Patent ID: 8365344
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A groove cleaning tool to provide for performing a cleaning procedure on grooves positioned on a face of a head of a golf club, each of the grooves forming a linear trench in the face of the head of the golf club, the cleaning procedure to provide for a removal of at least a portion of debris deposited within the grooves during routine play of the game of golf, the groove cleaning tool comprising: a) a body having a face contact side and an outer side, the face contact side to make a contact with the face of the head of the golf club during the cleaning procedure performed on the grooves, and wherein the face contact side is a generally planar surface and the outer side is a generally expansive surface and wherein the face contact side and the outer side generally face one another; b) a plurality of groove penetration pins positioned within a working set, each of the groove penetration pins of the working set extending outward from the face contact side of the body, each groove penetration pin of the working set to provide for a penetration of a respective groove in the face of the head of the golf club and a movement along the respective groove wherein the respective groove penetration pin encounters at least a portion of any debris positioned within the respective groove to provide for a displacement of encountered debris for a removal of at least a portion of the encountered debris from the respective groove.