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Granted Patent B2
US 11,833,399 · App. 17/716,840 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Golf cup lighting fixture

Inventors: Bucky Day Thrash (Prosper, TX); Dusty Lee Thrash (Lubbock, TX)
Assignee: Nite Putter Pro, LLC
A63B57/40F21V31/005F21V33/008A63B2225/74
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Patent No.
US 11,833,399
App. No.
17/716,840
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides a golf cup lighting fixture. The system includes a cup, a light source, a catch removeably coupled to the cup. The system also includes a cover located below the catch which covers the light source. The light source is accessible when the catch and cover are removed. The cup can be placed in a hole and then the light source illuminates the hole. A golfer can see the illuminated hole. Replacing the light source, or performing maintenance, is enhanced as the cup need not be removed to conduct such maintenance.

Claims (22)

1. A system for a golf cup lighting fixture, said system comprising:

a cup, said cup comprising:

a truncated wall which extends from a bottom of said cup, wherein said truncated wall comprises an outer wall, and wherein there is an annular hollow space between said outer wall of the truncated wall and an inner wall of said cup, and wherein liquid enters into said annular hollow space and exits through at least one drainage hole located in the bottom of said cup;

a light source;

a catch removeably coupled to said cup;

a cover located below said catch which covers said light source;

wherein said light source is accessible when said catch and said cover are removed.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said light source is accessible and can be removed with human fingers without additional tools.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said cup comprises a platform, and wherein screws couple said catch to said platform.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said cover comprises an annular grove which couples with a gasket.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said light source cover and said gasket are fully submersible in water and do not allow moisture to enter the interior of the light source cover.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said catch comprises a plurality of drainage holes.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said cup comprises a plurality of drainage holes on a bottom surface.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said cup is installed in the ground, and wherein said light source can be replaced while leaving the cup installed in the ground.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said light source is remotely coupled to a mobile application which provides control over said light source.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the catch comprises a top surface, and wherein the catch is recessed within said cup such that there is a distance between a top of the cup and said top surface of the catch, and wherein said the top surface of the catch is pitched downward.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein catch has an outer wall, and wherein said outer wall comprises at least one keyhole, and wherein said at least one keyhole engages with a protruding key located on an inner wall of said cup.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein a second annular hollow space is created when said cover is removed.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said first and second annular hollow spaces provide room for human fingers to grasp the exposed light source.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said cup comprises bracing structure to enhance the bracing of the cup.

15. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one sensor wherein said at least one sensor is connected to said light source.

16. The system of claim 1 further comprising a quick connect which couples a light source socket to said cup.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: THRASH, BUCKY DAY; THRASH, DUSTY LEE
To: NITE PUTTER PRO LLC
Reel/Frame 065817/0730 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63172932 · Apr 9, 2021
Related Publication 20220323839A1 · Oct 13, 2022