Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Mounted on or formed as part of belt buckle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-27
2001-07-03
Shoap, Allan N. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Mounted on or formed as part of belt buckle
C224S183000, C224S918000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06253974
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, in general, to a buckle for belts and, more particularly, to a buckle provided with a detachable ball marker, thus allowing a wearer to easily mark the position of his ball on a putting green using the marker while he waits for another player to shoot toward the green prior to replacing his ball on the green to putt.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A belt is typically worn around the waist to support trousers, pants or slacks. The two ends of such a belt are fastened together by a buckle. Such buckles also serve a decorative function. The construction and operational function of such buckles has been improved to allow wearers to more easily and quickly fasten or unfasten the two ends of a belt.
Therefore, a great number of buckles, designed for allowing wearers to quickly and easily fasten or unfasten the two ends of belts, have been proposed and used.
As the buckles for belts are diversified in their kinds, they have been designed for having collateral functions and decorations.
In another matter, ball markers are typically used for marking the position of a golf ball on a putting green while a golfer waits for another player to shoot toward the green prior to replacing his ball on the green to putt. That is, when a golfer shoots his ball onto a putting green and successfully places the ball on the green, he has to temporarily take off the ball from the green to prevent the ball from disturbing another player's shot onto the green. In such a case, the golfer marks the position of his ball on the green using a ball marker while he waits for another golfer's shot toward the green prior to replacing the ball on the green to putt. Such a marker allows a golfer to exactly replace a ball on the putting green. The use of such markers are prescribed in the golf rules.
In the prior art, small-sized and coin-shaped articles, made of plastic materials, are used as such ball markers. However, golfers may play golf without having such markers and this throws the golfers into confusion on putting greens and prevents the golfers from devoting themselves to playing golf. Furthermore, the golf rules say that a golfer, who does not use such a marker on a putting green, is to receive a one point penalty.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a buckle, which is provided with a detachable ball marker, thus allowing a wearer to easily carry such a marker, used for marking the position of his ball on a putting green while he waits for another player's shot for the green prior to replacing his ball on the green to putt, without forgetting it.
In order to accomplish the above object, a buckle according to the primary embodiment of this invention comprises a decoration part and a golf ball marker. The decoration part has a belt clamp used for clamping the buckle to a belt, a hooking post formed on a position opposite the clamp and used for selectively fastening two ends of the belt together, and a marker seat provided on the external surface of the decoration part and carrying a first magnet. The golf ball marker is provided with a second magnet having a magnetic polarity opposite to that of the first magnet, so that the marker is magnetically and detachably seated on the marker seat of the decoration part.
In another embodiment, the buckle comprises a belt clamp used for clamping the buckle to a belt, a hooking post used for selectively fastening two ends of the belt together, a loop provided at a position around the belt clamp and used for allowing a free end of the belt to pass through, thus holding and neatening the end of the belt without releasing it, a metal piece externally mounted to the loop, and a golf ball marker magnetically and detachably attached on the metal piece.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1495925 (1924-05-01), Quertermous
patent: 2979335 (1961-04-01), Pruitt
patent: 3136547 (1964-06-01), Schaper
patent: 3208123 (1965-09-01), Koos
patent: 5310101 (1994-05-01), Park et al.
patent: 5795248 (1998-08-01), Giglio
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch LLP
Brevaro Maerena
Park Hee-Chang
Shoap Allan N.
LandOfFree
Buckle with detachable ball marker does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Buckle with detachable ball marker, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Buckle with detachable ball marker will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2539590