Yardage markers for golf courses and method of making same

Details Yardage markers for golf courses and method of making same Yardage markers for golf courses and method of making same

1992-08-14

1993-11-23

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Geometrical instruments

Distance measuring

273 32H, 273 32R, 52103, 40217, 40596, A63B 6702, A63B 5700, A63C 1906

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052632628

ABSTRACT:
Markers particularly adapted for golf courses have a base with numerical indicia formed thereon. The indicia are preferably raised above the base and have a color that contrasts with the color of the base. In one embodiment the base and the numerical indicia both have upstanding fibril members which resemble the grass surface surrounding the yardage marker. The markers are formed in a mold wherein a fusible material, which may be a vinyl plastisol, having the color desired for the numerical indicia is introduced into the indicia-forming cavities in the mold and gelled. The fusible material having the color desired for the base is then poured into the base-forming cavity. An anchoring fitting is inserted into the base-forming cavity so that a portion thereof will be encapsulated in the material forming the base. After all the components of the marker are received within the mold, it is heated to fuse the fusible material within the mold into an integral whole. The fusible material is introduced into the indicia-forming cavities in such a way that it will not flow into the base-forming cavity. The mold is preferably de-aerated in order to preclude the entrapment of air between the mold and the fusible material introduced into the mold. The yardage markers may be secured in the desired location on the golf course by threadably attaching the anchoring fitting to an anchor rod which may be driven into the ground at a predetermined location.

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