# US 10,369,443 B2 · Golf club head cover with repositionable closures and related methods

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- Number: US 10,369,443 B2
- Document ID: US10369443B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/418,443
- Filed: 2017-01-27
- Published: 2017-08-03
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-01-28
- Applicants: J. Travis Gaffney
- Inventors: J. Travis Gaffney
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369443B2

## CPC

- A63B 60/62: specially adapted for clubs, e.g. head covers {, connector means therefor}
- A63B 2209/08: magnetic
- A63B 2209/10: with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

Implementations of golf club head covers may include a body portion defining an internal cavity for receiving a golf club head, the internal cavity exposed at an opening in the body portion, a flap coupled to the body portion and configured to cover the opening of the body portion, a guide strip coupled to the flap, a strap holder configured to move along the guide strip slidably coupled to the guide strip, and a strap coupled at an end of the strap holder, wherein the strap is configured to secure the flap over the opening through coupling to a front face of the body portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf club head cover comprising:
a body portion defining an internal cavity for receiving a golf club head, the internal cavity exposed at an opening in the body portion;
a flap coupled to the body portion and configured to cover the opening of the body portion;
a guide strip coupled to the flap;
a strap holder configured to move along the guide strip slidably coupled to the guide strip; and
a strap coupled at an end of the strap holder, wherein the strap is configured to secure the flap over the opening through coupling to a front face of the body portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cover of claim 1, wherein the front face comprises a recess along an open edge of the front face.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cover of claim 1, wherein the front face comprises a re-entrant opening in an open edge of the front face.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cover of claim 1, wherein the strap comprises a magnet and the front face comprises one or more magnets therein, wherein the magnet of the strap is configured to magnetically couple to the one or more magnets of the front face.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The cover of claim 4, wherein the magnet of the strap is comprised in the strap and the one or more magnets of the front face are comprised in a pocket, wherein the pocket is one of coupled in the front face, coupled on an outside of the front face, or coupled on an inside of the front face.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The cover of claim 4, wherein the magnet of the strap is within the strap and the one or more magnets of the front face is slidably retained within a pocket, wherein the pocket is one of coupled in the front face, on the outside of the front face, or on the inside of the front face.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The cover of claim 1, wherein the guide strip is a cylindrical guide strip.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The cover of claim 1, wherein the strap is configured to secure to a front face of the body portion using hook and loop fasteners.

### Claim 9

A golf club head cover comprising:
a body portion defining an internal cavity for receiving a golf club head, the internal cavity exposed at an opening in the body portion, wherein the body portion comprises a front face comprising a strip of hook and loop fasteners extending across a portion of the front face;
a flap coupled to body portion and configured to cover an opening of the body portion;
a guide strip coupled to the flap;
a strap holder configured to move along the guide strip slidably coupled to the guide strip; and
a strap coupled to the end of the strap holder comprising a patch of hook and loop fasteners, wherein the patch of hook and loop fasteners is configured to secure to a plurality of locations along the strip of hook and loop fasteners of the front face.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The cover of claim 9, wherein the front face comprises a recess along an open edge of the front face.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The cover of claim 9, wherein the front face comprises a re-entrant opening in an open edge of the front face.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The cover of claim 9, wherein the guide strip is a cylindrical guide strip.