Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-20
2002-08-20
Brittain, James R. (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector
C024S300000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06434800
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention.
The present invention relates to securing means for golf club head covers. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved golf club cover retaining device in which each head cover is secured independently of the other in a manner to greatly minimize or eliminate tangling of cords attached to said independently connected golf club covers.
2. Prior Art.
Securing devices for golf club covers are well known and represented in the prior art. For example:
U.S. Pat. No. 3,967,667 issued on Jul. 6, 1976 to Joseph J. Robinson discloses a golf club cover-holder construction which consists of four tubular plastic members that are adapted to be placed within a golf bag for individually holding and protecting the golf club woods. The tubular members are secured together in a clustered, abutting parallel relationship for receiving golf clubs through open top ends of the tubular members. A longitudinally extending side opening is formed in each of the tubular members and communicates with the open top end and terminates in a lower cutout region formed in the tubular member. The side openings form a pair of flaps in each of the tubular members which extend between the top end and cutout region, which flaps are integral portions of the tubular members. The flaps grip and partially conform to the head of a gold club due to the resiliency and elasticity of the plastic material to retain the club within the tube and to prevent it from contacting adjacent club heads.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,126,166 issued on Nov. 21, 1989 to George Hohenstein discloses a securing apparatus for golf head covers. The '166 patent is an apparatus for protectively securing golf head covers to a golf bag to prevent loss or damage of head covers. A plurality of grommets are disposed in uniform spaced relation about the upper periphery of a golf bag. A like plurality of flexible members has first ends thereof attached to a corresponding grommet, and second ends thereof attached to the ring means commonly on the upper surfaces of golfhead covers. In two embodiments of this invention the grommets are disposed along a strap member adapted to be attached to a golf bag at the divider strap attachment point commonly provided on golf bags. In one of these, the strap member is provided with clips or snap fasteners for attachment to the portion of the club divider strap located on the exterior surface of the golf bag; in the other, the strap member of this invention is passed through the club divider strap grommets and its ends are connected to encircle the portion of the peripheral surface of the golf bag between the club divider strap grommets. In other embodiments of this invention the flexible members are attached to grommets disposed directly through the golf bag itself, or to grommets disposed through the club divider strap within the golf bag. As clearly distinguished from the instant invention, the '166 invention does not use a flexible cord to attach to the golf bag. It uses a stable belt that is secured to the golf bag through existing grommets in the golf bag. Flexible straight cords are used rather than curly cords which are then run through the belt grommets. These cords are attached with a ring made of metal or plastic to golf club covers that already have loop or around a yarn tassel. The instant invention attaches to the head covers with an alligator clip.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,296,787 issued on Oct. 27, 1981 to C.D. Barton discloses a connection device for golf club head covers wherein an elongated flexible cord cooperates with a plurality of coil springs to interconnect golf club head covers. The cord is passed through eyelets attached to the head covers. The coil springs are sleeved over the cord and extend between adjacent eyelets to resist tangling of the cord while permitting it to bend as the head covers are removed and replaced on the club heads.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,625,862 issued on Dec. 2, 1986 to Gene Clayton discloses a support assembly for use with golf bags, belts, garment loops and the like comprising a first component having a Velcro section, said component being suspended from said golf bag or other article, a second component carrying a Velcro section adapted for interengagement with the Velcro section on the first component, said second component being engaged to a frequently used accessory whereby the latter is maintained against loss during disuse by engagement of the Velcro sections on said first and second components.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,830,248 issued on May 16, 1989 to Robert A. Pommenville discloses a device for attachment to a golf bag and for holding golf accessory articles, such as a score card, pencil, golf tees and the like, including a first clip member having opposed legs integrally joined at an end thereof, one of the legs defining a spring element for frictionally mounting the first clip member over an edge of the golf bag, wherein the legs of the first clip member engage inner and outer surfaces of the golf bag to securely mount the device in place thereon. A second clip member is integrally joined to the first clip member and includes an inner leg that is connected to a leg of the first clip member and is disposed in substantially face-to-face relation therewith but is pivotal relative thereto for accommodating a score card in removable relation between. The second clip member includes another leg that is integrally joined to the inner leg of the second clip member by an upper curved portion, the last named leg of the second clip member having an outer portion that normally is urged into engaging relation with the adjacent surface of the inner leg of the second clip member, openings being formed in the upper curved portion that joins the legs of the second clip member for receiving other accessory articles therein, such as a pencil and golf tee.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,025,843 issued on Jun. 25, 1991 to Cavitt Caufield discloses a golf club head cover keeper that keeps head covers from being lost during a round of golf. The keeper is made to resemble a golf ball. The golf ball is divided into two halves that are joined together with magnets. The ends of each are connected to head covers through snap rings. When the cover is removed from the club it and the keeper are simply attached to another magnetized sphere half and the covers are thereby kept together.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,109,578 issued on May 5, 1992 to Carolee M. Cox discloses a hand-sized golf club cover retention apparatus or connector is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a connector body to which there is attached golf bag connector means, such as a side clip or snap, and a plurality of flexible cords. The cords include movable loop securement means, such as card locks, which define a loop therein. The size of the loop and its distance from the connector body are both adjustable by means of the loop securement means.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,246,108 issued on Sep. 21, 1993 to Robert O. Nusbaum discloses a golf club cover support formed from an elongated member shaped to define the perimeter of a head portion and a shaft portion. The shaft portion including a pair of generally parallel support portions adapted to be disposed at opposite sides of the wall of a golf bag with the support portions spanned by a clamping member permitting the support portions to be pressed towards each other against the walls of the golf bag to support the head portion in a position above the opening of the bag to receive and temporarily support the cover of a golf club.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,674 issued on Dec. 24, 1996 to Armand E. Nachbauer discloses a golf club cover device for semi-permanent attachment to a golf bag serves the purpose of promptly alerting a golfer to a missing golf club, particularly an iron. The device comprises a receiving member and an L-shaped meshing member. The receiving member has a main body with a passageway extending through it and a vertical hooking leg extending along one side. In use, the vertical hooking leg extends over an open-top edge of the golf bag and helps to hold the re
Goodall Sherri J.
James Carolyn J.
Brittain James R.
Head Johnson & Kachigian
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