Combination golf club headcover and beverage cooler

Abstract

The present invention is a combined beverage cooler and golf club cover for both covering the head of a golf club or for supporting a drink. The invention comprises a hollow foam cylinder connected to a hollow fabric sleeve. The present invention is configured to fit into a golf cart drink holder while supporting a beverage. The shaft protector extending from the club head cover is configured to fold into the head cover when the invention is being used as a beverage cooler.

1 . A combined beverage cooler and golf club cover comprising: 
 a first piece, made of insulating foam or similar material known to one of ordinary skill in the art, having a first end and a second end and a hollow center of sufficient size and shape to receive and cover a head of a golf club or a beverage container; and    the first piece being closed at the first end and having an opening at said second end of sufficient size and shape to receive the head of a golf club or a beverage container into the hollow center of the first piece.    
   
   
       2 . The combined beverage cooler and golf club cover described in  claim 1 , wherein the second end of the first piece is attached to a second piece that functions to protect the shaft of a golf club, said second piece further comprising: 
 a fabric tube having a first end and a second end being made from material suitable for protecting the shafts of golf clubs;    the fabric tube having a hollow center of sufficient volume to receive either a head of a golf club or a beverage container;    the fabric tube having openings, at both its first end and second end, each of sufficient size and shape to receive either the head of a golf club or a beverage container; and    the first end of said second piece being attached to the second end of said first piece so as to create a continuous cavity created by the hollow center of the first piece and the hollow center of the second piece.    
   
   
       3 . The combined beverage cooler and golf club cover described in  claim 1 , wherein the first piece is of a sufficient size and shape to be capable of receiving a beverage container while simultaneously being received by a vehicle's drink holder.  
   
   
       4 . The combined beverage cooler and golf club cover described in  claim 2 , wherein the first piece is of a sufficient size and shape to be capable of receiving a beverage container while simultaneously being received by a vehicle's drink holder.  
   
   
       5 . The combined beverage cooler and golf club cover described in  claim 2 , wherein the second piece is capable of folding inside the hollow center of the first piece, when the invention functions as a beverage cooler.  
   
   
       6 . A combined beverage cooler and golf club cover comprising: 
 a first piece, made of insulating foam or similar material known to one of ordinary skill in the art, having a first end and a second end and a hollow center of sufficient volume to receive and cover a head of a golf club or a beverage container;    the first piece having an opening at said second end capable of receiving the head of a golf club or receiving a beverage container into the hollow center;    the first end of the first piece being closed and having a sufficient size and shape to be capable of receiving a beverage container while simultaneously being received by a vehicle's drink holder;    the second end of the first piece is attached to a second piece that functions to protect the shaft of a golf club, further comprising:    a fabric tube having a first end and a second end, and having a hollow center of sufficient volume to receive a head of a golf club or, alternatively, a beverage container;    the fabric tube having openings, at both its first end and second end, each of sufficient size to receive either the head of a golf club or a beverage container;    the first end of said second piece being attached to the second end of said first piece so as to create a continuous cavity created by the hollow center of the first piece and the hollow center of the second piece;    the second piece being made from material suitable for protecting the shafts of golf clubs; and    the second piece being capable of folding inside the hollow center of the first piece, when the invention functions as a beverage cooler.