Apparatus and method of holding a golf score card and writing instrument, and golf bag and system incorporating the same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for holding a golf score card and writing instrument comprising:
- a structure having a retaining portion adapted to receive a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument;
an elongated cavity in the retaining portion, the elongated cavity having a length, a top end, and a bottom end;
a slot in the retaining portion forming a slot-like opening into a side of the elongated cavity, the slot extending along the axial length of the cavity from the top end of the elongated cavity toward the bottom end of the elongated cavity;
wherein the slot is narrower than the elongated cavity;
wherein at least a portion of the elongated cavity and/or the slot is tapered in a manner so that as a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument is inserted into the elongated cavity via the open top end, the writing instrument and golf score card are engaged by frictional contact with the structure.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system, for holding a golf score card and a writing instrument. The invention, in one aspect, comprises a structure having a retaining portion adapted to receive a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument. The retaining portion comprises an elongated cavity having a length, a top end, and a bottom end; a slot forming a slot-like opening into a side of the elongated cavity, the slot extending along the axial length of the cavity from the top end of the elongated cavity toward the bottom end of the elongated cavity. The slot is narrower than the elongated cavity. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the elongated cavity and/or the slot will be tapered in a manner so that as a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument is slidably inserted into the elongated cavity via an open top end, the writing instrument and golf score card are engaged by frictional contact with the structure. In some embodiments of the system and method of the present invention, it is not necessary that the elongated cavity be tapered or that the insertion technique comprise a sliding action.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for holding a golf score card and writing instrument comprising:
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a structure having a retaining portion adapted to receive a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument;
an elongated cavity in the retaining portion, the elongated cavity having a length, a top end, and a bottom end;
a slot in the retaining portion forming a slot-like opening into a side of the elongated cavity, the slot extending along the axial length of the cavity from the top end of the elongated cavity toward the bottom end of the elongated cavity;
wherein the slot is narrower than the elongated cavity;
wherein at least a portion of the elongated cavity and/or the slot is tapered in a manner so that as a writing instrument with a golf score card folded about the writing instrument is inserted into the elongated cavity via the open top end, the writing instrument and golf score card are engaged by frictional contact with the structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for keeping score during golf comprising:
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a structure having a retaining portion;
an elongated cavity in the retaining portion, the elongated cavity having a length, a top end, and a bottom end;
a slot in the retaining portion forming a slot-like opening into a side of the elongated cavity, the slot extending along the axial length of the cavity from the top end of the elongated cavity toward the bottom end of the elongated cavity;
wherein the slot is narrower than the elongated cavity; and
a golf score card folded around a writing instrument so that the writing instrument is in a creased portion of the folded golf score card, the writing instrument and the creased portion of the folded golf score card positioned in the elongated cavity and engaged by the cavity'"'"'s wall, a portion of the golf score card protruding from the slot. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of holding a golf score card and a writing instrument comprising:
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providing an apparatus comprising a structure having a retaining portion, an elongated cavity in the retaining portion, the elongated cavity having a length, a top end, and a bottom end, a slot in the retaining portion forming a slot-like opening into a side of the elongated cavity, the slot extending along the axial length of the cavity from the open top end of the elongated cavity toward the bottom end of the elongated cavity;
wherein the slot is narrower than the elongated cavity;
folding a golf score card around a writing instrument so that the writing instrument is in a creased portion of the folded golf score card; and
inserting the writing instrument and the creased portion of the folded golf score card into the elongated cavity, a portion of the golf score card protruding from the slot.
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20. The method of claim 20 wherein the top end is open and the either the elongated cavity and/or the slot is tapered, the inserting step comprising sliding the writing instrument and the creased portion of the golf score card into the elongated cavity via the open top end until the writing instrument and the creased portion are engaged by frictional contact with either the cavity'"'"'s wall and/or the slot'"'"'s walls.
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21. The method of claim 21 wherein the inserting step comprises pushing the creased portion of the golf score card and the writing instrument into the elongated cavity via the slot-like opening.
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