Patent ID: 7484262
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A device for cleaning golf balls and golf club heads, comprising: a generally rectangular sack of flexible, absorbent material, said sack having first and second opposed shorter edges and first and second opposed longer edges and further comprised of a first, rectangular panel and a second, rectangular panel, said panels joined in mirror engagement by fastening means at a common seam along perimeter edges thereof and enclosing an interior compartment, said interior compartment located proximate to one shorter edge of said sack; means to releasably attach said device to a golf club bag; an opening located within the first panel over the interior compartment so as to permit access to said interior compartment; fastening means surrounding said opening, said fastening means attached to said first panel around the boundary of said opening, said fastening means able to be configured so as to open or close said opening; a liquid impervious container having a middle continuous sidewall and opposed lateral sidewalls and located within said interior compartment, an opening located within the middle continuous sidewall of said container, said opening surrounded by fastening means attached to the middle continuous sidewall around the boundary of said opening, said fastening means able to be configured so as to open or close said opening, said opening further co-aligned with the opening of the first panel so that engaging the fastening means to expand opening of the first panel of material permits access to fastening means of said container and engaging fastening means around opening of said container permits access to interior of said container; a generally rectangular flexible panel comprised of soft, absorbent material, said panel having first and second opposed shorter edges and first and second longer edges; a generally rectangular flexible mesh panel, said mesh panel having first and second opposed shorter edges and first and second longer edges, said mesh panel further comprised of flexible, resilient material, said material yet sufficiently rigid to perform a cleaning function, said mesh panel further possessing a perimeter similar to that of said panel of absorbent material, wherein said mesh panel and panel of absorbent material both folded in half and situated within the container, said mesh panel folded in half and disposed within the interior of the panel of absorbent material; and said openings of said first panel of material and container able to opened by operation of the fastening means surrounding said openings so as to receive a golf ball or golf club head for insertion into and between the folded mesh panel located within the container so that cleaning of dirt and debris attached to the surface exteriors thereof can by accomplished by the combination of cleaning solution transferred from said absorbent panel to dirt and debris on exterior surface of golf ball and golf club head to loosen and soften said dirt and debris, which is scraped from said exterior surfaces by the mesh surface of mesh panel making contact with said surfaces of golf ball and golf club head while said golf ball and golf club head is agitated against the mesh surface of said mesh panel.