ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,300, issued on April 22.
"Automatic golf ball retrieval system" was invented by Mauricio Tabares (Milford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic golf ball retrieval system comprises a mat, a conveyor belt system, a cleaning system, an automatic tee setter system, and a processor. The mat includes front, middle and back portions, leftmost and rightmost sides, an exterior face and an interior face. The conveyor belt system comprises at least two frames and a rolling bar which moves between upper and lower ends of the at least two frames. The rolling bar forms a raised surface on the exterior face of the mat which engages and...