, SELF CONTAINED GOLF BALL RETRIEVING APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN ENCLOSING HOUSING CONTAINING A GOLF BALL LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SAID HOUSING, A LINE AFFIXED TO SAID BALL AT A FIRST END OF SAID LINE WITH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID LINE PASSING INTO SAID HOUSING, AT AN OPENING DEFINED BY SAID HOUSING AND WOUND UPON A WINDING AND STORAGE BOBBIN, SAID BOBBIN BEING MOUNTED ABOUT A CENTRAL AXIS IN SAID HOUSING, SAID BOBBIN CENTRAL AXIS BEING FIXED IN POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING AND ALIGNED WITH SAID HOUSING OPENING, A WINDUP ARM ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BOBBIN, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR LINKED TO SAID WINDUP ARM BY A POWER INCREASING MESHED SET OF GEARS, AN ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR ACTIVATING SAID MOTOR, MEANS PASING THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND OPERABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE THEREOF BY THE FOOT OF A USER FOR ALLOWING SUBSTANTIALLY DRAG-FREE UNWINDING OF SAID LINE FROM SAID BOBBIN, SECOND MEANS PASSING THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND OPERABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE THEREOF BY SAID FOOT OF SAID USER FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID MOTOR TO SAID POWER SOURCE WHEREBY SAID LINE MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY WOUND ON SAID BOBBIN.