Wheeled Golf Club Carriers Patents (Class 280/DIG6)
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Patent number: 4262928Abstract: A club container is removably mounted on a cart and has a bottom notch receiving a crossrod of the cart and an upper, releasable latch. The club container has a pleated, flexible plastic irons separator and has long tubular sockets receiving shafts of the woods. The cart has a frame of two U-shaped tubes secured together by rivets which also pivot a U-shaped wheel suspension tube carrying pivot pins on which are pivoted circle-carrying arms biased by torsion spring rods secured to the tube. To form a folding linkage, a pair of rods having bent-over, lower end portions trapped in the wheel suspension tube are held together with bent-over, upper end portions trapped in a block secured to a handle. Two pairs of legs pivotally secured to a seat and having ends hooked into the frame of the cart to mount the seat, along with a pair of braces hooked into the frame and slidable along one of the pairs of rods, for overcenter movement between a seating position and a folded position.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1979Date of Patent: April 21, 1981Assignee: Jarman CompanyInventor: Ammon M. Leitzel
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Patent number: 4227710Abstract: A wheeled cart for carrying and storing baseball equipment has upper and lower shelves attached to a back panel with the shelves extending between side members extending at right angles to the back panel. The upper shelf is secured to the back panel at a location spaced from the top of the panel and has a plurality of spaced slots to receive the handle ends of baseball bats. The other ends of the bats are received in indentations in the lower shelf and the bats are retained on the cart by a detachable strap. A vertical member extends between the shelves adjacent one side member and vertical strips are attached to the vertical member and the side member to form a compartment for storing baseballs. The back of the back panel is provided with detachable straps for retaining bases and other equipment and the front of the back panel has a bracket cooperating with a slot in the upper shelf to hold a home plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1979Date of Patent: October 14, 1980Assignee: Hugh J. FinnertyInventor: Bernard C. Laub
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Patent number: 4153264Abstract: A golf cart of the manual pull type having a main vertical frame member to which a golf bag is attached. A pair of wheel assemblies are clamped to the main frame member at opposite sides of the frame. Each wheel assembly includes a transverse shaft attached to the frame and an axle mounted wheel. The wheel axle is offset from the shaft through a detent mechanism. In the stored position, the wheel assemblies are removable and the shaft can be folded to a position alongside the wheel. In another embodiment, the wheel is clamped to the main axle and in a stored position, the wheels are detachable and the main shaft can be pivoted to a position parallel to the main frame member.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1977Date of Patent: May 8, 1979Inventor: William J. Pfister
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Patent number: 4148496Abstract: A golf cart of simple, inexpensive, lightweight and strong construction which will permit the secure placement of clubs in a series of holding mechanisms designed to hold the clubs by the lower end of the shafts and without the aid of pockets. The holding mechanisms are mounted on a platform which is part of a container used to store clothes, shoes, balls etc. The container forming the body of the cart, has wheels mounted on the sides and a handle mounted on the platform for pulling the cart.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1978Date of Patent: April 10, 1979Inventor: John S. Zimmer
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Patent number: 4142736Abstract: A golf cart comprising a supporting chassis assembly and a wheel assembly th two, preferably foldable wheel struts connected to the chassis assembly. The chassis assembly is provided with a mounting assembly for mounting two separate golf bags in an individually detachable manner on the chassis assembly, the golf bags being each of a size suitable for accommodating half a normal set of golf clubs. The two golf bags are detachably mounted on opposite sides of a center beam member in the chassis assembly substantially in the same plane as and substantially parallel to the center beam member.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1976Date of Patent: March 6, 1979Assignee: Sikob Svensk Industris Konstruktions-Och Berakningskontor ABInventors: Bo I. Ackerfeldt, Curt Olsson, Carl-Goran Crafoord
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Patent number: 4126327Abstract: A holder for golf clubs or similar articles is in the form of a continuous strip of flexible but resilient material fastened to a base at spaced points and bent, between those points, to define a series of adjacent loops to grip the articles between them. Each of the loops has a body of resilient foam within it to hold the loops yieldably distended. In one adaptation the holder is mounted on a golf pull cart having wheels foldable to a position where the pull cart can fit in the customary space on a motorized golf cart provided for golf bags. In another form the cart is provided with a pivoted leg for holding the cart in an upright position.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1977Date of Patent: November 21, 1978Inventor: Russell E. Taber
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Patent number: 4078594Abstract: A container for golf clubs comprises a pair of axially aligned tubular body portions each having a respective outer end through which the golf clubs may be inserted for storage and retrieved for use. One body portion has an end portion which is engaged slidably within the other body portion for axial sliding movement of that body portion relative to the other body portion. When one body portion is projected outwardly relative to the other body portion until a respective one of a first pair of abutment surfaces engages with the other abutment surface of that pair of abutment surfaces, the golf clubs which are stored in the body portions are enclosed over their full length so that the container is in condition for transportation to and from the golf course.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1977Date of Patent: March 14, 1978Inventor: Otto Oeckl
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Patent number: 4062564Abstract: A collapsible golf cart apparatus for carrying a golf bag and including a base, a pair of removable wheels mounted on axles that are retractable into the base, a compartment in the base for storing the wheels, a cover for the storage compartment, a bracket to support the cover in one position in place over the storage compartment and in a different position to provide a seat, and a folding handle mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1976Date of Patent: December 13, 1977Inventor: Werner K. Schimmeyer
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Patent number: 4061360Abstract: A collapsible cart for carrying one or more golf bags while playing golf including a pair of large diameter wheels having an inflated pneumatic tire on each wheel and a foldable, lightweight, rigid frame of unique construction for positioning in a compact condition with folding of the frame between collapsed and extended positions enabling attachment and detachment of the independent wheels. The cart includes a unique U-shaped handle to facilitate movement of the cart by either pushing the cart or pulling the cart in the nature of a rickshaw. The handle is also pivotal for movement to a compact position alongside the frame. A pivotal bar is mounted on the frame to support the bottom portion of one or two golf bags and a tie cord is provided on the upper portion of the frame to retain the upper end portion of the bag or bags on the frame. Detachment of the frame from the wheels enables storage of the cart in relatively small spaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1976Date of Patent: December 6, 1977Inventors: Frank E. Evans, Dorothy D. Evans
