US1661500A - Golf-club press - Google Patents

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March 6, 1928.

w. F. REACH GOLF CLUB PRESS Filedug. 22. 1927 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES.

vPAT-nur OFFICE'.

WILLIAM F. REACH, on SPRITIGFIELD, MAssacHUsnTTs, AssIGNoR To A. G. srALnING.

a BRos., or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

GOLF-CLUB PRESS.

Application filed August 22, 192'?.` Serial No. 214,744. i

This invention relates to a device for holding golf clubswhen not in use and for straightening the same While so held..

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character described which will be small and compact, yet efficient for the purpose for which it is designed, and which may be used for straightening shafts of clubsV which may have become warped or to prevent shafts from warping while not in use.

To this end the invention comprises a post having spaced apart enlargements thereon preferably at each end and at an 1ntermediate portionthe enlargements being provided with alined shaft receiving recesses, so arrangedv that shafts of various sizes may be accommodated therein, and in addition means such as a web or leather strap or the like for wrapping around the shafts at the enlarged portion of the device whereby the shafts are rigidly held therein.

Theinvention contemplates the provision of a post as above described in which the club shafts will be in contact with the device in three spaced apart positions, the club shaft being out of Contact with the device between these positions or enlargements.

The invention further contemplates a device of such a character which will naturally grip the club by reason of the shape of the shaft receiving recesses while the clubs are being arranged.

Theinvention further consists in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the drawing.

In the drawing Fig. l is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention showing its mode of operation. f

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plane view of the device.

Referring particularly to the embodiment illustrated, I have shown at 1 a post of wood or other suitable material provided with vintegral terminal enlargements 2 and 3 and an intermediate enlarged portion 4.

Each of the enlarged portions is provided with peripheral recesses, the axis ofwhich are substantially parallel to the axis of the post l. The recesses 5 in end enlargement 2 are of a curved configuration, the open mouth of which is of less width than the diameter of therccess, so that as the club shaft is slipped through the opening at its narrow ciameter it may hey movedrdownwardly until the walls of tlierecess 5 grip the club at its larger diameter, the corners'y 6 of the recess walls preventing displacement of the club shaft 'and making unnecessary the holding of the club shaft while other shafts are heilig put in place. K

The intermediate enlargement 4 is likewise provided with recesses 7,the months of which are substantially equal to the widest diameter thereof.

Lowerend enlargement 3 is provided with similar recesses 8, except that the recess walls are not curved, but have angular portions 9 as illustrated. Y

A club being held at its head region in the recesses in the upperv enlargement will likewise be received in the recesses of the. intermediate and lower end enlargements. Due to the fact that the recess walls in the lowermost enlargement are angular they will readily accommodate themselves in rigid relationship with variously sized shafts. The intermediate and lower enlargements are provided with straps l() secured thereto and adapted to be arranged around the enlargements and the shafts heldtherein and buckled securely. y

As will be readily seen, the clubs so ar ranged in the device are supported at three points only, the remainder of the shaft being out of contact with the device. This enableis a warped shaft to be readily straightone i The fact that the device is made in a single piece is advantageous from .a manufacturing standpoint while at the same time the weight is kept down to a minimum while providing maximum strength. The device being in the shape shown may with the clubs secured therein be slipped into the golf bag where the clubs are out of theV way. yet. without interfering with the function of the device.

What I claim is:

l. A holder for golf clubs comprising a post, spaced apart rigid enlargementsaty each end and at the middle thereof, one of said enlargements having a series of golf `club receiving recesses, each recess being of an arc shape greater than a semi-circle.

2. A holder for golf clubs comprising a post having three spaced apart series of rigid radial arms, the spacebetwen arms of one'series forming club receiving recesses, the distance between medial portions of two adjacent arms being less than the distance betweenv their ends, whereby a shaftl held therein may be moved longitudinally butV not radially.

3. A holder for golf clubs comprising a post having three fseries of fspaced' apart rigid radial arms thereon, the space between adjacentl arms of one Series forming a Vclub receiving recess,the open mouth of keach re-` 'feess beinggreater than the narrowest width of a golf elnb shaftv and narrower than its 15 widest Width.

4,'A holder for golf clubs comprisingr a post havingv three series of spaced apart radial armsthereon, the space between adjabetween. the ends of each arm flaring ontwardly to grip a clnb shaft located in the adjacent recess. and means to Ysecure a shaft in the other two series ol recesses.

In testimony whereof. l affix my" signature.

VVILTAM l?. REA CH.

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