Golf club head cover
AssigneeNickent Golf Equipment Company
InventorMichael Lee
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Abstract
A golf club head cover comprising a chamber adapted to receive the head of a golf club, a shell depending from the chamber adapted to receive the shaft of a golf club, a means for selectively opening and closing the head cover, axial stiffening members and longitudinal stiffening members.
Claims21
A cover for protecting a head, hosel and a portion of a shaft of a golf club comprising:
- a housing adapted to receive the head of the golf club, the housing comprised of a pliable material;
- a shell having a general u-shaped cross section in an open position depending from the housing, the shell having sidewalls, a first open end and an opposed end connected to the housing;
- stiffening members forming an element of the sidewalls;
- and
- a means for selectively opening and closing the cover.
A head cover for a golf club comprising:
- a chamber;
- a shell depending from the chamber, the shell comprising stiffeners and legs connected at one edge having opposed free edges, wherein the legs progressively narrow in diameter away from the chamber and wherein an imaginary line extending parallel to the free edges approximately bisects the chamber;
- and
- a means for selectively fastening the free edges.
11 A head cover according to claim 10 wherein the means for selectively fastening the free edges of the shell also selectively fastens the free edges of the chamber.
12 A head cover according to claim 8 wherein the chamber has a relatively planar top.
A head cover comprising:
- a housing adapted to receive at least a portion of a head of an associated golf club, the housing comprised of a first material;
- and
- a hollow neck portion depending from the housing, the neck portion comprised of a second less pliable material than the first material, the neck portion having a seam and stiffening members;
- and
- a means for selectively fastening the seam.
A head cover comprising:
- a means for receiving a head of an associated golf club;
- a means for receiving a shaft of the associated golf club, the means for receiving the shaft attached to the means for receiving the head;
- a means for opening and closing the means for receiving the shaft;
- and
- a means for providing longitudinal stiffness to the means for receiving the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.