Patents by Inventor Mark Robirds

Mark Robirds 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).

  • Publication number: 20100052275
    Abstract: A golf bag cart (10) for a golf bag (12) is provided for transporting the bag (12). The golf bag cart (10) includes a four wheeled carriage (18), a bag support frame (20) and a handle (22). The bag support frame (22) includes a base frame (36) and a pivotally attached torso frame (64), with a slider block (62) on said base frame (36) providing a mechanism for collapsing and expanding said golf bag cart (10) between a use mode (14) and a storage mode (16) in conjunction with the pivoting of the torso frame (64). The handle (22) is pivotally securable at multiple pivot angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Dale Truett, Mark Robirds
  • Patent number: 7128333
    Abstract: A golf bag cart (10) having a frame (14), a handle (22), first and second rear wheels (18, 20), and first and second wheel struts (52, 54), to which the first and second rear wheels (18, 20) are rotatably mounted, the first and second wheel struts (52, 54) being pivotally mounted to the frame (14) by mid-frame pivots (68). A front wheel (16) and a front wheel mount (44) are included, the front wheel mount (44) being pivotally attached to the frame (14) by a lower frame pivot (40). The golf bag cart (10) is movable from an extended configuration (12) to a collapsed configuration (13), such that the rear wheels (18, 20) pivot about the mid-frame pivots (68) to move towards the front wheel (14). The front wheel (14) and the wheel mount (44) pivot about the lower frame pivot (40) so that the front wheel (16) moves towards the rear wheels (18, 20), as the golf bag cart (10) is being collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Mark Robirds
  • Publication number: 20040195806
    Abstract: A golf bag cart (10) having a frame (14), a handle (22), first and second rear wheels (18, 20), and first and second wheel struts (52, 54), to which the first and second rear wheels (18, 20) are rotatably mounted, the first and second wheel struts (52, 54) being pivotally mounted to the frame (14) by mid-frame pivots (68). A front wheel (16) and a front wheel mount (44) are included, the front wheel mount (44) being pivotally attached to the frame (14) by a lower frame pivot (40). The golf bag cart (10) is movable from an extended configuration (12) to a collapsed configuration (13), such that the rear wheels (18, 20) pivot about the mid-frame pivots (68) to move towards the front wheel (14). The front wheel (14) and the wheel mount (44) pivot about the lower frame pivot (40) so that the front wheel (16) moves towards the rear wheels (18, 20), as the golf bag cart (10) is being collapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Mark Robirds
  • Patent number: 6698789
    Abstract: A golf bag cart (10) having a frame (14), a handle (22), first and second rear wheels (18, 20), and first and second wheel struts (52, 54), to which the first and second rear wheels (18, 20) are rotatably mounted, the first and second wheel struts (52, 54) being pivotally mounted to the frame (14) by mid-frame pivots (68). A front wheel (16) and a front wheel mount (44) are included, the front wheel mount (44) being pivotally attached to the frame (14) by a lower frame pivot (40). The golf bag cart (10) is movable from an extended configuration (12) to a collapsed configuration (13), such that the rear wheels (18, 20) pivot about the mid-frame pivots (68) to move towards the front wheel (14). The front wheel (14) and the wheel mount (44) pivot about the lower frame pivot (40) so that the front wheel (16) moves towards the rear wheels (18, 20), as the golf bag cart (10) is being collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Mark Robirds
  • Publication number: 20010033070
    Abstract: A golf bag cart (10) having a frame (14), a handle (22), first and second rear wheels (18, 20), and first and second wheel struts (52, 54), to which the first and second rear wheels (18, 20) are rotatably mounted, the first and second wheel struts (52, 54) being pivotally mounted to the frame (14) by mid-frame pivots (68). A front wheel (16) and a front wheel mount (44) are included, the front wheel mount (44) being pivotally attached to the frame (14) by a lower frame pivot (40). The golf bag cart (10) is movable from an extended configuration (12) to a collapsed configuration (13), such that the rear wheels (18, 20) pivot about the mid-frame pivots (68) to move towards the front wheel (14). The front wheel (14) and the wheel mount (44) pivot about the lower frame pivot (40) so that the front wheel (16) moves towards the rear wheels (18, 20), as the golf bag cart (10) is being collapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Mark Robirds
  • Patent number: D517808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventors: Rick Reimers, Mark Robirds, Dale Truitt
  • Patent number: D460614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Dale Truett, Mark Robirds
  • Patent number: D596365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Dale Truett, Mark Robirds
  • Patent number: D596821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Reimers, Dale Truett, Mark Robirds