US1513092A - Golf-bag support - Google Patents

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ROBERT A. DAVIS, JR., OF NAMPA, IDAHO.

GOLF-BAG SUPPORT.

Application filed. July 18, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. DAVIS, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Nampa, in the county of Canyon and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Bag Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to golf bags, and more particularly to such a bag which is con vertible; that is to say, one which will have the appearance of the ordinary golf bag when carried by a caddie and yet which may be quickly and easily altered to provide legs so that the same may be supported at an angle to the horizontal when it is desired to remove a club for the purpose of playing the game.

Specifically it is an object of the invention to provide the ordinary golf bag with a plurality of threaded sockets to which legs may be quickly attached.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag in self-supporting position.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the support, the bag being shown in dotted outline, and

Figure 3 is a sectional detail.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, the numeral 1 designates the ordinary cylindrical golf bag provided with the usual pocket 2 for carrying golf balls.

Secured to the outer wall of the bag adjacent the mouth thereof is a segment of a band 3 which may be riveted or otherwise secured to the bag through the medium of the apertures l. Integrally formed on the convex side of the band 3 is av pair of substantially semispherical bosses 5 which are formed with radially extending cylindrical channels 6.

The channels 6 are interiorly threaded to receive the reduced threaded end 7 of the legs 8, the latter being preferably sharpened at their lower ends 9 to prevent slipping; while the reduced upper end 7 provides a shoulder 10 to limit the movement of the leg into the boss 5. The shoulder 10 also acts in a manner similar to a lock nut to jam the threads against each other. It should be noted that the channels 6 are formed at a slight angle to the center line Serial No. 652,304.

of the bosses 5 in order to properly place the strain.

In operation of the device, when the bag is caried by a caddie or when for other reasons there is no need to place it on the ground, the legs 8 may be detached and carried in the bag. Under other circumstances, however, the legs are removed from the bag and screwed into the bosses 5, thereby quickly adapting the same to be supported in an inclined position on the ground when desired. It will be understood, of course, that the legs are sufficiently short to permit of the bag being readily carried over the course by the handle and yet are of such length as to properly present the clubs to the player when he desires to make his selection.

From the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple and inexpensive attachment for the standard golf bag, by which the latter may be quickly and easily provided with supporting legs when desired, and which may, with equal facility, be converted back to its original condition.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described what I now believe to be the best embodiment of the invention, but I do not wish to be understood thereby as limiting myself or the scope of the invention, as many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention; all such I aim to include in the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A golf bag, including a band secured to the bag adjacent the mouth thereof, bosses integrally formed on said band and provided with threaded channel portions, legs for supporting said bag, each leg being formed with a reduced threaded end providing a shoulder, whereby the legs may be attached to or removed from the bosses.

2. An attachment for golf bags comprising an integral metal band curved to conform to the curvature of the bag, a pair of bosses integrally formed on the convex side of said band, said bosses being interiorly screw-threaded, and a pair of screwthreaded legs adapted to be detachably connected to said bosses. i

ROBERT A. DAVIS, JR.

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