Golf grip cleansing device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CLEANING THE GRIP OF A GOLF CLUB, INCLUDING: (A) A BASE; (B) A CYLINDRICAL SHELL MOUNTED IN AN UPSTANDING POSITION ON SAID BASE, SAID SHELL HAVING THREADS FORMED ON THE UPPER EXTERIOR PORTION THEREOF, WHICH SHELL WHEN SO MOUNTED IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A QUANTITY OF CLEANSING LIQUID IN WHICH SAID GRIP CAN BE IMMERSED; (C) A PLURALITY OF BRUSHES LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL, EACH OF WHICH BRUSHES INCLUDE AN ELONGATE BACKING MEMBER OF ARCUATE TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED BRISTLES THAT EXTEND INWARDLY THEREFROM; (D) FIRST MEANS IN SAID SHELL FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID BRUSHES WITH SAID BACKING MEMBERS IN ABUTTING CONTACT; (E) A CIRCULAR SHEET OF RESILIENT MATERIAL DISPOSED IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER AND RESTING ON THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID BACKING MEMBERS, SAID SHEET BEING OF SUCH THICKNESS AS TO PROJECT SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID SHELL, AND IN WHICH SHEET A CENTRALLY DISPOSED, DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY TAPERING OPERING IS FORMED THAT COMMUNICATES WITH A STRAIGHT-WALLED BORE SITUATED THEREBELOW, SAID BORE BEING OF SMALLER TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION THAN THE MINIMUM TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION OF A GRIP THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED IN SAID DEVICE; (F) AN INTERNALY THREADED CAP THAT REMOVABLY ENGAGES SAID THREDS ON SAID SHELL AND EXERTS A COMPRESSIVE FORCE ON SAID SHEET, SAID CAP HAVING A CENTRALLY POSITIONED OPENING FORMED THEREIN OF GREATER TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION THAN THAT OF SAID TAPERED OPENING AND IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH; AND

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CLEANING THE GRIP OF A GOLF CLUB, INCLUDING: (A) A BASE; (B) A CYLINDRICAL SHELL MOUNTED IN AN UPSTANDING POSITION ON SAID BASE, SAID SHELL HAVING THREADS FORMED ON THE UPPER EXTERIOR PORTION THEREOF, WHICH SHELL WHEN SO MOUNTED IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A QUANTITY OF CLEANSING LIQUID IN WHICH SAID GRIP CAN BE IMMERSED; (C) A PLURALITY OF BRUSHES LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN SAID SHELL, EACH OF WHICH BRUSHES INCLUDE AN ELONGATE BACKING MEMBER OF ARCUATE TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED BRISTLES THAT EXTEND INWARDLY THEREFROM; (D) FIRST MEANS IN SAID SHELL FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID BRUSHES WITH SAID BACKING MEMBERS IN ABUTTING CONTACT; (E) A CIRCULAR SHEET OF RESILIENT MATERIAL DISPOSED IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER AND RESTING ON THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID BACKING MEMBERS, SAID SHEET BEING OF SUCH THICKNESS AS TO PROJECT SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID SHELL, AND IN WHICH SHEET A CENTRALLY DISPOSED, DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY TAPERING OPERING IS FORMED THAT COMMUNICATES WITH A STRAIGHT-WALLED BORE SITUATED THEREBELOW, SAID BORE BEING OF SMALLER TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION THAN THE MINIMUM TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION OF A GRIP THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED IN SAID DEVICE; (F) AN INTERNALY THREADED CAP THAT REMOVABLY ENGAGES SAID THREDS ON SAID SHELL AND EXERTS A COMPRESSIVE FORCE ON SAID SHEET, SAID CAP HAVING A CENTRALLY POSITIONED OPENING FORMED THEREIN OF GREATER TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION THAN THAT OF SAID TAPERED OPENING AND IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT THEREWITH; AND