Reversible golf club holder

Abstract

A reversible golf club holder for use with a display rack in which the holder is adapted to hold either a left handed or right handed golf club wood in an inverted position. The holder consists of a club interface attached to the top of a shaft support and a bracket. An inverted golf club head is supported by the club interface, and the shaft of the golf club is oriented in a preferred alignment by the shaft support. The shaft support comprises at least one lug that releasably attaches to a receptacle of the bracket. Separate lugs are used depending on if the club is right handed or left handed, which ensures that each type of club is in the preferred alignment. Multiple brackets can be attached to the same display rack allowing multiple golf clubs to be displayed on the same rack.

1 . A reversible golf club holder comprising: 
 a club interface, said club interface being attached to a hollow tubular shaft support, said shaft support having an outer wall and an inner wall and having at least one lug extending outwardly from the outer wall;    a bracket attachable to a display rack and a receptacle capable of receiving and supporting said lug of said shaft support;    wherein a golf club comprising a head and a shaft, is supported in an inverted position by the club interface and the shaft support, and the shaft support is attached to and supported by the bracket through a friction fit between a lug of the shaft support and the receptacle of the bracket.    
   
   
       2 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the shaft support has a plurality of lugs extending outwardly from the outer wall.  
   
   
       3 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 2  wherein the plurality of lugs are circumferentially spaced on the shaft support.  
   
   
       4 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 3  wherein two lugs are spaced approximately seventy degrees apart from each other.  
   
   
       5 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the lugs are trapezoidal in shape.  
   
   
       6 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the receptacle is shaped to receive and slidably engage a lug.  
   
   
       7 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the club interface is contoured to receive and support the head of a golf club in a preferred orientation.  
   
   
       8 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the club interface is contoured to receive and support the head of a golf club wood in a preferred orientation.  
   
   
       9 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the club interface has a compound curved cross section.  
   
   
       10 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the club interface has an outside edge with an upwardly projecting lip encircling the outside edge, wherein the lip prevents the club head from rotating.  
   
   
       11 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the lug on the shaft support has a small detent that engages a small recess in the receptacle of the bracket.  
   
   
       12 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the bracket is attachable to the display rack with a threaded member insertable through a hole in the bracket and threaded into a corresponding hole in the display rack.  
   
   
       13 . The reversible golf club holder of  claim 1  wherein the club interface, the shaft support and the bracket are made of moldable plastic.