LED MARKER FOR GOLF COURSE AND LED MARKING METHOD FOR GOLF COURSE USING IT

WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/033084

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An LED marker for golf course and an LED marking method for golf course using it in which a marking object, e.g. a pin flag or a yard mark, is made visible even in a rainy or foggy day or in a dark time zone of sunset and a player can play golf quickly and comfortably in safety without recognizing a target erroneously. In the LED marker (1), a case (3) is fixed to the upper part of a pole (2) for pin flag. The case (3) contains an LED light emitting unit (5), solar cell (6), and a battery (7). When the LED light emitting unit (5) is conducted by the battery (7), light is emitted outward from the LED through the wall face of the case (3) while flickering at a specified time interval. The LED marker (1) is preferably provided with an inclination sensor (8) for turning power supply to the LED light emitting unit (5) on&sol off by detecting inclination of the pole (2). Furthermore, a contact sensor for turning power supply to the LED light emitting unit (5) on&sol off by detecting contact state between the pole (2) and a cup is preferably provided.

JP2007014656

GOLF BALL MARKER COLLECTION APPARATUS

IWAKIRI SHIRO (JP)
MIZOBATA KAZUO (JP)
YAMAUCHI KIYOSHI (JP)

PCT/JP2001/009091

April 24, 2003

October 17, 2001

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PHOTONA CO LTD (JP)
IWAKIRI SHIRO (JP)
MIZOBATA KAZUO (JP)
YAMAUCHI KIYOSHI (JP)

A63B57/00; A63C19/06; A63B102/32; (IPC1-7): A63B57/00; A63B71/00

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Matsunami, Yoshifumi c/o Matsunami, Patent Attorneys Office (19-4 Chiyoda 2-chome, Naka-k, Nagoya-shi Aichi, JP)

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