Supports – Brackets – Of sheet material
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-25
2001-10-23
Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Of sheet material
C248S317000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305655
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates generally to display hangers and particularly relates to display hangers for use in the display of individual golf clubs.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Most golf clubs comprise an elongate shaft, a head portion disposed on one end of the shaft, and a tubular rubber handle, which is closed at one end and open at the other, disposed on the other end of the shaft. During manufacturing, this rubber handle is attached to the shaft by feeding one end of the shaft into the open end of the handle. In order to facilitate this process, the closed end of the handle can include a hole which allows air to escape from the interior of the handle as the shaft is fed into the open end of the handle.
After assembly, golf clubs are generally shipped to retailers who traditionally display the golf clubs on free-standing display racks located on a showroom floor. These display racks generally rest on a floor surface and contain individual slots, each of which is dimensioned for receiving the handle and shaft of a golf club. The golf clubs are displayed, head-end up, by inserting the handle-portion of each golf club to be displayed into one of these slots.
This method of displaying golf clubs has several disadvantages. First, because these display racks are free-standing, they take up a significant amount of space. Second, the display racks are structurally complex and thus are relatively expensive to manufacture. Finally, because the display racks do not allow for individual labeling of the golf clubs, the display racks do not allow the user to easily display and promote several different models of golf clubs at the same time.
Therefore, there is a need in the art for a golf club display apparatus that is compact, inexpensive to manufacture, and that allows for individual labeling of the golf clubs.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The golf club display hanger of the present invention includes a display member, a golf club engaging member, and a hanging member. The golf club engaging member is dimensioned so that it may be removably inserted through a deformable hole in a golf club's handle so that it frictionally engages the interior of the golf club. After the engaging member is inserted into the deformable hole, the display hanger's hanging member may be attached to a stationary hanging support member, such as a display rod, so that the golf club is neatly suspended, shaft-end up, from the display hanger and display rod. The display member may include display indicia that describe and promote the displayed golf club.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved display hanger for displaying golf clubs.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved display hanger for displaying golf clubs that is compact.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved display hanger for displaying golf clubs that is cost-effective to manufacture.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved display hanger that allows for the individual labeling of golf clubs.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved display hanger that can be used to suspend a golf club in a handle-end up configuration.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved display hanger that can engage an interior portion of a golf club's handle and, as a result of this engagement, support the weight of the golf club.
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King & Spalding
Ramirez Ramon O.
US Kids Golf, LLC
Wujciak A. Joseph
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