Patent ID: 6119742
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A protective cover for a golf club comprising:a pair of head cover members adapted to enclose a head of the golf club, thereby protecting the head of the golf club, each of the head cover members having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall connecting the top and bottom walls;a head cover member coupling means adapted to hingeably couple the head cover members to each other in such a manner that the head cover members hinge horizontally between an open state and a closed state, when a shaft of the club is oriented vertically, in order to receive the head of the golf club therein and to take the protective cover off from the head of the golf club for using the golf club; anda locking member adapted to keep the head cover members in the closed state, and wherein the head cover member coupling means comprises:a pair of hinge members respectively protruded from inner edges of the top and bottom walls in each of the head cover members; anda hinge pin vertically inserted into the pin holes of mating ones of the hinge members for the head cover members with the pin holes are vertically aligned together, thereby hingeably coupling the mating hinge members together.