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Golf club coverGolf club cover description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070284022, Golf club cover. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND [0001]Golf is a popular sport. The game is played with a plurality of golf clubs. The golf clubs are carried in a golf club bag. Typical golf bags are provided with rain covers. A rain cover fits over the open end of the golf bag and protects the golf bag opening and the clubs from rain. Most golf bags have male snaps on the periphery of the golf bag near the opening. The male snaps mate with female snaps on the rain cover. The snaps on the golf bag are usually of a standardized size. The rain cover is attached to the golf bag by interlocking the female rain cover snaps with the male golf bag snaps. [0002]Many golfers find it desirable to cover some or all of their golf clubs with protective golf club covers. The golf club covers fit over the heads of the individual golf clubs and protect the heads. The golf club covers protect the golf club heads from being damaged when the heads strike each other. Because the golf clubs are kept within close proximity to each other within a golf bag, the heads regularly strike each other while the clubs and bag are being moved. Not only are the golf club heads subject to damage in this way, the golf club shafts can be easily damaged and marred. Contact between the golf club heads and shafts occurs both during the playing of the game and during transportation of the golf clubs and bag to and from a golf course. [0003]Golf club covers also protect golf club heads from contamination. The contamination can come from rain falling upon the heads. It can also come from sod and soil on the head of another golf club. It is common for golf club heads to become contaminated by sod and soil during the playing of the game. [0004]During the playing of the game the player's bag and clubs are moved from one ball position to another ball position around a golf course. The bag may be moved from position to position by hand. It may also be moved by a pull cart or a motorized cart. When a club is selected to make a golf shot, the golf club cover is removed. This cover must be stored somewhere. Typically, it is placed on the ground or within a pocket of the golfer's attire. If it is placed within the golfer's pocket it can cause discomfort to the golfer or disrupt the concentration of the golfer. The cover may also damage the golfer's pocket. The cover can be forgotten and later fall out of the golfer's pocket. If the cover is placed on the ground it can likewise be easily forgotten. It is not unusual for golfers to lose multiple golf covers during the course of a season in this manner. If the cover is placed on the ground it can also be easily contaminated. The game of golf is played in a wide variety of weather conditions. A cover placed on the ground is subject to contamination by mud, water, sand, fertilizer, snow and the like. [0005]An improved golf club cover is needed. The improved golf club cover should be able to be quickly and easily attached to a rain cover snap on a golf bag. There, it will not be forgotten and will not become contaminated. It is positioned away from the ground where it may be contaminated. It is positioned on the golf bag such that it is unlikely to be overlooked and forgotten. The golf club cover also will not damage the golfer's pocket because it never enters the golfer's pocket. [0006]Alternatively, the improved golf club cover could be attached to the golf bag or the golfer's clothing with a hook and loop fastener. Another alternative is to provide a snap on the golfer's attire. The clothing snap would mate with a snap on the improved golf club cover. SUMMARY [0007]The preferred embodiment of the improved golf club cover is intended for use with a golf club bag having a snap for securing a rain cover to the golf bag. Most golf bags are provided with male snaps of a standardized size on the upper periphery of the bag, near the bag opening. These male golf bag snaps are intended to provide an interlocking base for attaching a rain cover with mating snaps. A typical golf bag rain cover is sized and shaped to cover the golf club bag opening, as well as the clubs within the bag. The rain cover has female snaps which mate with the male snaps on the golf bag. The rain cover is secured to the golf bag by interlocking the female snaps of the rain cover with the male snaps of the golf bag. Unless it is raining, the rain cover is usually not attached to the golf bag opening when the golfer is golfing. [0008]An improved golf club cover is comprised of a cover and a snap. The cover is shaped and sized to cover the head of a golf club. The snap is integrally and directly attached to the cover. In other words, no secondary hardware, such as a tag tethered to the cover, is used to attach the snap to the cover. The snap is adapted to mate with a rain cover snap on the golf bag. Since the rain cover snap on most golf bags is a male snap of standardized size, the snap attached to the cover would most often be a female snap adapted and sized to mate with and interlock with the golf club bag male snap. The cover may be shaped and sized to cover the head of a golf club wood or a golf club iron. Preferably, the cover is shaped and sized to cover the head of a golf club iron. [0009]The improved golf club cover may use a hook and loop fastener in lieu of a snap. In this configuration a hook and loop fastener is attached to the upper periphery of a golf bag. The hook and loop fastener is attached below the opening of the golf bag. The cover is shaped and sized to cover the head of a golf club. Another hook and loop fastener is integrally and directly attached to the cover. This hook and loop fastener is adapted to mate with the hook and loop fastener attached to the golf bag. [0010]The improved golf club cover may also be used in combination with clothing. A first mating fastener is attached to a piece of clothing. The cover is shaped and sized to cover the head of a golf club. A second mating fastener is integrally and directly attached to the cover. The second mating fastener is adapted to mate with the first mating fastener of the piece of clothing. [0011]Preferably, the piece of clothing is a pair of pants. The term pants includes shorts. The pants have a pocket with a pocket opening. The first mating fastener is positioned on the exterior of the pocket proximal to and below the pocket opening. This facilitates the engagement and disengagement of the second mating fastener to and from the first mating fastener. [0012]The mating fasteners may be a female snap and a male snap. Preferably, a male snap is attached to the pants and the male snap is adapted to mate with the snap on a golf club bag rain cover which fits the golfer's golf bag. This will allow the improved golf club cover to be directly attached to the rain cover snap on the bag, as previously described, or attached to the male snap on the golfer's pants. [0013]Alternatively, the mating fasteners may be mating hook and loop fasteners. If the golfer's golf bag is equipped with a hook and loop fastener, as previously described, the hook and loop fastener on the clothing should be of the same type. This will allow the improved golf club cover to be attached to the golf bag, as previously described, or attached to the hook and loop fastener on the golfer's pants, or other clothing. Each hook and loop fastener should be a strip of material with a surface of minute hooks or a surface of uncut pile. One surface should be a hook surface and the other surface should be a pile surface. Such fasteners are currently being sold under the tradename VELCRO. VELCRO is a synthetic material sold in ribbon, sheet, or piece goods form. The material has complemental parts which adhere to each other when pressed together and is adapted for use as a closure fastener, or button for closing garments, curtains, or the like. DRAWINGS [0014]These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where: [0015]FIG. 1 is a broken away elevation view of a golf bag covered by a rain cover, wherein the rain cover is secured to the bag by male snaps on the bag. [0016]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an improved golf club cover. [0017]FIG. 3 is a broken away elevation view of the golf bag of FIG. 1, wherein a golf club covered by the improved golf club cover of FIG. 2 rests within the golf bag. [0018]FIG. 4 is a broken away elevation view of the golf bag, golf club and improved golf club cover of FIG. 3, wherein the improved golf club cover has been removed from the golf club and attached to a male rain cover snap on the golf bag. [0019]FIG. 5 is an exploded broken away perspective view of the golf club cover of FIG. 2. [0020]FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of a combination piece of clothing and improved golf club cover. [0021]FIG. 7 is a broken away elevation view of a golf bag, wherein a golf club covered by an improved golf club cover provided with a hook and loop fastener rests within the golf bag. Continue reading about Golf club cover... Full patent description for Golf club cover Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Golf club cover patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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