Patent ID: 9623305
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A protective cover body for detachably covering a head of a golf club, comprising: a head portion for covering and protecting the club head, the head portion having a top surface that is bisected centrally from the front of the body to the rear into at least two pivotable half-head portions adapted to articulate about a central pivot axis therebetween, the head portion including a front facing surface at a front of the cover body having a slit formed therein separating the front facing surface into two separable wings, a shank portion for enclosing a portion of a shaft of the club, an elastic seam member extending rearward centrally on the top surface from the front facing surface toward the rear of the cover body so as to bisect the top surface of the head portion into its at least two half-head portions, the elastic seam member serving as a central pivot point between the pivotable half-head portions, and a fastening means including a first part secured within each half-head portion for selectively affixing the cover body in an open position with the at least two half head portions pivoted along the elastic seam and in contact with one other and the wings spread apart from one another to allow access to or to place the golf club head therein, and a second part secured within each wing for selectively affixing the cover body in a closed position about the golf club head with the half-head portions separated and wings attached to one another.