US20060289591A1

US20060289591A1 - Golf ball holder

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Publication number: US20060289591A1
Application number: US11/158,059
Authority: US
Inventors: Chung-Ming Su
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-06-22
Filing date: 2005-06-22
Publication date: 2006-12-28

Abstract

The present invention uses a ball container with a belt buckle for conveniently carrying gulf balls while the equipment is easy to be cleansed and is manufactured with low cost and the balls are accessed in a simple way.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to sports goods; more particularly, relates to carrying gulf balls with oneself.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ARTS

Nowadays, there are two kinds of equipments for carrying gulf balls. One is a ball pocket hung by a blaster bag; and, another is a ball pocket clasped by the waist with oneself. Concerning the convenience on carrying the balls, the later one is more convenient; yet, still some inconveniences exist. In a way, a cover has to be removed for accessing balls in the ball pockets; and, in another way, these kinds of ball pockets are more expansive, more complex in manufacturing, and not easy in cleansing. So, the prior arts do not fulfill users' requests on actual use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to carry gulf balls by using elastic fastenings so that the inconveniences in accessing and cleansing can be dealt with and the high cost can be lowered.
To achieve the above purpose, the present invention is a gulf ball holder, which comprises a ball container and a belt buckle at the back of the container. The container comprises two fastenings corresponding to each other. A clamping element is deposed between the fastenings for clamping inwardly. And, a positioning element is deposed on each fastening respectively for positioning a gulf ball. When a gulf ball is inserted in, the ball is inserted from an opening between the fastenings to push one fastening aside and then the ball is positioned by the positioning element. After the ball is inserted in between the fastenings, the pushed-aside fastening is repositioned by the clamping element so that the ball is positioned firmly. When the ball is being taken out, fingers are reached into the opening between the fastenings to hold the ball; then the ball is pulled out to push one fastening aside so that the ball is released from the constraint of the fastenings to be taken out.
For cleansing easily and having a lower cost, the fastening is made of a rigid wire rolled; the positioning element is made of the rigid wire rolled into a ring; and, the internal diameter of the rigid wire is smaller than the external diameter of the ball.
For carrying in a more convenient way, the belt buckle is an open buckle with an end of an arm while connected with the fastenings with another end. This kind of belt buckle can be used with ease by clasping the arm to the belt.
Accordingly, the present invention can easily access gulf balls while having lower cost in manufacturing and convenience in cleansing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be better understood from the following detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiments according to the present invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 is a view of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a view of another preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions of the preferred embodiments are provided to understand the features and the structures of the present invention.
Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a view of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present invention is a gulf ball holder, which comprises a ball container 1 and a belt buckle 2 at the back of the container 1. Therein, the container 1 comprises two fastenings 3,4 corresponding to each other; a clamping element 5 clamping inwardly is deposed between the fastenings 3,4; and, a positioning element 31,41 is deposed on each fastening 3,4 respectively for positioning a gulf ball. When a gulf ball (not shown in the figure) is inserted in, the ball is inserted from an opening between the fastenings 3,4 to push one of the fastenings 3,4 aside and then the ball is positioned by the positioning element 31,41. After the ball is inserted in between the fastenings 3,4, the pushed-aside fastening 3,4 is repositioned by the clamping element 5 so that the ball is tightly clamped by the fastenings 3,4. When the ball is being taken out, fingers are reached into the opening between the fastenings 3,4 to hold the ball; then the ball is pulled out to push one of the fastenings 3,4 aside so that the ball is released from the constraint of the fastenings 3,4 to be taken out.
For cleansing easily and having a lower cost, the fastening 3,4 is made of a rigid wire rolled; the positioning element 31,41 is made of the rigid wire rolled into a ring; and, the internal diameter of the rigid wire is smaller than the external diameter of the ball. When the ball is inserted in the gulf ball holder, the ball is lodged in the positioning element 31,41 to be held tightly. As a result, a gulf ball holder for easy manufacturing with a lower cost, while easy to be cleansed, is obtained.
For using in a more convenient way, the belt buckle 2 is an open buckle with an end of an arm while connected with the fastenings 3,4 with another end. This kind of belt buckle can be used when a belt is tightened in advance, where the arm at an end of the open buckle 2 is clasped to the belt.
Therein, the open buckle 2 is U-shaped and is made of an elastic wire rolled; and, the open end of the open buckle 2 comprises two ends of the elastic wire each connected with the fastening 3,4 respectively. Hence, this kind of belt buckle 2 is not only functioned as a belt buckle but also as a clamping element 5, where the two fastenings 3,4 are tightly clamped by the resilience from the closed end of the U-shaped belt buckle 2. When the ball is inserted in or is taken out of the belt buckle 2, the open end of the belt buckle 2 is opened up at first. After the ball is inserted in or is taken out, the fastenings 3,4 are tightly clamped again by the resilience from the closed end of the U-shaped belt buckle 2.
Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a view of another preferred embodiment according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the present invention is a gulf ball holder, which comprises a ball container 1 a and a belt buckle 2 a at the back of the container 1 a. Therein, the container 1 a comprises two fastenings 3 a,4 a each made of a slice punched. The fastening 3 a,4 a comprises a positioning element 31 a,41 a located in the slice as a hole made by punching. When a gulf ball (not shown in the figure) is put into the gulf ball holder, the ball is lodged in the hole 31 a,41 a to be fixed. Because this kind of fastening 3 a,4 a is made of a slice, the gulf ball holder can be printed with words and graphics and be comprised with more functions so that the gulf ball holder can be made more beautiful and useful with multiple functions.
Moreover, the clamping element 5 a is a whirled spring, whose fixed ends 51 are fixed on a fastening 3 a, 4 a and whose elastic end 52 is butted on the back of the fastening 3 a,4 a after the whirled spring 5 a is tightly whirled. After the ball is inserted in or is taken out, the fastenings 3 a,4 a are tightly clamped by the whirled spring 5 a where the elastic end 52 of the whirled spring 5 a pushes one of the fastenings 3 a,4 a to be clamped inwardly by the resilience of the elastic end 52 obtained after tightly whirling the whirled spring 5.
In addition, the belt buckle 2 a is a sealed buckle 2 a raised in the middle while its two opposite ends jointed with the fastenings 3 a,4 a. When using the gulf ball holder, what is required is solely to pass a belt through the sealed buckle 2 a to be tightened.
To sum up, the present invention is a gulf ball holder, comprising a ball container and a belt buckle at the back of the container, which can be easily manufactured with a lower cost and can be cleansed easily.
The preferred embodiments herein disclosed are not intended to unnecessarily limit the scope of the invention. Therefore, simple modifications or variations belonging to the equivalent of the scope of the claims and the instructions disclosed herein for a patent are all with in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A golf ball holder, comprising:

