Patent ID: 8287399
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A holder for supporting a plurality of golf clubs in a parallel array, comprising: a first end plate having a periphery, a center, a plurality of recesses formed in the periphery and spaced angularly about the center, and a shaft connector located at the center; a second end plate having a periphery, a center, a plurality of recesses formed in the periphery and spaced angularly about the center, and a shaft connector located at the center; a central shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis passing through the proximal end and the distal end, a first connector located at the proximal end which said first connector is manually connectable to and releasable from the shaft connector of the first end plate, and a second connector located at the distal end which said second connector is manually connectable to and releasable from the shaft connector of the second end plate, wherein the first end plate, the second end plate, and the central shaft are mutually connectable to form an assembled operative condition when the first end plate is assembled to the central shaft by the first connector, and the second end plate is also assembled to the central shaft by the second connector, at least some of the recesses of the first plate are linearly aligned with a corresponding number of recesses of the second plate, and at least some of the aligned recesses are dimensioned and configured to receive and releasably engage the shaft of the handle of a golf club sufficiently tightly as to hold the golf club in an orientation generally parallel to the central shaft; the periphery of the first end plate is configured to define the plurality of recesses formed in the periphery such that each one of all the recesses of the holder designed to receive the shaft of the handle of the golf club comprises an opening which is disposed out of alignment with a line disposed radially with respect to and passing through the center line of the central shaft and extending through the center of each respective recess when the holder is in the assembled operative condition; and the periphery of the second end plate is configured to define the plurality of recesses formed in the periphery such that each one of all the recesses of the holder designed to receive the shaft of the handle of the golf club comprises an opening which is disposed out of alignment with a line disposed radially with respect to and passing through the center line of the central shaft and the center of each respective recess when the holder is in the assembled operative condition, whereby loss of a shaft of a handle of a golf club in a direction which is radial with respect to the center line of the central shaft is opposed by interference by a portion of the first end plate and by a portion of the second end plate.