Rake storage device

• US 4,934,550 A
• Filed: 07/31/1989
• Issued: 06/19/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David B. Cash
• Original Assignee: David B. Cash
• Inventors: Cash, David B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollard, Steven M.
• Application Number:
  US07/387,158
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• Field of Search: 220/18, 206/244, 206/315.2, 206/349, 206/443
• US Class Current: 220/484
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 55/10 Stands for golf clubs , e.g. for use on the course ; Golf club holders, racks or presses
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/50 specially adapted for course maintenance

Abstract

The present invention relates to a storage device for a rake which includes a chamber designed to receive a rake, which chamber is buried under the ground surface. The chamber includes a first subchamber designed to receive the rake handle and a second subchamber designed to receive the rake head. The second subchamber has an upper opening provided to allow easy insertion and removal of the rake.

Claims

1. An improved storage device, comprising:

(a) a chamber including a first elongated subchamber and a second subchamber connected to said first subchamber;

(b) said first subchamber adapted to receive a handle of an implement;

(c) said second subchamber adapted to receive a head of said implement when said handle is contained in said first subchamber;

(d) said second subchamber having an opening remote from said first subchamber through which said implement may be inserted into said storage device;

(e) said storage device being buried underground with said opening outwardly exposed.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein said opening is surrounded by an outwardly extending lip.

3. The invention of claim 1, wherein said second subchamber is of generally rectangular cubic configuration.

4. The invention of claim 1, wherein said implement comprises a rake.

5. The invention of claim 1, wherein said first subchamber comprises an elongated tube.

6. The invention of claim 1, wherein a seal is provided at an intersection of said first and second subchambers, said seal having a slit allowing said handle to be inserted therethrough.

7. The invention of claim 1, said implement having a grasping ring.