Golf club cover having a pull member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10166448-B2
Application number	US-201615206857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2016
Priority date	Nov 4, 2005
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A golf club equipment grouping includes a golf club and a golf club cover. The golf club includes a shaft and a club head attached to the shaft. The golf club cover includes a main body comprising first, second, and upper panels; a sleeve attached to the main body; and a pull member attached to the upper panel of the main body. The pull member in turn includes a first attachment point fixing the pull member to the main body and a second attachment point fixing the pull member to the main body. A body distance, which is the shortest distance between the first attachment point and the second attachment point as measured along the exterior of the main body, is greater than or equal to the minimum upper panel width.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A golf club equipment grouping comprising:
a golf club comprising:
a shaft;
a club head attached to the shaft, the club head including a toe portion, a heel portion, a face portion, a rear portion, a sole portion, a crown portion, and a hosel configured for attachment to the shaft; and

a golf club cover configured to cover at least a portion of the golf club, the golf club cover comprising:
a main body comprising:
a first side panel configured to substantially cover the face portion;
a second side panel configured to substantially cover the rear portion; and
an upper panel configured to substantially cover the sole portion, the upper panel extending between the first side panel and the second side panel and defining an upper panel width between the first side panel and the second side panel that varies along a length of the upper panel thereby defining a tapered region of the upper panel;

a sleeve attached to the main body configured to cover at least a portion of the shaft, at least a portion of the sleeve extending between the first side panel and the second side panel;
a pull member attached to the upper panel, the pull member comprising:
a first attachment point fixing the pull member to the main body; and
a second attachment point fixing the pull member to the main body, the second attachment point opposite the first attachment point;

wherein:
the first attachment point and the second attachment point collectively define a body distance, the body distance defined as the shortest distance between the first attachment point and the second attachment point as measured along the exterior of the main body; and
the body distance is greater than or equal to a width between the first side panel and the second side panel of the tapered region.

2. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 1 , wherein the main body and the pull member comprise a first material and the sleeve comprises a second material having a higher elasticity than the first material.

3. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 2 , wherein the first material includes a polymer and the second material includes a fabric.

4. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 1 , wherein the pull member is located closer to the heel portion than the toe portion.

5. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 1 , wherein the first attachment point extends along a first seam created by a connection of the upper panel and the first side panel and the second attachment point extends along a second seam created by a connection of the upper panel and the second side panel.

6. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 5 , wherein the first attachment point is sewn into the first seam and the second attachment point is sewn into the second seam.

7. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 1 , wherein each of the upper panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel share a seam with the sleeve portion.

8. The golf club equipment grouping of claim 1 , wherein the pull member has at least one edge that is arcuate in shape.

Assignees

• Sri Sports Ltd

Inventors

• Hooley Brad S

Classifications

• A63B60/62 Primary

  specially adapted for clubs, e.g. head covers {, connector means therefor} · CPC title

• A63B53/04

  Heads · CPC title

• A63B53/00

  Golf clubs · CPC title