Wiping device for a golf club face

• US 5,930,920 A
• Filed: 03/27/1998
• Issued: 08/03/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Douglas Arnold
• Original Assignee: Douglas Arnold
• Inventors: Arnold, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): STASHICK, ANTHONY D
• Application Number:
  US09/049,685
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 36/114, 36/127, 36/132, 36/136, 36/1, 15/210.1, 15/244.1, 15/218.1, 15/227, 15/220.4
• US Class Current: 36/132
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/001 Golf shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/3073 Brush for cleaning specific unusual places not otherwise covered, e.g. gutters, golf clubs, tops of tin cans, corners
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/60 Cleaning or maintenance of golf clubs, putters, shoes or other golf accessories cleaning balls A63B47/04; devices for cleaning handles or grips of golf clubs or putters A63B60/36

Abstract

A golf club wiping and cleaning device is positioned by clipping it onto the upper side wall of a golf shoe in a position for wiping the club'"'"'s face. The device provides a base portion and a replaceable cartridge with sliding engagement into the base. The base provides a clip on the back side of the base portion for shoe attachment.

Claims

1. A device for use with a golf shoe for wiping the face of a golf club, the device comprising:

a base portion having a cartridge engagement means, a shoe attachment means engagement means and a shoe contact surface;

a replaceable wiper cartridge, the cartridge being insertable into the cartridge engagement means of the base portion for orienting a wiper surface of the cartridge away from the base portion;

and a clip means, the clip means being engagable with the shoe attachment means engagement means of the base portion for positioning the clip means in a spaced apart relationship with the shoe contact surface, such that with a side wall of the golf shoe sandwiched between the shoe contact surface and the clip means, the device is removably engaged on the golf shoe side wall and the wiper surface is positioned for receiving the face of the golf club for wiping said face.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the cartridge engagement means is a pair of opposing slots, the slots being positioned and spaced apart for receiving the wiper cartridge.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the shoe attachment means engagement means is a pair of opposing holes, the opposing holes being aligned colinearly, the clip means being engagable within the opposing holes for functionally positioning the clip means relative to the shoe contact surface.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the base portion provides a cartridge locking means, and the wiper cartridge provides a resiliently positionable lip for engaging the cartridge locking means, such that the cartridge is thereby immovably engagable within the base portion.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the clip means is a U-shaped, continuous spring wire.

6. A combination golf shoe and wiping device for wiping the face of a golf club, the combination comprising:

a golf shoe having a shoe side wall;

a wiping device comprising;

a base portion having a cartridge engagement means, a shoe attachment means engagement means and a shoe contact surface;

a replaceable wiper cartridge, the cartridge being insertable into the cartridge engagement means of the base portion for orienting a wiper surface of the cartridge away from the base portion;

and a clip means, the clip means being engagable with the shoe attachment means engagement means of the base portion for positioning the clip means in a spaced apart relationship with the shoe contact surface, such that with a side wall of the golf shoe sandwiched between the shoe contact surface and the clip means, the device is removably engaged on the golf shoe side wall and the wiper surface is positioned for receiving the face of the golf club for wiping said face.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the cartridge engagement means is a pair of opposing slots, the slots being positioned and spaced apart for receiving the wiper cartridge.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein the shoe attachment means engagement means is a pair of opposing holes, the opposing holes being aligned colinearly, the clip means being engagable within the opposing holes for functionally positioning the clip means relative to the shoe contact surface.

9. The device of claim 6 wherein the base portion provides a cartridge locking means, and the wiper cartridge provides a resiliently positionable lip for engaging the cartridge locking means, such that the cartridge is thereby immovably engagable within the base portion.

10. The device of claim 6 wherein the clip means engagement means is a U-shaped, continuous spring wire.