US1229326A - Golf-bag. - Google Patents

Description

1. E. SCHANK.

GOLF BAG.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY6.i915.

Patent-0d June 12, 1917.

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` To all 'whom t ma concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN E. SCHANK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident `of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GolffBags, of'

fect, Abe'separatecl from the iron clubs, and their shafts protected from damaging con tact with the adjacent heads of` the iron clubs in the ordinari? usage of the bag.

My invention is nally concerned witha novel construction whereby the bag will,

on a fairly level green, so that if the player has to carry the bag himself, `he can, with a little care, stand the bag upright while he is making his shot, thus obvia-ting the neces-"` sity of stooping to pick up the bag after each shfot. 1

To illustrate my invention, Iy annex. hereto a sheet of drawings, in which the same reference characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view containing my invention; Fig. 2 is al central vertical section through the bottom thereof on an enlarged scale ;v

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Figty is a central verticalseetion through the reinforcing cap before it is put in place -on the bag; 4t Fig. 51s a top plan view illustrating the partition feature; and

.F' 6'is a vertical section through the bot' tom of a bag .thus-.equipped'insection on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

The first feature of my invention is conappucauun mea my a, 1915. serial rre. as'ra.'

` istics.

with the clubs therein, readily stand erect of bag- Fig. 3 is a plan view in section on the line on the topof the cap d, in the manner clearly Specication of Letters Patent. l lP3Gt-iellledl Jllime 12g-'1917'.

cerned with the bottom 'of the bag, and the upper part thereof, as shown `in Flgl, may be of any desired construction.- If vthe bod a is made of canvas, a customary materiali I preferably sew to the outer face thereof a strip of leather b of sufficient thickness to furnish a substantial protection and-reinforcement. This is preferably supplemented by a second reinforcingfstrip c of cardboard, 1 interposed between v the l canvas and the 6@ leather, as clearlyshown in Fig.-2,all three strips preferably extendingto the bottomiof the a l The novel element of my construction is the cap d, which is preferably made of somev lightmetal, such as aluminum, or some other material havingthe same general character- The cap is formed ofv the central disk-like portion e, which is preferably strengthened by, forming therein theiannular corrugations if, f and f2. Extending .downwardly fromthis body ortion is the annular -fiangev g, and at the ottoni is the` short horizontal .liange or portion zconnectextending-flange j, which, as shown,is pre erably about half the width 'of the' flange g. When the parts are assembled, the material constituting the body of the bag and any reing the flange g with the outer, upwardl 'le l inforcing strips that may be employed, such as illustrated, are all extended-downinto the annular channelformed between the flanges g and j, and the iiange j is rolled or crimped,

for otherwise turned in, as shown in- Fig. 2,

so `asfto grip ythe body-material between the` 85 two flanges. As it would-be objectionable to.- have the ends of the shafts, or the heads, as

the case might be, ofthe clubs strike against the metalV of thebottom, place over the upper surface'of thebottom a heavy pad k, 90 whichmaybe of felt','.or some similar suitable `material or combination of materials, and which is preferably cemented in place shown in Fig. 2. The'second feature of my inventiongis concernedwith a partition-construction by which the wooden clubs may beheld in the ba separate from the iron clubs, ,andin suir a manner as to' preven't the heads of 1 0@ the iron clubs from coming into contact with the shafts of the wooden clubs, to the detri- I ment of thelatter.

' With this end in view, I securevacross the .top of the bag, at right angles to the handle Z, a separating or partition strap m, which is 'preferably detachably secured to the inner walls of the top ring n by the fasteners o, which maybe oit the customary button takes the form of a sheet-metal bar shapedv as shown, and which, when employed in connection with mynovel metallic bottom,

is secured on top of the felt padJc, prefer'- ably bythe rivets g passing through the horizontal flanges 'r of the rib p. The top of the rib is preferably inclined, substan- *tially at the angle shown, so that the ends f of the clubs' will readily slide of of the same, and on one side or the other thereof. `In use, the wooden clubs willbe inserted above the stra on the side adjacent to the handle Z, and t eir ends will rest above the partition p when the bag is carried by the shoulder strap or handle. The iron clubs are placed in the bag below the strap, and j with this arrangement, it will be apparent that the heads of 'the iron clubs will hang down over the edge of the bag, and that the heads of the wooden clubs will likewise hang down, but at a greater distance `from the mouth of the bag, and 'the shafts are held away from the heads of the iron clubs by the strap m,so that no damage is done by reason of unnecessary contact between them. The arrangement makes it possible towithdraw the clubs from the bag more readily than where they are mixed indiscriminately, as is the case with bags where no partition is employed.

A very great advantage of my novel construction resides in thecfact that with the bottom of the bag elevated above the Hange h, whichv alone strikes the ground, and which will readily sink into the short grass with whichthe greens are covered (while a flat-bottom bag would not), the bag will stand erect and unsupported 'if set'zdown carefully, thus enabling the golfen' if fhe has -to carry the bag himself, to play his game without thenecessity of stooping to pickup .his bagy after vevery shot, as is necessary with the ordinary bag. The use vof the partition' p and the .strap m also assists-insecuring this desired result, because they act to distribute the weight of the clubs more uniformly throughout the bag than would be the case if they were not employed, and as a consequence -the 'bag will stand erect with the weight of the clubs thus distributed,-whereas it would not if their weight was all concentrated on one side of the bag, as would be the case if the partition and strap ywere not employed and the bag were carried by the handle Z prior to setting it down.

' vIVhile I have shown and described my invention as embodied inthe form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that itl is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in theinterpretation of the followinglclaims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, 1s:

l1. In a golf-bag bottom, the combination with the body material, of a metallic bottom cap rhaving a deep annular channel into which the bodymaterial extends, said'channel having its upper edge contracted to clamp the body material and bottom cap together by pressing the body material directly. between thetwo walls vof the channel, and a cushion securedy on the top of the' metal inside of the'bag. 1

2. In a golf-bag bottom, thecombination with the tubular body material, of a sheetvmetal bottom cap composed of a disk hav- ,ing a downwardly turned flange, and an upwardly turned flange connected thereto auA of lesser width pressed against the inclosed body materialto clamp it between the'two flanges, for the purpose described. 3. In a golf-,bag bottom, the combination with the body'material, of a sheet-metal.

bottom composed of a disk having annular corrugations therein and a downwardly turned anlge, and an upwardly turned flange connected thereto of lessen-width pressed against the inclosed` body material lto clamp it between the two flanges, for the purposey described.

4. In a golf-bag bottom, the combination with the canvas body material a, of the outer reinforcing stripl b sewed thereto at its upper edge, the inner reinforcing lstrip c interposed between Athe canvas a and the leather 5, a sheet-metal bottom cap d havling the anges g and y' for'the purpose described, and the-cushion c securedpon the top of the bottom cap.

5. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a 'reinforcing cap for golf-bag bottoms, consisting of a metallic 'disk having al downwardly extending annular flange,

and anupwardly extending annular ange of less width joined-thereto and adapted to, have its upper edgeturned inward,` Substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In la golf-bag, the combinationl with a body portion having a bottom with a rigid flange extending downward therefrom meeee for a considerable distance so. as to form a support for the bag in its upright position without the bottom proper .touching the ground, of a strap secured across the-'top v of the bag, and a rbsecured" in the bottom thereof, parallel to the strap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set mV hand. 'and al'lxed my seal, thislst day of July, A. D'. 1915. *y

JOHN E. SCHANK. [1.. s.]

Witnesses:

N. L. Lo'rr2 JOHN HOWARD MCELR'OY.

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