Golf club cover

Claim 1

A NON-RIGID, FORM-FITTING COVER FOR THE HEAD AND ADJACENT SHANK PORTION OF A GOLF CLUB, CHARACTERIZED BY: (A) CONNECTED, TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS TO RESPECTIVELY OVERLIE THE TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDES OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD AND TO DEFINE A BODY PORTION TO RECEIVE THE HEAD OF A GOLF CLUB; (B) AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SHANK-RECEIVING PORTION SMALLER IN GIRTH THAN THE BODY PORTION AND HAVING WALLS WHICH MERGE SMOOTHLY WITH THOSE OF THE BODY PORTION, THE BODY AND SHANK-RECEIVING PORTIONS FORMING AN OBTUSE ANGLE; (C) A PLACKET IN THE COVER EXTENDING UNINTERRUPTEDLY FROM A POINT NEAR THAT POR EWN W6 ''B SIDE WALL WHICH IS MOST REMOTE FROM THE TUBULAR SHANK-RECEIVING PORTION MEDIALLY ALONG THE BOTTOM WALL AND THE ADJACENT WALL OF THE TUBULAR SHANK-RECEIVING PORTION TO THE OPEN END THEREOF; AND (D) SEPARABLE FASTENING MEANS TO CLOSE THE PLACKET IN A MANNER ENABLING THE PLACKET TO BE CLOSED OR OPENED FROM ONE END THEREOF TO THE OTHER, SAID COVER BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT THE SIDE WALL OF ITS BODY PORTION IS OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WIDTH FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH THEREOF, AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID SIDE WALL FURTHER HAVING SUFFICIENT STIFFNESS TO RESIST EDGEWISE COLLAPSE UNDER RELATIVELY LIGHT PRESSURE, SO THAT WHEN THE PLACKET IS OPEN, PRESSURE APPLIED ON THE BOTTOM WALL NEAR THE CLOSED END OF THE PLACKET AND TOWARD THE TOP WALL SPREADS APART THE EDGES OF THE PLACKET TO FACILITATE APPLICATION OF THE COVER TO A GOLF CLUB.