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US3202353A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Yardage indicator attachment for a golf cart

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-10-15
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Granted: 1965-08-24
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Expires: 1983-10-15
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James E Nowak
  • 👤 Robert T Quail
  • 👤 Jr Charles R Jenks

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 11:16
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06M; G06M1/00; G06M1/04; G06M1/06; G06M1/062

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 235 words
APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A GOLF CART TO AUTOMATICALLY INDICATE THE DISTANCE FROM THE BALL TO THE GREEN COMPRISING A DEVICE HAVING A COUNTER ASSEMBLY FOR REGISTERING AND VISUALLY INDICATING DISTANCES, SAID DEVICE ALSO HAVING A ROTATABLE DRIVING WHEEL FOR OPERATING SAID COUNTER ASSEMBLY, AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID DEVICE ON SAID GOLF CART IN A MANNER SUCH THAT SAID DRIVING WHEEL ENGAGES AND IS ROTATED BY ONE OF THE WHEELS OF SAID GOLF CART AND OPERATES SAID COUNTER ASSEMBLY IN REVERSE WHEN SAID GOLF CART IS MOVED ALONG THE GROUND, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING AN L-SHAPED BRACKET BAR ONE ARM OF WHICH PROVIDES A SPINDLE ON WHICH SAID DEVICE IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED, A SPIRAL SPRING ENCIRCLING SAID SPINDLE AND URGING SAID DEVICE IN SUCH A DIRECTION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SPINDLE AS TO PASS SUCH DRIVING WHEEL AGAINST SAID ONE WHEEL OF SAID GOLF CART, A MOUNTING BLOCK ROTATABLY AND SLIDABLY RECEIVING THE OTHER ARM OF SAID BRACKET BAR, MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID OTHER ARM ON SAID MOUNTING BLOCK IN SELECTED POSITIONS OFF LONGITUDINAL AND ROTATIVE ADJUSTMENT, SAID MOUNTING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING A SECOND BLOCK ADAPTED TO BE SECURED DIRECTLY TO SAID GOLF CART, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID MOUNTING BLOCK ON SAID SECOND BLOCK IN SELECTED POSITIONS OF ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID SPINDLE, ONE OF SAID BLOCKS HAVING SERRATIONS CONTACTING THE OTHER TO RESIST RELATIVE ROTATION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 235 words
APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A GOLF CART TO AUTOMATICALLY INDICATE THE DISTANCE FROM THE BALL TO THE GREEN COMPRISING A DEVICE HAVING A COUNTER ASSEMBLY FOR REGISTERING AND VISUALLY INDICATING DISTANCES, SAID DEVICE ALSO HAVING A ROTATABLE DRIVING WHEEL FOR OPERATING SAID COUNTER ASSEMBLY, AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID DEVICE ON SAID GOLF CART IN A MANNER SUCH THAT SAID DRIVING WHEEL ENGAGES AND IS ROTATED BY ONE OF THE WHEELS OF SAID GOLF CART AND OPERATES SAID COUNTER ASSEMBLY IN REVERSE WHEN SAID GOLF CART IS MOVED ALONG THE GROUND, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING AN L-SHAPED BRACKET BAR ONE ARM OF WHICH PROVIDES A SPINDLE ON WHICH SAID DEVICE IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED, A SPIRAL SPRING ENCIRCLING SAID SPINDLE AND URGING SAID DEVICE IN SUCH A DIRECTION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SPINDLE AS TO PASS SUCH DRIVING WHEEL AGAINST SAID ONE WHEEL OF SAID GOLF CART, A MOUNTING BLOCK ROTATABLY AND SLIDABLY RECEIVING THE OTHER ARM OF SAID BRACKET BAR, MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID OTHER ARM ON SAID MOUNTING BLOCK IN SELECTED POSITIONS OFF LONGITUDINAL AND ROTATIVE ADJUSTMENT, SAID MOUNTING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING A SECOND BLOCK ADAPTED TO BE SECURED DIRECTLY TO SAID GOLF CART, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID MOUNTING BLOCK ON SAID SECOND BLOCK IN SELECTED POSITIONS OF ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID SPINDLE, ONE OF SAID BLOCKS HAVING SERRATIONS CONTACTING THE OTHER TO RESIST RELATIVE ROTATION.

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