Patent Grant
8640866
The disclosure relates to golf club holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new golf club holding device for holding a select few clubs which are used often around or on a golfing green.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel that has a perimeter edge including top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a front side and a back side. The panel has a height from the bottom edge to the top edge between 24 inches and 48 inches and a width from the first lateral edge to the second lateral edge between 4 inches and 10 inches. A plurality of club pockets is attached to the front side. Each of the club pockets is vertically orientated and is laterally aligned with each other. Each of the club pockets has a depth of at least 18 inches. The club pockets each have an upper end form an access opening configured to receive a golf club handle. The plurality of club pockets includes at most four club pockets and at least two club pockets. A coupler is attached to the panel and is configured to releasably secure the panel to a golf bag.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A plurality of club pockets 28 is attached to the front side. Each of the club pockets 28 is vertically orientated and is laterally aligned with each other. Each of the club pockets 28 has a depth of at least 18 inches. The club pockets 28 each have an upper end forming an access opening 30 configured to receive a golf club handle. The plurality of club pockets 28 includes at most four club pockets 28 and at least two club pockets 28. The upper ends of the club pockets, or access openings 30, are free of a closure so that the club pockets 28 cannot be closed. The access openings 30, and club pockets 28 in general, are configured to only hold one golf club at a time.
A coupler 32 is attached to the panel 12 and is configured to releasably secure the panel 12 to an upper edge 74 of a conventional golf bag 75. The coupler 32 comprises a hook extending upwardly from the top edge 74. It should be understood that since the coupler 32 has an upside down U-shape as shown in
A stake 34 is attached to the panel 12 and extends downwardly from the bottom edge 18. The stake 34 has a pointed bottom end 36 to facilitate insertion of the bottom end 36 into a ground surface 76. As shown in
An accessory pocket 40 is attached to the back side 24. The accessory pocket 40 includes a closure 42, such as a zipper as shown in
In use, a golfer will place in the club pockets 28 those golf clubs that are used most often and typically around a green. Therefore, the golfer would likely use one club pocket 28 for a putter and the remaining club pockets 28 for wedges. The panel 12 allows a person to quickly access these clubs when approaching a green by simply decoupling the coupler from the golf bag 75. This will serve two purposes. First, it will allow for quicker play as the golfer will already have those clubs most commonly used at their disposal. Second, it will reduce the loss of clubs, and especially wedges, which occurs often around a green as golfers have to place their wedges down while putting. The stake 34 may be used to retain the contained clubs in an upright position.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure.
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