Patents by Inventor Ernest L. Chitwood

Ernest L. Chitwood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4200131
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device for carrying golf clubs which includes a molded upper plate having individual holes for the handles and shafts of the clubs to be carried and having contoured surfaces coinciding with the loft angle of golf club irons so that each iron is maintained with its striking face in contact with a mating surface while it is being transported in the device, and with each contoured surface being longer than the corresponding surface of the golf club whereby, when the device is oriented with the gold clubs vertical, the contoured surfaces extend to a higher elevation than any portion of the heads of the golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Inventors: Ernest L. Chitwood, Max E. Jones