Wearable golf ball cleaning and storage device

Abstract

A golf cleaning and storage device having a cleaning chamber formed between two sidewalls. An elongated aperture on a side edge provides for easy user insertion of a hand and ball from the side edge facing the user's hand. The cleaning chamber is lined with buffing material and has a sponge or other liquid reservoir located in a lower portion. The sponge is removably engageable for replacement.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application 60 / 740,330 filed on Nov. 28, 2005. The invention herein disclosed and described relates to the field of golf. More particularly it relates to a device for the cleaning of soiled golf balls which can be worn by a golfer. [0002] The device provides a means for dampening a soiled ball while concurrently preventing moisture from reaching the golfer's clothing and provides ball cleaning without the necessity of the user to touch the ball during the cleaning process. The device also provides storage for small golf related tools and items and a means for engagement of golf gloves when removed from the hands.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Golf is one of the most widely played games throughout the world. Millions of golfers visit courses daily throughout the world and the rules and etiquette of the game are virtually identical wherever it is played. [0004] One universally accepted practice o...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] The device herein disclosed and described provides a golf ball cleaning device adapted to also store the small tools such a a golf tee and divot repair tools used by the player. The device is small yet highly functional and provides an interior cleaning chamber housed between two buffing layers, one of which is backed by a water proof layer as a means to protect the clothing of the user from moisture.

[0015] An elongated aperture positioned on a side of the device to allow for easy rear entry of hand-held golf balls allows for a much easier placement of a soiled golf ball into the cleaning chamber. The aperture, experimentation has found, is best if it is at least twice the length of a conventional golf ball diameter to allow for easy insertion along the elongated side aperture and easy retrieval by the hand of the user.

[0016] The interior of the cleaning chamber is lined on at least one surface with a material that allows for scrubbing or polishing of the exterior of the dimpled golf balls with terry cloth being the current preferred favorite since its many projecting threads easily reach into the random dimples on the outside surface of a golf ball. Preferably both side surfaces of the cleaning chamber are lined with this type of material such that when the user inserts a soiled golf ball through the aperture, it can then be manipulated from the outside of the flexible walls to scrub the surface. Or, one surface may be slightly abrasive in nature with the terry cloth providing the buffing action and removal of debris dislodged by the abrasive layer.

Problems solved by technology

Or, one surface may be slightly abrasive in nature with the terry cloth providing the buffing action and removal of debris dislodged by the abrasive layer.

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