Patent ID: 6926334

Claim:
A soft golf cart shield for a golf cart having a pair of front and rear wheels, a cart body supported on the wheels and including wheel wells at the respective wheels, a riders compartment covered by a roof with two lateral open sides between the respective front and rear wheel wells of the body with the lateral open sides extending to the roof and provided for the riders to enter and exit the riders compartment, and a roof supporting frame with generally vertical posts coupled to the cart body adjacent the lateral open sides, the golf cart shield comprising: A sheet of flexible water repellent material adapted to cover one of the two lateral open sides of the golf cart, the flexible water repellent material essentially extending from the roof of the golf cart to the cart body vertically below the generally vertically extending posts of the roof supporting frame whereby the entire lateral opening is substantially covered, the sheet including i) at least a partially transparent upper portion adjacent the generally vertically extending posts of the roof supporting frame of the cart and ii) a logo receiving portion at a vertical position below the roof supporting frame generally aligned with the cart body; At least one front edge connector for attaching a forward edge of the sheet to a forward one of the generally vertically extending posts of the roof supporting frame; An upper edge connector attached to an upper edge of the sheet and connected to and extending between the forward generally vertically extending post of the roof supporting frame to a rearward one of the generally vertically extending posts of the roof supporting frame at a position generally adjacent the roof, wherein the sheet is slidable on the upper edge connector; At least one forward lower sheet connector extending forward from a rearward edge of the sheet to a forward wheel well of the cart to tension the sheet in both vertical and horizontal directions; and At least one rearward lower sheet connector extending rearward from an edge of the sheet to a rearward wheel well of the cart to tension the sheet in both vertical and horizontal directions.