Foot strap for picking up a golf ball

Abstract

A foot strap is provided for use for picking up a golf ball from ground and placing it on a tee. The foot strap comprises a belt including a fastening unit for fastening two end portions of the belt, and a socket attached to the belt and having an inner surface configured to fit around part of the golf ball for receiving and holding the golf bait with support of a golf club.

1 . A foot strap for use for picking up a golf ball from ground and placing it on a tee, the foot strap comprising:
 a belt including a fastening unit for fastening two end portions of the belt; and   a socket attached to the belt and having an inner surface configured to fit around part of the golf ball for receiving and holding the golf ball with support of a golf club.   
     
     
         2 . The foot strap of  claim 1 , wherein
 the socket is attached to the belt at a position that enables a user to place the socket on an inner side of a shoe corresponding to the inner side of an arch of foot and facing inward when the foot strap is worn by using the belt to wrap along an instep circumference across the arch of foot.   
     
     
         3 . The foot strap of  claim 1 , wherein
 the socket has the inner surface, an outer surface and a top surface.   
     
     
         4 . The foot strap of  claim 3 , wherein
 the top surface is configured to be slant along a longitudinal direction of the belt to form the outer surface wider on one side than the rest.   
     
     
         5 . The foot strap of  claim 3 , wherein
 the outer surface includes a flat surface portion formed substantially along a transversal direction of the belt.   
     
     
         6 . The foot strap of  claim 1 , wherein
 at least part of the belt is made of an elastic material.   
     
     
         7 . A method for picking up a golf ball from ground and placing it on a tee by using a foot strap that comprises a belt including a fastening unit for fastening two end portions of the belt, and a socket attached to the belt and having an inner surface configured to fit around part of the golf ball, the method comprising:
 wearing the foot strap around a shoe by using the belt to wrap along an instep circumference across an arch of foot to place the socket on an inner side of the shoe corresponding to the inner side of the arch of foot and facing inward;   scooping up the golf ball from the ground to receive and hold the golf ball in the socket with support of a golf club;   carrying the golf ball toward the tee with the foot and the golf club; and   releasing the golf ball to place the golf ball on the tee.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the socket is further configured to have a top surface that is slant along a longitudinal direction of the belt to form an outer surface that is wider on one side than the rest, wherein
 the wearing further comprises wearing the toot strap by positioning the socket with the wider side of the outer surface facing downward.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the socket is further configured to have an outer surface including a flat surface portion substantially along a transversal direction of the belt, wherein
 the wearing further comprises wearing the foot strap by positioning the socket with the flat surface portion facing downward.