Special receptacle or package – For a sport implement – exercise device – or game – For a golf club
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-04
2001-06-12
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Special receptacle or package
For a sport implement, exercise device, or game
For a golf club
C206S315200, C211S070200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244438
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention, a universal golf club securer and organizer includes two singular support bars upon which are attached numerous individual resilient clips for securing the head of a single golf club. Each golf club head securer is made of a strong yet resilient material which both holds the golf club firmly in place and allows easy insertion and extraction of a golf club head. Further, the golf club head securer is molded to fit any ironhead golf club. The minor variations between sets of golf clubs in size and contour are accommodated by the flexible nature of the resilient securing device.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the two singular support bars are made of a relatively stiff material which has been molded to be attached to a bag at an angle of approximately fifteen degrees from front to back. In this configuration, when the golf clubs are inserted into their proper securing device, the golfer is able to see each club at a glance.
A separate feature, a central holding unit made of the same relatively stiff material as the frame has other resilient clips which may be used to hold additional golf clubs such as the woods and the putter. This arrangement protects the woods and the putter from damage and keeps the golf club bag in balance.
Another aspect of the present invention includes a system designed to allow attachment of the frame of the club holder to golf club bags of varying sizes. Additionally, the system is adjustable to the height of any set of golf clubs.
The preferred embodiment of the invention may also include the following additional features:
1. The support bars and the securing devices may come in a variety of different colors.
2. The support bars and the securing devices may be integral with a golf club bag as one unit, or readily removable from the bag and transferred to a second bag.
3. The securing devices may have numbers imprinted thereon which correspond to the specific golf club number.
4. The frames may be made in different sizes and shapes to accommodate non-standard golf club bag openings, including circular.
Advantages of the present invention include the fact the clubs are secured and held in a manner that protects the clubs both during usage and during travel. Since the clubs are suspended either longitudinally across the bag mouth or in the separate central holder, the bag is always kept in balance. Another advantage is the organization of the clubs which the invention provides. This organization, combined with the physical angle-like form, allows for easy location and easy inventory of the clubs. Further, since each clubhead is protected and not allowed to move freely or rotate in the bag, the invention reduces or eliminates the noise typically made by clubs rattling and banging each other when carried in a golf bag.
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patent: 5617951 (1997-04-01), Wick
Baxter Gwendolyn
Braun Leslie A.
Koppel & Jacobs
Ram Michael J.
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