U.S. patent application number 11/013480 was filed with the patent office on 2006-06-22 for mending device for golf grass fields.
Invention is credited to Yu-Chih Tsai.
Application Number | 20060135289 11/013480 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36596734 |
Filed Date | 2006-06-22 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060135289 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tsai; Yu-Chih |
June 22, 2006 |
Mending device for golf grass fields
Abstract
A mending device for golf grass fields includes a flexible
housing and a mending rack. The flexible housing has a holding
section and an extension. The holding section has a holding trough
and a holding bore. The mending rack is for mending operation, and
may be held in the holding trough. The extension may be bent with a
tail end inserting into the holding bore to be hung on user's body
or a golf bag to facilitate carrying and storing.
Inventors: |
Tsai; Yu-Chih; (Banciao
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH
PO BOX 747
FALLS CHURCH
VA
22040-0747
US
|
Family ID: |
36596734 |
Appl. No.: |
11/013480 |
Filed: |
December 17, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/408 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 57/50 20151001 |
Class at
Publication: |
473/408 |
International
Class: |
A63B 57/00 20060101
A63B057/00 |
Claims
1. A mending device for golf grass fields, comprising: a flexible
housing having a holding section and an extension, the holding
section having a holding trough and a holding bore; and a mending
rack having a mending end and a handgrip, the mending end having a
plurality of mending arms, the mending end and the handgrip being
selectively held in the holding trough, the extension being
bendable and having a tail end able to be inserted into the holding
bore to be hung on a user or a golf club bag.
2. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
handgrip has at least one anchor slot, the holding trough having
anchor lugs on inner walls corresponding to each other and
engageable with the anchor slot when the mending end or the
handgrip is held in the holding trough to couple the mending rack
with the flexible housing.
3. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
tail end of the extension is formed in a tapered and conical manner
to facilitate inserting into the holding bore.
4. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
mending end has a sloped surface on a front end to facilitate
mending operation.
5. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
holding trough has an opening opposite to the extension.
6. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
flexible housing is made of rubber.
7. The mending device for golf grass fields of claim 1, wherein the
flexible housing is made of silicon.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a mending device for golf
grass fields and particularly to a golf grass field mending device
that is easy to carry and use and may be held snuggly in a user's
pocket.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Golf is a popular outdoor sport and leisure activity loved
by many people. Besides the golf clubs, grass field mending device
also is a widely used accessory. When the golf ball drops onto the
putting green, the grass field is hit and forms a shallow dimple.
To avoid affecting putting accuracy, users often try to mend the
earth beneath the indented grass field before putting.
[0003] Refer to FIG. 1 for a conventional grass field mending
device. It includes a mending rack 110 made of steel. The mending
rack 110 has a mending end 112 and a handgrip 114 which allows
users to grasp during use. The mending end 112 has two mending arms
112a which may be pierced into the earth under the grass field to
do the mending task required. When not in use, users generally hold
the mending rack 110 in the golf bag or pocket. As the mending rack
110 is made of steel and has sharp ends, it tends to scratch human
body and cause uncomfortable feeling when the golfer swings the
golf club. Moreover, during mending operation, the mending end 112
often is smeared by soils. The soils are carried into the golf bag
or pocket and result in contamination. To facilitate carrying, some
mending rack 110 has a clipping blade (not shown in the drawing)
formed by stamping on the handgrip 114 to couple with user's belt.
But even this coupling method still causes scratching to user's
body during swinging in the golf club or walking. The uncomfortable
contact remains unresolved.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] Therefore the primary object of the present invention is to
provide a mending device for golf grass fields that is easy to
carry and use and may be held neatly and snuggly in user's
pocket.
[0005] To achieve the aforesaid object, the grass field mending
device according to the invention includes a flexible housing and a
mending rack. The flexible housing has a holding section and an
extension. The holding section has a holding trough and a holding
bore. The mending rack has a mending end and a handgrip. The
mending end has a plurality of mending arms for use in mending
operation. The mending end and the handgrip may be selectively held
in the holding trough. The extension may be bent and has a tail end
able to be inserted into the holding bore to be hung on the human
body or the golf bag.
