Claims
- 1. A golf club housing device, comprising:an elongate chamber configured to receive and store a golf club; a compliant biasing element, coupled to the elongate chamber; a golf club support base coupled to a top of the compliant biasing element and being configured to contact a top of the golf club when the golf club is inverted and inserted into the elongate chamber; an elongate rod coupled to and extending vertically upward from the support base; an indicia bearing medium coupled to a top of the elongate rod, the indicia medium comprising a flag; and a reactive spring force of the compliant biasing element being greater than a combined weight of the elongate rod, the indicia bearing medium and the support base, and less than a combined weight of the elongate rod, the indicia bearing medium, the support base and the golf club, the compliant biasing element being configured (i) to compress and allow the elongate rod, and thus the indicia bearing medium, to retract into the elongate chamber upon insertion of a golf club into the chamber and (ii) to extend the elongate rod, and thus the indicia bearing medium, beyond a top of the elongate chamber upon removal of the golf club from the chamber.
- 2. A device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:an end cap configured to cover a bottom of the elongate chamber; and means for simultaneously attaching the end cap to an outside bottom of the elongate chamber and attaching and restraining a bottom of the compliant biasing element to the elongate chamber.
- 3. A device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the flag conveys information relating to the identification of the golf club that has been removed.
Parent Case Info
This Application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/268,518, filed Feb. 14, 2001, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
US Referenced Citations (10)
Provisional Applications (1)
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