ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,613, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Golf ball holder" was invented by Jedediah H James (Dighton, Mass.), Michael McNamara (Fairhaven, Mass.) and Edmund T. Maher (Fairhaven, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf ball holder for mounting to a shuttle has a holding clamp configured to receive a golf ball and maintain an orientation of the golf ball. The golf ball holder also has a sliding plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and a slot, a mounting plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and a pin through hole, a mount having a top surface and a bottom surface and an attachme...