U.S. patent application number 12/319618 was filed with the patent office on 2009-07-16 for golf tee holder for golf gloves.
Invention is credited to Kathleen I. Walton, Ronald D. Walton.
Application Number | 20090179056 12/319618 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40849780 |
Filed Date | 2009-07-16 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090179056 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Walton; Ronald D. ; et
al. |
July 16, 2009 |
Golf tee holder for golf gloves
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to golf glove accessories
and, more particularly, to an accessory for a golf glove which
includes generally flexible, planar sheet of material which
includes opposite ends having hook and/or loop fasteners affixed
thereto and a center section which includes at least one elastic
fabric loop projecting upwards from the planar material sheet, the
ends of the planar material sheet operative to be wrapped around
and affixed to the complementary hook and/or loop fastening
material found on a golf glove with the center section of the
planar material sheet positioned atop the golf glove in an easily
accessible position for the insertion, storage, and removal of golf
tees within the elastic fabric loops positioned on the golf tee
holder.
Inventors: |
Walton; Ronald D.; (Omaha,
NE) ; Walton; Kathleen I.; (Omaha, NE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO
14301 FNB PARKWAY, SUITE 220
OMAHA
NE
68154
US
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Family ID: |
40849780 |
Appl. No.: |
12/319618 |
Filed: |
January 9, 2009 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61010794 |
Jan 11, 2008 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
224/576 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 71/146 20130101;
A63B 57/203 20151001; A63B 2209/10 20130101; A63B 57/0032
20151001 |
Class at
Publication: |
224/576 |
International
Class: |
A63B 57/00 20060101
A63B057/00 |
Claims
1. A golf tee holder, comprising: a first end comprising a first
fastener portion; a second end distal to the first end comprising a
second fastener portion; and a center section disposed between the
first end and the second end comprising a golf tee retaining
portion; wherein the first end and the second end are configured
for removably attaching the golf tee retaining portion to a golf
glove.
2. The golf tee holder of claim 1, wherein the first fastener
portion and the second fastener portion comprise hook fastening
portions.
3. The golf tee holder of claim 1, wherein the first fastener
portion and the second fastener portion comprise loop fastening
portions.
4. The golf tee holder of claim 1, wherein the first fastener
portion comprises a button and the second fastener portion
comprises a button hole.
5. A golf tee holder, comprising: a golf glove, comprising: a slit
formed on a sleeve of a glove body along a first direction of the
glove body, the slit allowing a hand of a user to pass through the
sleeve when the user is putting on or taking off the glove; a
closure flap mounted to an edge of the slit so that the closure
flap can extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the
first direction of the body; and a flap fastener attached to the
surface of the body at a position corresponding to the closure
flap; wherein the closure flap becomes interlocked with the flap
fastener upon the closure flap and the flap fastener being pressed
together; and a first end comprising a first fastener portion; a
second end distal to the first end comprising a second fastener
portion; and a center section disposed between the first end and
the second end comprising a golf tee retaining portion; wherein the
first end and the second end are configured for removably attaching
the golf tee retaining portion to the closure flap.
6. The golf tee holder of claim 5, wherein the closure flap
comprises a hook fastening portion and the first end and the second
end comprise a loop fastening portion.
7. The golf tee holder of claim 5, wherein the closure flap
comprises a loop fastening portion and the first end and the second
end comprise a hook fastening portion.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C.
.sctn. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/010,794,
filed Jan. 11, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure generally relates to the field of
golf accessories, and more particularly to a golf tee retaining
accessory that can be removably attached to a golf glove closure
flap.
BACKGROUND
[0003] When playing a round of golf, it is important that the
golfer have all of his or her golfing accessories in easily
accessible locations. These include such items as golf tees, ball
markers, green repair devices, and score keeping devices, in
addition to many other golfing accessories which are carried by the
ordinary golfer. For the most part, the golfer carries these items
in his or her pockets, but this can become uncomfortable,
particularly where one or more golf tees are being carried in the
pocket. Furthermore, with the advent of golf tees of increased
length, it has become more and more uncomfortable to carry these
golf tees in the pant, skirt or short pocket, and therefore there
is a need for an easily accessible yet unobtrusive device which can
carry one or more tees thereon yet which does not require use of
the pocket for such carrying purposes.
