Patent Application
20220176207
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The disclosure relates to golf ball scrubber devices and more particularly pertains to a new golf ball scrubber device for mounting to a golf cart for scrubbing golf balls during the game of golf.
The prior art relates to golf ball scrubber devices including a variety of battery powered golf ball scrubbers for scrubbing golf balls. The prior art discloses a tubular golf ball scrubber.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that has an entry extending into an interior of the housing for receiving a golf ball and a cleaning solution. A plurality of straps is each coupled to the housing and each of the straps is extendable around a pole on the golf cart for suspending the housing therefrom. A first track is positioned within the housing and a second track is positioned within the housing. The second track is positioned in the housing and the second track surrounds the first track. The second track has an opening to receive the golf ball. A plurality of bristles is each of the bristles is positioned within the housing to scrub the golf ball. A crank is rotatably coupled to the housing and an arm is positioned the housing which engages the crank. The arm travelling around the first track and the second track when the cranks is rotated to scrub the golf balls on the bristles.
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
The housing 12 has a first lateral wall 24, a second lateral wall 26 and an outer wall 28 extending therebetween, and the outer wall 28 has a top side 30, a bottom side 32, a front side 34 and a back side 36. The entry 14 extends through the top side 30 and the drain 20 extends through the bottom side 32. The front side 34 has a recess 38 extending toward the back side 36 and the recess 38 extends substantially between the top side 30 and the bottom side 32. The recess 38 has an upper bounding surface 40 that is spaced from the top side 30 and the top side 30 has a lip 42 extending beyond the back side 36 of the outer wall 28. The lip 42 has a plurality of holes 44 each extending therethrough to receive a golf tee 46 for storage. A door 48 is hingedly coupled to the top side 30 for opening 72 and closing the entry 14 and a window 50 is integrated into the back side 36 to facilitate the level of the cleaning solution 18 to be visible through the window 50.
A wedge 52 is coupled to the second lateral wall 26 of the housing 12 and the wedge 52 has a distal surface 54 with respect to the second lateral wall 26. The distal surface 54 has a channel 56 extending toward the second lateral wall 26 and the channel 56 has a pair of bounding surfaces 58 that intersect at a right angle. In this way the channel 56 can accommodate a pole 59 on a golf cart 61. A plurality of straps 60 is provided and each of the straps 60 is coupled to the wedge 52. Each of the straps 60 is matable to each other such that each of the straps 60 can extend around a pole 59 on the golf cart 61 for suspending the housing 12 therefrom. In this way the housing 12 is constantly accessible to a user while the user is golfing. Each of the straps 60 has a coupled end 62 that is coupled to the distal surface 54 of the wedge 52. Additionally, each of the straps 60 has a free end 64 and the free end 64 of each of the straps 60 is releasably matable to each other.
A plurality of hooks 66 is provided and each of the hooks 66 is coupled to and extends downwardly from the upper bounding surface 40 of the recess 38. In this way each of the hooks 66 can have a cleaning tool 67 suspended thereon for cleaning a face of a golf club. The cleaning tools 67 might include a club brush, a towel and a pick for removing debris from grooves in the face of the golf club. Each of the hooks 66 has a first end 69 and a second end 71. The first end 69 of each of the hooks 66 is coupled to the upper bounding surface 40 and each of the hooks 66 is curved adjacent to the second end 76 of the hooks 66 such that the second end 71 of the hooks 66 is directed toward the upper bounding surface 40.
A first track 68 is positioned within the housing 12 and the first track 68 is continuously arcuate such that the first track 68 forms a closed loop. The first track 68 extends between the first lateral wall 24 and the second lateral wall 26, and the first track 68 is centrally positioned in the housing 12. A second track 70 is positioned within the housing 12 and the second track 70 is curved such that the second track 70 forms an open loop. The second track 70 extends around the first track 68 having an opening 72 in the second track 70 being aligned with the entry 14 in the housing 12. In this way the opening 72 can receive the golf ball 16. The second track 70 extends between the first lateral wall 24 and the second lateral wall 26. Additionally, the second track 70 has a first end 74 and a second end 76, and the first end 74 of the second track 70 is spaced from the second end 76 of the second track 70 to define the opening 72. Each of the first track 68 and the second track 70 has an inwardly facing surface 75 that is concavely arcuate to conform to curvature of the golf ball 16.
A plurality of bristles 78 is provided and each of the bristles 78 is positioned within the housing 12. Each of the bristles 78 is aligned with the first track 68 and the second track 70 such that the plurality of bristles 78 can scrub the golf ball 16. Each of the bristles 78 is coupled to an inside surface 80 of a respective one of the first lateral wall 24 and the second lateral wall 26 of the housing 12. A crank 82 is rotatably coupled to the housing 12 and the crank 82 can be rotated by a user. The crank 82 has a first end 84 and a second end 86, and the crank 82 has a knob 88 that is rotatably coupled to and extends laterally away from the crank 82 such that the knob 88 can be gripped. A shaft 90 is included that has a first end 92 and a second end 94, and the first end 92 of the shaft 90 is coupled to the crank 82 at a point located adjacent to the second end 86 of the shaft 90. The shaft 90 is oriented perpendicular to the crank 82 having the shaft 90 extending through the second lateral wall 26 of the housing 12 at a point that is centrally located in the closed loop formed by the first track 68.
An arm 96 is included that has a primary end 98 and a secondary end 100, and the arm 96 is coupled to the shaft 90 at a point located adjacent to the secondary end 100. Additionally, the arm 96 extends along a perpendicular axis with respect to an axis extending through the first end 92 and the second end 94 of the shaft 90. The arm 96 is positioned between the first track 68 and the second track 70 and the arm 96 undulates between the primary end 98 and the secondary end 100 to conform to curvature of the golf ball 16. The arm 96 travels around the first track 68 and the second track 70 when the crank 82 is rotated such that the arm 96 scrubs the golf ball 16 on the bristles 78.
In an alternative embodiment 102 as is most clearly shown in
In use, the housing 12 is mounted to the pole 59 on the golf cart 61 and the housing 12 is filled to a desired level with the cleaning solution 18. The golf ball 16 is dropped into the entry 14, the door 48 is closed and the crank 82 is cranked to scrub the golf ball 16. The golf ball 16 is returned to the entry 14 for retrieval from the housing 12. In this way the golf ball 16 can be cleaned at any location on a golf course and at any time. Additionally, the cleaning tools can be employed for cleaning the face of the golf clubs.
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. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