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Patent number: 4053169Abstract: A combined golf bag and cart mechanism in which the bag and cart are permanently coupled to one another. The bag provides a rigid support for the cart and is provided with a cavity. The cart is movable between a retracted position in which the cart wholly nests within the cavity, and an extended position in which the cart supports the bag for transport. The cart has a pair of substantially elliptically shaped wheels, and an orienting device for maintaining the wheels in planes parallel to the axis of the cavity in both the retracted and extended positions of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1976Date of Patent: October 11, 1977Inventor: Clarence R. Taylor
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Patent number: 4037765Abstract: A rigid aluminum frame is suspended from the shoulders to support cross members to which golf clubs are releasably attached.The user grasps the collar of the frame with one arm and bends slightly until the frame rests on both shoulders by means of two semi-circular platform supports, which ride upon the shoulders. When the user straightens his body, the clubs are lifted off the ground and are readily transported around the golf course.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1976Date of Patent: July 26, 1977Inventor: Mitchell Slayman
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Patent number: 4032054Abstract: An article carrier adapted to be detachably secured to a golf bag and including a rear wall which slopes upwardly and rearwardly from the bottom wall, so that when the carrier is secured to a golf bag disposed in an inclined position, the carrier bottom wall will be disposed in a substantially horizontal position.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1975Date of Patent: June 28, 1977Inventor: Norman E. Duncan
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Patent number: 4017091Abstract: A convertible golf cart which can be wheeled over a golf course carrying golf equipment and can be readily disassembled for transportation and storage. Detachable wheels and a retracting-removable handle and support strut serve to convert the golf cart from its operating condition to a storage and transport condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1975Date of Patent: April 12, 1977Inventor: Russell J. Wallen
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Patent number: 4012051Abstract: A rigid-walled golf bag has a wheel well formed at its base in which are rotably mounted the integral axle of a pair of wheels. The wheel well is formed by a skirt extension of the walls of the bag which serve as a rest when the bag is upright. Plural integral walls divide the bag into plural club compartments and an auxiliary storage compartment is accessed through a door pivotly mounted along one wall. A plate is mounted in a track along the top of the golf bag. The plate is moveable for either covering the club compartments or projecting outward. The plate includes an aperture to permit the plate to serve as a pulling handle for the golf bag.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1975Date of Patent: March 15, 1977Inventor: Donald N. Embinder
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Patent number: 4008874Abstract: An attachment for a motorized cart comprising an adjustable bracket which may be mounted on suitable support arms which extend rearwardly of the cart. The bracket is adapted to retain an umbrella or like canopy in adjusted position so as to extend over the occupants of the cart and also over a storage area which is provided rearwardly of the seating area for the occupants of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1974Date of Patent: February 22, 1977Inventor: John W. Conway, Jr.
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Patent number: 3985372Abstract: A collapsible wheeled cart, in particular a golf cart, comprises a chassis tructure capable of supporting a load, for instance a golf bag, on its one side and two wheel struts carrying wheels at their outer ends and having their opposite ends attached to the chassis structure and being collapsible from a running position, in which the wheels are disposed in parallel planes substantially perpendicular to the load supporting plane of the chassis structure and parallel to the running direction of the cart, therefor a collapsed position, in which the wheels are disposed close to the opposite side of the chassis structure side by side in a substantially common plane substantially parallel to the load supporting plane of the chassis structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1975Date of Patent: October 12, 1976Assignee: SIKOB Svensk Industris Konstrucktions och Berakningskontor ABInventor: Curt Sigvard Olsson
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Patent number: 3985373Abstract: An improved golf bag having a collapsible cart and comprising a frame that consists of at least two axially spaced-apart bracket members mutually connected through connecting means, and a pair of wheels detachably and rotatably mounted on legs secured to said frame. The bag-cart unit is adapted to be pulled with help of a handle attached to the frame, and the bracket members having a plurality of aligned openings. Said wheels having a diameter permitting stowing of the wheels within the bag coaxially with the bracket members, and through openings allowing the golf clubs to be inserted through the aligned openings of the wheels and the bracket members.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1975Date of Patent: October 12, 1976Inventor: John Gunnar Widegren
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Patent number: 3953045Abstract: A combination golf bag and golf cart for use upon a golf course for transportation of golf clubs and balls, and which includes a hollow lower body where golf playing equipment may be placed and which is enclosed on top by a removable top body, the lower body being supported upon a pair of wheels for travel over a ground, and the device also including a pivotable handle by which the device may be pulled, the handle when in non-use is pivoted upwardly so to fit under the upper body.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1975Date of Patent: April 27, 1976Inventor: Valentine G. Feret, Jr.
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Patent number: 3941398Abstract: Apparatus for transporting golf clubs including a golf club holder comprising an elongate body of foamed plastic material with multiple elongate bores defined in said body extending the length thereof and separated laterally from one another by partition portions in the body. The bores open to the top of the body, and a cover is provided which is positionable to provide a covering for the heads of clubs whose shafts are lodged within said bores. Reinforcing means in the holder includes a base supporting the base of the body and elongate braces extending along the outside and longitudinally of said body. Wheeled structure is disclosed including wheels which roll over the ground and a handle for manipulating the structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1974Date of Patent: March 2, 1976Inventor: Karl M. Nelson