Portable golf club head cleaning device

Abstract

The present invention provides a portable golf club head cleaning device designed to more conveniently and effectively clean golf club heads and comprising a housing with a top surface defining an enclosed club entrance aperture, a liquid storage cavity defined within the housing and operably configured to house a liquid therein, at least one cleaning brush with a central core, an upper brush end 140 , a lower brush end 142 , a plurality of bristles disposed along the brush length and extending radially outward from the central core and operably configured to rotate 360°, and at least one DC motor electrically coupled to a battery-powered power source and an electronic switch operably configured to selectively complete a circuit with the battery-powered power source and the at least one DC motor and cause rotation of the at least one cleaning brush about a central core axis.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable golf club head cleaning device comprising:
 a housing with a handle coupled thereto, a bottom wall, a sidewall surrounding the bottom wall, and with a top surface defining an enclosed club entrance aperture;   a liquid storage cavity defined within the housing and operably configured to house a liquid therein and fluidly and spatially coupled to the enclosed club entrance aperture;   at least one cleaning brush with a central core defining a central core axis oriented in a longitudinal direction, with an upper brush end, with a lower brush end opposing the upper brush end, with a brush length separating the upper and lower brush ends, having a plurality of bristles disposed along the brush length and extending radially outward from the central core, operably coupled to a shaft, disposed within the water storage cavity, and operably configured to rotate 360°; and   at least one DC motor operably coupled to the shaft of the at least one cleaning brush and electrically coupled to a battery-powered power source and an electronic switch operably configured to selectively complete a circuit with the battery-powered power source and the at least one DC motor and cause rotation of the shaft and the at least one cleaning brush about the central core axis.   
     
     
         2 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bristles on the at least one cleaning brush are of a substantially rigid and flexible material and disposed in a tightly spaced configuration with respect to one another. 
     
     
         3 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the plurality of bristles are disposed continuously along at least 75% of the brush length.   
     
     
         4 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a plurality of cleaning brushes each having the central core defining the central core axis, each with the brush length separating the upper and lower brush ends thereon, each having the plurality of bristles disposed along the respective brush length, each operably coupled to a shaft, each disposed within the water storage cavity, and each operably configured to rotate 360°; and   a plurality of DC motors each respectively operably coupled to the shaft of one of the plurality of cleaning brushes and electrically coupled to the battery-powered power source and the electronic switch operably configured to selectively complete the circuit with the battery-powered power source and the plurality of DC motors and cause rotation of the shafts coupled thereto.   
     
     
         5 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the plurality of cleaning brushes are disposed in a parallel configuration with one another.   
     
     
         6 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 the plurality of cleaning brushes are disposed in a configuration defining a tightly spaced channel therein between.   
     
     
         7 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a water tank having a tank sidewall surrounding and directly coupled to a tank bottom wall, the tank sidewall and the tank bottom wall defining the liquid storage cavity shaped and sized to house 1-3 gallons of the liquid therein.   
     
     
         8 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 7 , wherein:
 the tank bottom wall is interposed between the bottom wall of the housing and defines a shaft aperture with the shaft disposed therein.   
     
     
         9 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the top surface having a thermoplastic polyurethane layer disposed thereon, the thermoplastic polyurethane layer defining an upper aperture proportionately sized and shaped to align with the enclosed club entrance aperture.   
     
     
         10 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the plurality of cleaning brushes are juxtaposed adjacent to one another, having a distance of approximately between 2.7 inches and 2.9 inches between each adjacent central core.   
     
     
         11 . The portable club head cleaning device according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 four cleaning brushes substantially cylindrical in shape and juxtaposed in parallel and equidistant configurations with one another.