SUMMARY
[0004] The present disclosure is directed to golf glove accessories
and, more particularly, to an accessory for a golf glove which
includes generally flexible, planar sheet of material which
includes opposite ends having hook and/or loop fasteners affixed
thereto and a center section which includes at least one elastic
fabric loop projecting upwards from the planar material sheet, the
ends of the planar material sheet operative to be wrapped around
and affixed to the complementary hook and/or loop fastening
material found on a golf glove with the center section of the
planar material sheet positioned atop the golf glove in an easily
accessible position for the insertion, storage, and removal of golf
tees within the elastic fabric loops positioned on the golf tee
holder.
[0005] It is to be understood that both the foregoing general
description and the following detailed description are exemplary
and explanatory only and are not necessarily restrictive of the
present disclosure. The accompanying drawings, which are
incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification,
illustrate subject matter of the disclosure. Together, the
descriptions and the drawings serve to explain the principles of
the disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] The numerous advantages of the disclosure may be better
understood by those skilled in the art by reference to the
accompanying figures in which:
[0007] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf glove having the golf
tee holder of the present disclosure mounted thereon;
[0008] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the golf tee holder of the
present disclosure showing the attachment to the golf glove;
[0009] FIGS. 3a, 3b and 3c are top, side and end elevational views,
respectively, of the golf tee holder before expansion to
accommodate golf tees; and
[0010] FIGS. 4a, 4b and 4c are top, side and end elevational views,
respectively, of the golf tee holder expanded to accommodate golf
tees.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0011] Reference will now be made in detail to the subject matter
disclosed, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
[0012] The golf tee holder 10 of the present disclosure is shown
best in FIGS. 1-4c as including a planar material sheet 12 which,
in the preferred embodiment, would be a flexible elongated sheet of
material constructed of fabric or plastic, and which would include
a first end 24, second end 34, and center section 14. In the
preferred embodiment, the planar material sheet 12 would have a
length of approximately two to four inches and a width of
approximately one-half to one inch, although these dimensions may
be modified or changed depending on the number of tees desired to
be carried and the exact positioning of the golf tee holder 10 on
the golf glove 80.
[0013] Mounted on the first and second ends 24 and 34 of planar
material sheet 12 are hook and/or loop connectors 26 and 36 which,
in the preferred embodiment, would each cover approximately one
quarter of the total length of the planar material sheet 12 such
that when the first end 24 and second end 34 are folded downwards
and inwards, the first and second ends 24 and 34 are positioned
generally adjacent one another, as shown best in FIG. 2. The first
and second ends 24 and 34, in connection with hook and/or loop
fasteners 26 and 36, are used to secure the planar material sheet
12 on the golf glove 80 by engaging the hook and/or loop fastener
material 84 on the closure flap 82 of golf glove 80 in the manner
shown best in FIGS. 1 and 2. Specifically, once the planar material
sheet 12 is positioned on the top portion of closure flap 82, the
first and second ends 24 and 34 are folded downwards and inwards to
connect the hook and/or loop fasteners 26 and 36 to the
complementary hook and/or loop fastener 84 on the underside of
closure flap 82. When these hook and loop fasteners 26, 36, and 84
connect with one another, they cooperate to secure the planar
material sheet 12 and hence golf tee holder 10 on the golf glove
80. The golf tee holder 10 would then be removed merely by
separating the hook and loop connectors 26 and 36 from the hook and
loop connector 84 and disengaging the planar material sheet 12 from
the closure flap 82 of golf glove 80.