[0006] By means of the design of the invention, the flexible
housing can hold the mending rack, and the tail end of the housing
may be bent and inserted into the holding bore to be hung on the
human body or the golf bag. Carrying and use are easier. Moreover,
the mending device can be stored in the flexible housing which may
be snuggly held in user's pocket because of the material nature.
The soils attached to the mending device also may be cleared to
keep the pocket clean and neat.
[0007] The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and
advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the
following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional mending device
for golf grass fields.
[0009] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the mending
device for golf grass fields.
[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present
invention in an assembled condition.
[0011] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the invention in another
holding condition.
[0012] FIG. 5 is a cross section taken on line A-A in FIG. 3.
[0013] FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the grass field mending device
of the invention formed to be coupled with user's body or a golf
bag.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0014] Please refer to FIGS. 2 through 5 for an embodiment of the
mending device for golf grass fields of the invention. It mainly
includes a flexible housing 210 and a mending rack 220. The
flexible housing 210 is flexible and made from a pliable material
such as rubber or silicon. The flexible housing 210 includes a
holding section 212 and an extension 214. The holding section 212
has a holding trough 212a and a holding bore 212b. The holding
trough 212a is formed in a size proximate to the entire holding
section 212. The holding bore 212b runs through the holding trough
212a. The extension 214 is connected to one end of the holding
section 212. The holding trough 212a has an opening opposite to the
extension 214 in this embodiment. The mending rack 220 has a
mending end 222 and a handgrip 224. The mending end 222 has a
plurality of mending arms 222a (two arms are used in this
embodiment as an example) to do mending operation. The mending arms
222a may have a sloped surface on the front end to facilitate
mending operation. The mending end 222 and the handgrip 224 may be
selectively inserted and held in the holding trough 212a. In this
embodiment, the handgrip 224 has at least one anchor slot 224a, and
the holding trough 212a has anchor lugs 212c and 212d on the inner
walls opposing each other so that when the mending end 222
(referring to FIG. 3) or the handgrip 224 (referring to FIG. 4) is
inserted into the holding trough 212a, the anchor lugs 212c and
212d can latch the edge of the anchor slot 224a to confine the
mending rack 220 in the holding trough 212a (referring to FIG. 5).
Of course, to those skilled in the art, the anchor lugs 212c and
212d for anchoring the mending rack 220 are not the limitation of
anchoring means. The anchoring effect may also be achieved through
the dimensional relationship between the mending rack 220 and the
holding trough 212a.
[0015] Referring to FIG. 6, after the mending rack 220 is coupled
with the flexible housing 210, the extension 214 may be bent to
pass through a belt hook or a golf bag ring, and has its tail end
passing through the holding bore 212b to hang on user's body or a
golf bag. Thus carrying and use are easier. To facilitate coupling,
the tail end of the extension 214 may be formed in a tapered and
conical manner.
[0016] By means of the construction set forth above, with the
flexible housing 210, when the mending rack 220 is not in use, the
tail end of the extension 214 may be inserted into the holding bore
212b to form a ring to hang on user's body or golf bag to
facilitate carrying. When in use for mending the grass field, the
mending rack 220 may be separately removed from the holding trough
212a. It also may be used in the condition shown in FIG. 4 with the
mending end 222 exposed outside the flexible housing 210. In such a
situation of removing the extension 214 from the holding bore 212b
and detaching the entire set from user's body or golf bag, the
housing section 212 may be held to do grass field mending operation
with the mending end 222. As shown in FIG. 4, by coupling the
flexible housing 210 with user's body, even with the mending end
222 exposed outside the flexible housing 210, while the user is
swinging a golf club, the entire mending rack 220 swings with the
flexible housing 210 so that that mending end 222 is less likely to
scratch user's body. Hence the user is more comfortable in use.
[0017] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, when the mending rack 220 is not
in use, the mending end 222 may be held in the flexible housing
210. As the flexible housing 210 is made from the pliable material,
it may be held in user's pocket with the mending end 222 concealed
without scratching user's body and causing uncomfortable feeling to
the user during swinging the golf club or walking. Moreover, after
having finished mending operation with the mending rack 220, by
inserting the mending rack 220 into the holding trough 212a, the
soils attached to the mending end 222 may be scraped and cleared so
that the mending rack 220 may be contained in the flexible housing
210 and held in user's pocket without creating smear.
[0018] While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been
set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the
disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments
thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the
appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not
depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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