Golf head cover
OwnerGar Hagarinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for attachment to a golf club bag for protecting the head of a golf club. A retaining means is attached to a golf bag and supports a head cover above the bag. A handle is provided on the head cover so that the handle may be grasped and moved upwardly and forwardly thereby allowing a club to be placed within the bag. The handle is then pulled downwardly and forwardly to position the head cover over the club. When a club is in use the apparatus maintains the head cover above the bag and in a position easily accessible for reinsertion of the club into the bag. The apparatus protects the golf clubs while preventing loss or damage to the head covers while the golf club is being used.
Claims13
An apparatus attached to a golf bag for protecting a head of a golf club comprising:
- (a) a golf club cover having sides, a top, and an opening provided below said top;
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- (b) means operably attached between the golf bag and said golf club head cover, for retaining said head cover in a substantially vertical protective position over the head of the golf club when said head cover is covering at least a portion of the head of the golf club, and for supporting said head cover above the golf bag as said head cover is moved from said substantially vertical protective position over the head of the golf club, to a substantially horizontal removal position off the head of the golf club, and for supporting said head cover above the golf bag as said head cover is moved from said substantially horizontal removal position off the head of the golf club to said substantially vertical protective position over the head of the golf club.
A golf club head cover retaining apparatus for protecting a golf club having a head and a shaft wherein the apparatus maintains the top of a golf club head cover above and out of contact with a golf bag having a top and a bottom, after the head of the golf club has been removed from the head cover and the golf club has been removed from the bag, comprising:
- (a) a flexible wire frame releasably connected to the golf bag, said flexible wire frame having a substantially arched member with a bottom portion and a top portion, said bottom portion extending above the top of the golf bag substantially normal to the plane of the ground when the golf bag is in an upright position, said top portion of said substantially arched member being curved away from said normal position to accommodate substantially the curvature of the head of the golf club;
- (b) a fabric covering surrounding at least a portion of said substantially arched member of said flexible wire frame;
- (c) a strip which is connected to said fabric covering and depends below said substantially arched member to allow said flexible wire frame to be secured to the golf bag by said strip passing around a cross bar which substantially spans the top of the golf bag, said strip then being attached to a portion of said fabric covering, to thereby secure the head cover retaining apparatus to the golf bag;
- (d) a golf club head cover attached to said flexible wire frame and configured to cover and protect the head of the golf club from physical contact with heads of adjacent clubs;
- (e) a head cover handle connected to said head cover, said handle allowing said head cover to be more easily removed from the golf club;
- (f) a fluted shaft protector with a substantially U-shaped cross-section, said fluted shaft protector having a lower portion which depends into the golf bag and below the top of the golf bag, and said fluted shaft protector also having an upper portion;
- (g) means for operably attaching said flexible wire frame to the golf bag;
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- (h) means for operably connecting said upper portion of said fluted shaft protector to said flexible wire frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.