ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,664, issued on April 29, was assigned to GSTC LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Golf bag cover with air-release club retention system" was invented by Gideon P. Searle (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Theodore Bobrick Root Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a golf bag cover with interior surfaces lined with a flexible container filled with air and microbeads. The flexible container includes a plurality of openings each configured to receive a golf club. The flexible container includes at least one valve to evacuate air from within the flexible container to compactify the microbeads around the golf clubs,...