Putter attached golf ball marker holder

Abstract

An apparatus is provided that includes a golf club putter having a putting head, a shaft having a lower end connected to putting head, a hand grip connected to an upper end of the shaft and a ball position marker removably attached to an upper end of the hand grip.

1 . Apparatus comprising:
 a golf club putter having a putting head, a shaft having a lower end connected to the putting head, and a hand grip connected to an upper end of the shaft;   a ball position marker removably attached to an upper end of the hand grip;   a ball position marker holder connected to the upper end of the hand grip, the ball position marker being releasably connected to the ball position marker holder;   wherein the ball position marker holder has
 an open upper end configured for holding the ball position marker in the upper end of the ball position marker holder, and 
 a chamber communicating with the upper open end of the ball position marker holder, and 
 a magnet disposed within the chamber; 
   wherein the ball position marker, the magnet, and the ball position marker holder are mutually configured to allow an edge of the ball position marker to be pressed inward in the chamber at any point on an edge of the ball position marker a distance sufficient to extend the entirety of an opposite edge of the ball position marker above an outermost surface of the ball position marker holder, for grasping and removing the ball position marker from the ball position marker holder.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hand grip has a hole in the upper end of the hand grip, and the ball position marker holder has a probe connected to one end of the ball position marker holder configured for holding the ball position marker holder in the hole in an upper end of the hand grip. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a post within a center of the chamber in the ball position marker holder for preventing movement of a center of the ball position marker inward in the chamber. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of claim  7  wherein the post includes a magnet and the ball position marker comprises a magnetic attractive material. 
     
     
         9 . Apparatus comprising
 a ball position marker;   a ball position marker holder configured to be removably attached to an upper end of a hand grip of a golf club putter, the ball position marker being releasably connected to the ball position marker holder;   wherein the ball position marker holder has
 an open upper end configured for holding the ball position marker in the upper end of the ball position marker holder, and 
 a chamber communicating with the upper open end of the ball position marker holder, and 
 a magnet disposed within the chamber; 
   wherein the ball position marker, the magnet, and the ball position marker holder are mutually configured to allow an edge of the ball position marker to be pressed inward in the chamber a distance sufficient to extend the entirety of an opposite edge of the ball position marker above an outermost surface of the ball position marker holder, for grasping and removing the ball position marker from the ball position marker holder.   
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein an end of the ball position marker holder has a probe configured for extension through a hole in an end of the hand grip. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11  wherein the probe is configured to allow penetration into the hole and resisting removal from the hole of the hand grip. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the probe comprises a screw-shaped lateral extension configured for twisting the probe into the hole in the hand grip. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein a height of the post and a lateral dimension of the chamber are mutually sized to allow an edge of the ball position marker to be pressed inward in the chamber a distance sufficient to extend the entirety of an opposite edge of the ball position marker above an outermost surface of the ball position marker holder. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , further comprising a post within a center of the chamber in the ball position marker holder for preventing movement of a center of the ball position marker inward in the chamber. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein a height of the post and a lateral dimension of the chamber are mutually sized to allow an edge of the ball position marker to be pressed inward in the chamber a distance sufficient to extend the entirety of an opposite edge of the ball position marker above an outermost surface of the ball position marker holder.