US2408777A - Tripod golf bag - Google Patents

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Oct. 8, 1946. N. D. HOLBRO OK' 2,408,777 j TRIPOD GOLF BAG Filed Nov. 12, 1943 Invenfor' Jrwi'on ZZHbZbr-ooh:

Patented Oct. 8, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TRIPOD GOLF BAG Newton D. Holbrook, Thomaston, Conn. 7

Application November 12, 1943, Serial No. 510,069

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to golf bags, and more particularly to a tripod skeleton golf bag for use in carrying golf clubs and balls around the course and to and from the golf links.

One object of the present invention is to provide a golf bag of the above nature which may be automatically expanded into the shape of a tripod when the carrying cords are released so that the bag may rest in an inclined position upon the ground with the clubs in a convenient accessible position when the player desires to make a shot.

A further object is to provide a tripod golf bag of the above nature which is adapted to be collapsed automatically when the carrying cords are again grasped after the shot has been made and it is desired to carry the bag and clubs to the location for the next shot.

A further object is to provide a tripod golf bag of the above nature furnished with a main wide leg having a cylindrical bottom receptacle for the handles of the inverted clubs and an arcuate open rest member for the club heads at the upper end of said main leg. v A further object is to provide a tripod golf bag of the above nature having a flexible carrying cord connected at its center to said open club head rest, said cord having depending ends joined to the intermediate portions of the swinging legs, which with the main leg are adapted to form a tripod.

A further object is to provide a golf bag of the above nature having a V-shaped holder for the hinge bolts of the swinging legs, which holder is provided with a pair of inclined wings spaced apart at an angle.

A further object is to provide a tripod golf bag of the above nature in which springs for biasing the swinging legs outwardly are mounted within the Wings of V-shaped holders which limit the opening movement of the legs under the action of said springs.

A further object is to provide a golf bag of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efiicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawing, two forms in which the invention may conveniently be embodied in practice.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a side view of the tripod skeleton golf bag in open position, as it appears when resting upon the ground.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the same with the bag in vertical position, and with the swinging legs held collapsed by means of the locking strap.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the upper part of the golf bag showing the arcuate club head rest member and the hinge connections for the swinging legs.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the upper portion of one of the swinging legs, showing how it is held away from the main leg by the action of a strong leaf spring.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the angle plate for holding the spring at the top of the swinging leg and limiting the opening movement thereof.

Fig. 7 is a sectional View of the upper portion of one of the swinging legs in which a modified form of wire spring is provided for forcing the swinging leg away from the main leg.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral Ill indicates a wide main leg of fiat strip shape, and having secured at the top thereof a pair of small round swinging legs I! and I2, the bottoms of such legs having tips l3 as shown.

At the bottom of the main leg Ill, provision is made of a cup-shaped club handle receptacle l4 made of any suitable material and adapted to "rest upon theground I5, as shown. The nu- .meral l6 indicates an angle plate which is employed for attaching the receptacle M to the bottom of the main leg I!) as by means of bolts l1 and [8 on the rear of said cup, and a bolt 7 [9 under the bottom of said cup.

adapted to be secured to the rear top portion of the main leg ID by means of a bolt 22.

The rest member 2i! is provided with a pair of flared extremities 23, 24 having eyes 25, 26 for receiving a round carrying cord 21, preferably of leather, which is threaded through the eyes 25, 26, and has a pair of depending carrying sections 28, 29 passing through a pair of apertures 30, 3| located substantially at the mid-points of the swinging tripod legs ll, 12. The extremities of the cord sections 28, 29 are furnished with knotted ends 32, 33 which serve to prevent the cord 21 from pulling out of the swinging legs H and I2.

In order to support the swinging legs ll, l2 upon the main leg H] with a spring action, so as to cause them to swing outwardly when the cord handle sections 23, 29 are released, provision is made of a pair of rearwardly inclined ear 34, 35 On the tongue 2|. The ear 34, 35 are apertured to receive a pair of hinge bolts 36, 31, the heads 38, 39 of which are mounted in the top portions of the swinging legs H, IZ-said bolts being secured in position by means of a pair of nuts 48, 4!.

Provision is also made of a pair of angle plates 22, 43 having wings 44, 45 disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees from each other. The upper portions of the angle plates 42, 43 are provided with apertures 46, 46 to fit over the bolts 35, 31. Provision is also made of leaf springs 41, 48, each of which is secured at one end by screws 49, 50 to one side of the top portion of the swinging legs ii, iii. The free ends 5|, 52 of the leaf prings ll, 48 are adapted to engage slidably against the wings 45 of the angle plates 42, 43.

A strap 53, preferably of leather, is furnished at an intermediate portion of the main leg It), being secured thereto in horizontal position by a rivet 54, and having a tongue buckle 55 at one end and a series of tongue holes 56 at its other end.

Operation In operation, assuming the swinging golf bag to be in the position shown in Fig. l of the drawing, whenever the golfer desires to carry the bag to a diiferent location, he will grasp the two dependin sections 28, 29 of the cord 21, which cross each other as shown in Fig. 2. He will then lift the ba from the ground, causing the legs H, l2 to swing against the main leg Ill, and will carry the bag in this position to the place where he is to make his next shot.

It will be noticed that when the bag is thus carried, the clubs will be held from falling out by the arcuate rest member 20, and also by the fact that the crossed sections of the cord will hold the shafts of the clubs securely within the bag. When out of use, the strap 53 will be tied around the legs ill, I I, 12 as well as the shafts of the golf clubs, so that the bag may be carried away from the golf links or placed in a locker until it is desired to use it again.

Modified form In the modified form of the invention shown plate 42, 13, while the other end 59 of each spring 51 loops around a bevelled section 60 at the top inner side of the swinging leg H, [2.

The numeral 5| indicates a cylindrical ballholding bag located at the to of the main leg i3 and secured thereto in any desired manner. A slide fastener 62 is provided to permit the ball bag to be readily opened and closed, as desired.

While there have been disclosed in this specification two forms in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these forms are shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosures, but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departin from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims:

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

1. In a tripod golf bag, a main leg having a cup-shaped club handle receptacle at the lower end thereof, a pair of swinging legs pivoted to said main leg at the upper portion thereof, spring means pressing said swinging legs outwardly at all times, and a pair of triangular angle plates arranged in vertical divergin planes secured to said main leg and having stop wings on their opposite edges for confining the upper end of said swinging legs so as to limit the movement of said swinging legs away from said main member.

2. In a golf bag, a main leg, a pair of swinging legs connected at their upper ends to said main leg, a golf club receptacle secured to said main leg, a pair of springs pressing said swinging legs away from said main leg for normally holding said swinging legs in an outward position, and means for collapsing said swinging leg against said main leg consisting of a flexible cord connected to the intermediate points of said swinging legs, said cord having portions crossing each other behind said main leg and embracing the club handles above said main leg when said golf bag is being carried.

3. The invention as defined in claim 2 in which said springs are of the coiled wir type.

4. The invention as defined in claim 2 in which said springs are the leaf type.

NEW I'ON D. HOLBROOK.

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