Cleaning device for golfers and construction method therefor

A cleaning device which is adapted to be secured to a golf bag for use by a golfer to clean his/her golfing implements and equipment, such as golf clubs, golf shoes, golf balls and the like, comprising:

• a towel body constructed of a water absorbent material in the shape of a rectangular panel having a front surface, a rear surface, a peripheral edge extending therearound and a peripheral margin adjacent the peripheral edge;
• clasp means on a first corper of said towel body for releasably securing the towel body while in use to a point of attachment on said golf bag;
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• a brush member secured to said towel body adjacent a second corner of said towel body diagonally opposite said first corner, said brush member includig a flat back plate secured to the front surface of said towel body and having a plurality of elongated bristles projecting generally perpendicularly outwardly from said front surface to terminate in free ends operative for use in scrubbing and polishing said golfing implements and equipment and whereby said brush element forms a weight operative to cause said towel body to hang uniformly alongside golf bag when said clasp means secures the towel body thereto and when the golf bag is placed in an erect position such that said brush member is longitudinally spaced from the point of attachment to suspend said brush member while in use so that said golfer can easily and effectively maneuver said brush member to clean his/her golfing implements and equipment without detaching said towel body from said golf bag.

A method of constructing a cleaning device which is adapted for use by a golfer to clean his/her golfing implements and equipment, comprising the steps of:

• providing a towel body constructed of a water absorbent material having interlocking strands of fibrous material and having a front surface;
• providing a brush membe having a back plate formed of a plastic material with the back plate having a plurality of bristles projecting outwardly on a first side thereof and having a plurality of upstanding plastic webs each extending across a second side of said back plate opposite said first side;
• heating said webs until the webs are at the melting temperature of said plastic material to form molten portions:
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• compressing a front surface portion of the towel body against the molten portions of said webs to mechanically fuse the molten portions of the webs into the interlocking strands of said towel body thereby securing said brush member thereto.

A cleaning device which is adapted to be secured to a golf bag for use by a golfer to clean his/her golfing implements and equipment, such a golf clubs, golf shoes, golf balls and the like, comprising:

• a towel body constructed of a water absorbent material in the form of a panel having a front surface, a rear surface, a peripheral edge extending therearound and a peripheral margin adjacent the peripheral edge;
• a mounting member attached to the front surface of said towel body;
• a brush member including a back plate and a plurality of stiff, resilient and elongated bristles, said bristles having first ends being embedded in said back plate and second ends opposite said first ends, said second ends forming free scrubbing and polishing ends operative to clean said golfing implements and equipment;
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• means for releasably securing said back plate to said mounting member whereby said brush member is releasably secured to said towel body with said bristles projecting outwardly from the front surface thereof.

A cleaning device which is adapted to be secured to a golf bag for use by a golfer to clean his/her golfing implements and equipment, such as golf clubs, golf shoes, golf balls and the like, comprising:

• a towel body constructed of a water absorbent material in the form of a panel having a front surface, a rear surface, a peripheral edge extending therearound and a peripheral margin adjacent the peripheral edge;
• clasp means on a first corner of said towel body for releasably securing the towel body to said golf bag;
• a mounting member attached to the front surface of said towel body adjacent a second corner of said towel body diagonally opposite said first corner;
• a brush member including a flat back plate and a plurality of elongated bristles projecting generally perpendicularly outwardly from said back plate to terminate in free ends operative for use in scrubbing and polishing said golfing implements and equipment, said bristles having second ends opposite their respective free ends, said second ends being affixed to said back plate;
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• means for releasably securing said back plate to said mounting member whereby said brush member forms a weight operative to cause said towel body to hang uniformly alongside said golf bag when said clasp means secures the towel body thereto and when the golf bag is placed in an erect position.