US20020179466A1

US20020179466A1 - Staff type golf bag

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Publication number: US20020179466A1
Application number: US10/121,294
Authority: US
Inventors: Seop Maeng
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-04-12
Filing date: 2002-04-12
Publication date: 2002-12-05
Also published as: KR20020080154A

Abstract

Disclosed herewith is a staff type golf bag. The staff type golf bag includes a bag body shaped in the form of a hollow cylinder. The bag body includes a skin assembly, which is comprised of a skin body provided with a pocket, a top band arranged on the upper portion of the skin body, and a bottom strip arranged on the lower portion of the skin body. The bag body further includes a reinforcing plate that has a size corresponding to the size of the skin assembly. The reinforcing plate is fixedly attached to the rear surface of the skin assembly. A bottom support is fixedly attached under the bottom strip to the bottom portion of the bag body. A top mold is fixedly attached under the top band to the top portion of the bag body.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to staff type golf bags that are capable of being easily, inexpensively and effectively manufactured.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a staff type golf bag, in which its skin assembly is integrated with its reinforcing plate, the skin assembly being comprised of a skin body provided with a pocket, a top band arranged on the upper portion of the skin body and a bottom strip arranged on the lower portion of the skin body, the skin assembly being laid on and fixedly attached to the reinforcing plate, the reinforcing plate forming a cylindrical shape with both side ends of the reinforcing plate connected to each other by connection means, thereby allowing the staff type golf bag to be easily, inexpensively and effectively manufactured.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Generally used golf bags can be divided into a variety of types according to materials, sizes, shapes, etc.

Golf bags are each fabricated by cutting component parts on a horizontal plane and sewing them together, thus forming a three-dimensional golf bag of a certain volume. The fabricating methods are distinguished from each other by the techniques for dealing with the connected portions of the bag body. In particular, the golf bags may be divided into the following two types according to their fabrication methods.

First, there is a stay type golf bag, which is fabricated of fabric sheets relatively thin and easily turned inside out, which has a simple shape, and which is provided with relatively small-sized pockets. In the manufacture of the stay type golf bag, all the parts, including pockets, are sewn together into a bag body on a horizontal plane (see FIG. 1 a), both side ends of the bag body are sewn together to allow the pockets to be situated on the inner surface of the bag body 10 (see FIG. 1b), and the cylindrical bag body 10 is turned inside out so as to allow connected portions to be situated on the outer surface of the bag body 10, and the pockets to be situated on the inner surface of the bag body (see FIG. 1c). However, the stay type golf bag is restricted to material that is capable of being turned inside out after pre-working is carried out, and requires reinforcing material, such as a plurality of support wires W, to be inserted into the bag body 10.

Second, there is a staff type golf bag, which is provided with relatively large-sized pockets, has a relatively large size, is fabricated of relatively thick vinyl or polyurethane, and allows a reinforcing plate to be situated inside of its skin assembly. The staff type golf bag is fabricated by separately manufacturing a

skin body

10, a top band 11, a bottom strip 12 and a bottom support 13 and integrating them together, so a large number of component parts are required to fabricate the golf bag, thus causing the fabrication of the golf bag to be difficult and time-consuming. In the fabrication of the staff type golf bag, the skin body 10 is cylindrically formed by attaching a slide fastener 10 b on a rear pocket 10 a and fastening it, the reinforcing cylinder 14 rolled in the form of a cylinder is situated inside of the skin body 10, the reinforcing cylinder 14 is secured to the skin body 10, the top band 11 is fixedly attached to the upper portion of the skin body 10, and the bottom strip 12 and the bottom support 13 are fixedly attached to the lower portion of the skin body 10. Accordingly, the various component parts are difficult to assemble, the attachment of the top band 11 and the bottom strip 12 to the cylindrical skin body 10 requires special instruments and high level skill, and the manufacture of the golf bag further necessitates a large working area and a great amount of time. Additionally, when the reinforcing cylinder 14 is positioned inside of the cylindrical skin body 10, the connected portions 14 b of the reinforcing cylinder 14 should be situated at a position where a grip 15 is riveted, the positioning of the reinforcing cylinder 14 is difficult and inconvenient. Furthermore, the staff type golf bag is fabricated by converting flat parts into three-dimensionally shaped parts, so the manufacture should be performed by skilled workers, defective products may be easily fabricated, and special instruments have to be employed to manufacture the golf bag. Particularly, the grip 15 should be attached to the cylindrical skin body 10 and the reinforcing cylinder 14 by rivets, so a special riveting apparatus is employed to manufacture the golf bag.

In particular, the

top band

11 includes a reinforcing band 11 a positioned inside of a band skin 11 b, the lower portion of the reinforcing band 11 a is arranged to come into contact with the upper portion 14 a of the reinforcing cylinder 14, and the top band 11 is fixedly attached to the skin body 10 with the top band 11 sewn on the skin body 10 at their contacted portions. The side ends of the top band 11 are situated in the front of the golf bag and covered with a patch 16, and the side ends of the skin body 10 are connected at its rear pocket 10 a by the slide fastener 10 b. Accordingly, the side ends of the top band 11 and the side ends of the skin body 10 do not coincide and are situated in different directions, so the top band 11 and the skin body 10 have to be manufactured separately.

