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US 12,201,198 B1Granted
Golf club boot
OwnerJohn Hunt, Sara Huntinventors
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Abstract
A golf club boot having a sole with a sleeve partially buttressed by a set of ribs with the buttressed sleeve extending upward from the sole supporting an upside-down golf club therein in upright condition when the golf club boot is used as a cane stand with the sleeve pivotable to maintain the sole in ground contact during a walking motion of a person using a golf club head as a cane handle.
Claims17
A golf club cane comprising:
- a golf club boot having a top side, a peripheral region, and a sole;
- a multifunctional sleeve having a sidewall extending from the top side with said sidewall having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- a golf club having a golf club grip frictionally secured within said multifunctional sleeve with a golf club shaft extending upward from the sleeve and a golf club head extending laterally from the golf club shaft providing a handle for the golf club cane;
- a set of ribs on the top side of said golf club boot with said set of ribs each having a face buttressing an exterior surface of the multifunctional sleeve and a further face engaging the top side of said golf club boot, said multifunctional sleeve buttressed by the set of ribs maintaining the golf club shaft in a stand-alone position when the handle of the club cane is released while a further portion of the sleeve not buttressed by the set of ribs flexes in response to a walking action allowing the sole to maintain ground engagement as a person walks about using the golf club cane while each of the ribs in the set of ribs in engagement with the sole stiffen the sole to inhibit flexing of the sole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.