Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Clip or hook attaching article carrier to support means on...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-16
2001-04-03
Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Clip or hook attaching article carrier to support means on...
C224S249000, C224S251000, C224S667000, C224S684000, C224S903000, C224S918000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06209766
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a belt-mounted apparatus for carrying golf accessories, such as ball markers, tees, etc., while golfing on a golf course.
2. Description of the Prior Art
While golfing, a tee, or a small wooden, plastic, metal, or rubber peg, is used for holding a golf ball thereon on a teeing ground and allowing a golfer to drive the ball when teeing off, while a ball marker is used for marking or indicating the on-green position of a ball on a putting green when the ball is picked up by a golfer as desired.
Golfers on a golf course have to carry such tees and ball markers so as to selectively use them while teeing off or putting. Such tees and ball markers are typically kept in pockets of golfers' clothing.
It is also necessary for golfers to keep track of time while golfing. However, wearing a watch on the wrist regrettably prevents a smooth swinging motion of a golfer, and so most golfers typically keep their watches in their pockets while golfing.
Such tees, ball markers, watches and the other small golf accessories carried by golfers have to be repeatedly used while golfing, and so it is necessary for the golfers to repeatedly remove such items from their pockets. This finally makes the pockets of golfers easily become dirty.
The tees, ball markers, watches and the other small golf accessories kept in the clothing pockets also undesirably cause discomfort to the golfers, thus being inconvenient to the golfers while walking on a golf course.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a belt-mounted apparatus for carrying golf accessories, which is designed to allow a golfer to easily and effectively carry the small golf accessories, such as tees and ball markers, on his belt while golfing.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a belt-mounted apparatus for carrying golf accessories, which is also designed to allow a golfer to easily and effectively carry a watch on his belt while golfing. In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a belt-mounted apparatus for carrying golf accessories, comprising a belt saddle-clip, and a plurality of holders provided on the belt saddle-clip for holding the golf accessories on the saddle-clip.
In the above apparatus, the holders comprise a ball marker holder used for elastically holding the pin of a ball marker, and a tee holder used for holding a tee.
A watch may be provided on the belt saddle-clip. On the other hand, the belt saddle-clip comprises front and rear walls integrated into a single structure at the first ends thereof while defining a belt channel between the walls, and a plurality of embossments formed on the inside surface of the rear wall.
In the above apparatus, the golf accessory holders and the watch are provided on the front wall of the belt saddle-clip, while the rear wall of the belt saddle-clip is bent toward the front wall, thus forming an elastic lower flange gripping the belt when the saddle-clip is clipped on the belt.
In the present invention, the tee holders and the ball marker holders may be separately formed on the front wall of the saddle-clip. Alternatively, the two types of accessory holders may be integrated into a single structure wherein a ball marker holder is formed on the top surface of each tee holder projected on the front wall of the saddle-clip.
The watch is set on the front wall of the saddle-clip. That is, a circularly depressed seat, having a depth, is formed on the front wall of the saddle-clip, with the watch being hinged to the bottom of the edge of the seat at a hinged joint. The watch has a locking projection at a position of its edge opposite to the hinged joint and is detachably locked to a notched latch of the seat when the watch is fully closed and seated in the seat. The above watch has a dial on the inside surface, which faces the bottom of the seat when the watch is closed in the seat.
In the apparatus of this invention, the belt saddle-clip may be made of a flexible material or a hard material. When the saddle-clip is made of a hard material, it is necessary to gently curve the saddle-clip at a radius of curvature free from causing discomfort to a golfer.
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Vidovich Gregory M.
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