[0014] The important golf tee retaining portion of the golf tee
holder 10 of the present disclosure is shown best in FIGS. 1-4c as
including the center section 14 of planar material sheet 12 on
which are affixed a plurality of elastic fabric loops 18a, 18b, and
18c, each of which are generally identical to one another, and
therefore the following description of elastic fabric loop 18a
should be understood to apply equally to the remaining elastic
fabric loops 18b and 18c mounted thereon. In the preferred
embodiment, elastic fabric loop 18a would be constructed as a loop
of elastic fabric material which is affixed at the lower ends
thereof to the top portion of center section 14 of planar material
sheet 12 by an appropriate fastening device such as by sewing the
elastic fabric loop 18a thereon or affixing it thereto via adhesive
or the like, either of which would serve the intended purpose of
securing the elastic fabric loop 18a on the planar material sheet
12. Once the elastic fabric loop 18a is securely mounted on the
center section 14 of planar material sheet 12, it may be used to
secure a golf tee 40 therein. The golf tee 40 would be inserted
into the elastic fabric Loop 18a with the insertion end 42 of golf
tee 40 extending through the elastic fabric loop 18a. Because the
ball support end 44 of golf tee 40 has a larger diameter than the
insertion end 42, the golf tee 40 can only extend so far into the
elastic fabric loop 18a until the elastic material from which the
elastic fabric Loop 18a is constructed will not readily expand
further and at this point the mid-point (approximately) of the golf
tee 40 is positioned within the elastic fabric loop 18a. This
serves to frictionally secure the golf tee 40 within the elastic
fabric Loop 18a and, because the elastic fabric loop 18a extends
transversely to the longitudinal axis of the planar material sheet
12, the golf tee 40 is positioned across the back of the golf glove
80 and thus across the back of the wearer's hand, keeping the golf
tee 40 in an easily accessible yet unobtrusive and non-interfering
position. In a like manner, golf tees may be inserted into the
other elastic fabric loops 18b and 18c, and therefore the user of
the golf tee holder 10 of the present disclosure may support and
hold upwards of three tees on the golf tee holder 10, with the golf
tees 40 being supported in an easily accessible yet comfortable
support position. An alternate embodiment of the present disclosure
may comprise the first end 24 having a button and the second end 34
having a button hole.
[0015] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a golf glove 80 that may
accompany the present disclosure. The golf glove may comprise a
slit 86 that is formed on a sleeve of the golf glove 80. The slit
may allow a user's hand to pass through the sleeve of the golf
glove when the user is putting the golf glove 80 on or taking the
glove 80 off. The golf glove 80 may have a closure flap 82 mounted
to the glove body 80. Furthermore, the golf glove 80 may have a
flap fastener 88. The flap fastener 88 may comprise a complimentary
hook and/or loop fastener with respect to the underside of the
closure flap 82 so that the closure flap 82 and flap fastener 88
become interlocked when the closure flap 82 and the flap fastener
88 are pressed together.
[0016] It is to be understood that numerous additions,
modifications and substitutions may be made to the golf tee holder
10 of the present disclosure which fall within the intended broad
scope of the above description. For example, the planar material
sheet 12 and elastic fabric loops 18a-c may be constructed of many
different materials and in many different shapes and sizes so long
as the intended functionality described previously is neither
significantly degraded nor destroyed. Furthermore, the precise type
of hook and loop connector material 26 and 36 may be modified or
changed depending on the hook and loop fastener material 84 found
on the golf glove 80, as it will be necessary to provide
complimentary hook and loop fastening material to permit the
present disclosure to function correctly. Finally, although the
present disclosure has been described as being primarily designed
for use with the support and storage of golf tees, the present
disclosure may be used in connection with other types of golf
accessories for storage thereof, and such modifications should be
understood to be a part of this disclosure.
[0017] In one embodiment, a distributor of the golf tee holder 10
may have a logo or mark added to the golf tee holder 10 for
advertisement purposes. This logo or mark may be added by an ink
jet printer and the like.
[0018] There has therefore been shown and described a golf tee
holder 10 which accomplishes at least all of its intended
purposes.
[0019] It is believed that the present disclosure and many of its
attendant advantages will be understood by the foregoing
description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be
made in the form, construction and arrangement of the components
without departing from the disclosed subject matter or without
sacrificing all of its material advantages. The form described is
merely explanatory, and it is the intention of the following claims
to encompass and include such changes.
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