a ball container; and

a belt buckle at the back of said container,

wherein said container comprises two fastenings corresponding to each other;

wherein at least one clamping element clamping inwardly is deposed between said fastenings; and

wherein a positioning element is deposed on said fastening respectively for positioning a ball.

2. The golf ball holder according to claim 1,

wherein said fastening is made of a rigid wire rolled;

wherein said positioning element is made of said rigid wire rolled into a ring; and

wherein the internal diameter of said rigid wire is smaller than the external diameter of said ball.

3. The golf ball holder according to claim 1, wherein said fastening is made of a slice punched and said positioning element is a hole punched in said slice.

4. The golf ball holder according to claim 1,

wherein said clamping element is a whirled spring; and

wherein an end of said whirled spring is fixed on one of said fastening and another end of said whirled spring is butted on the back of said fastening after tightly whirling said whirled spring.

5. The golf ball holder according to claim 1, wherein each end of said belt buckle is jointed with said fastening respectively to obtain a sealed buckle raised in the middle.

6. The golf ball holder according to claim 1,

wherein said belt buckle is an open buckle with an end of an arm and with another end connected with said fastenings.

7. The golf ball holder according to claim 6,

wherein said open buckle is U-shaped and is made of an elastic wire rolled; and

wherein an open end of side open buckle comprises two ends of said elastic wire each connected with said fastening respectively.