The conventional staff type golf bag should be fabricated by integrating together the separately manufactured

skin body

10, top band 11, bottom strip 12, bottom support 13 and reinforcing cylinder 14. Therefore, the staff type golf bag is problematic in that a considerable loss of material occurs in the process of cutting and sewing raw material, a large amount of time and manpower, a skilled worker and an expensive special instrument are required to assemble its component parts, defective products are easily produced, and the detection of the defect of the grip 15 is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a staff type golf bag, which is capable of being easily fabricated, thereby allowing the staff type golf bag to be easily, inexpensively and effectively manufactured.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a staff type golf bag, in which a skin assembly is integrated with a reinforcing plate, the skin assembly is comprised of a skin body provided with a pocket and a top band and a bottom strip arranged on the upper portion of the skin body strip arranged on the lower portion of the skin body, the skin assembly is laid on and fixedly attached to the reinforcing plate, and the reinforcing plate forms a cylindrical shape with both side ends of the reinforcing plate connected to each other by connection means, thereby allowing the staff golf bag to be easily, inexpensively and effectively manufactured.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: [0013]
FIG. 1[0014] a is a development showing the bag body of a conventional stay type golf bag;
FIG. 1[0015] b is a perspective view showing the bag body of FIG. 1a with its both side ends connected to each other;
FIG. 1[0016] c is a perspective view showing the bag body of FIG. 1b turned inside out;
FIG. 2[0017] a is a perspective view showing a reinforcing plate of a staff type golf bag of the present invention with its both side ends connected to each other;
FIG. 2[0018] b is an exploded perspective view of the staff type golf bag of the present invention;
FIG. 3[0019] a is a development showing the bag body of the staff type golf bag of the present invention;
FIG. 3[0020] b is a cross section taken along line I-I of FIG. 3 a;
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the staff type golf bag of the present invention; [0021]
FIG. 5[0022] a is a cross section showing the reinforcing plate of the staff type golf bag of the present invention with corrugations formed on one side of the reinforcing plate; and
FIG. 5[0023] b is a cross section showing the reinforcing plate of the staff type golf bag of the present invention with corrugations formed on both sides of the reinforcing plate.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Reference now should be made to the drawings, in which the same reference numerals are used throughout the different drawings to designate the same or similar components. [0024]
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the present invention provides a staff type golf bag Al. The staff type golf bag Al includes a [0025] bag body 70 formed in the shape of a hollow cylinder. The bag body 70 includes a skin assembly 50, which is comprised of a skin body 20 provided with a pocket, a top band 30 arranged on the upper portion of the skin body 30, and a bottom strip 40 arranged on the lower portion of the skin body 30. The bag body 70 further includes a reinforcing plate 60 that has a size corresponding to the size of the skin assembly. The reinforcing plate 60 is fixedly attached to the rear surface of the skin assembly 50. A bottom support 80 is fixedly attached under the bottom strip 40 to the bottom portion of the bag body 70. A top mold 90 is fixedly attached under the top band 30 to the top portion of the bag body 70 by a bolt.
In this embodiment, connection means [0026] 61 is attached to both ends of the reinforcing plate 60 of the bag body 70. The reinforcing plate 60 is connected at its both ends by the function of the connecting means 61 to form a cylindrical body.
A [0027] grip 51 arranged on the vertical line of the central portion of the skin assembly 50 is riveted to the reinforcing plate 60, so the grip 51 can be easily attached to the reinforcing plate 60, and the skin assembly 50 and the reinforcing plate 60 are preliminarily attached to each other.
In this embodiment, a slide fastener is employed as the connection means [0028] 61 that is attached to both ends of the reinforcing plate 60. However, instead of the slide fastener, a Velcro faster or staples can be used to connect both ends of the reinforcing plate 60, or both ends of the bag body 70 can be sewn into a cylindrical body.
A [0029] slide fastener 22 is attached to the rear pocket 21 to selectively open or close the rear pocket 21 or skin assembly 50.
The upper end of the [0030] rear pocket 21 of the skin body 20 is situated under and sewn with the top band 30, while the lower end of the rear pocket 21 of the skin body 20 is situated under and sewn with the bottom strip 40.
In the staff type golf bag Al of the present invention, the [0031] skin assembly 50 is integrated with the reinforcing plate 60 while the skin assembly 50 is laid on the reinforcing plate 60, thus forming the plate-shaped bag body 70. As a result, all the parts including the grip 51, which are required to be riveted, can be riveted to the reinforcing plate 60 while being laid on the skin assembly 50, thereby allowing the parts to be easily riveted to the reinforcing plate 60, that is, allowing the golf bag of the present invention to be easily manufactured. In this state, when the slide fastener 61 attached to both side ends of the reinforcing plate 60 is fastened, the bag body 70 has a cylindrical shape. The upper end 211 a of the cover plate 211 of the rear pocket 21 of the skin body 20 is situated under and sewn with the top band 30, while the lower end 211 b of the cover plate 211 of the rear pocket 21 of the skin body 20 is situated under and sewn with the bottom strip 40. The sidewall of the bottom support 80 is situated under the bottom strip 40, and sewn on or bolted to the skin assembly 50. The mold top 90 is situated under the top band 30, and bolted to the skin assembly 50. A finish patch 33 is positioned to cover the side ends of the top band 30 in order to prevent the side ends from being exposed to the outside.
FIGS. 5[0032] a and 5 b are views showing a staff type golf bag A2 in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. A plurality of corrugations 62 are formed on one side or both sides of a reinforcing plate 60. The corrugated reinforcing plate 60 can be made to be thinner than a flat reinforcing plate, so the corrugated reinforcing plate 60 allows the golf bag to be lightweight. When the corrugated reinforcing plate 60 is shaped in the form of a cylindrical body, the corrugations 62 can be retracted, thereby allowing the skin assembly 50 and the reinforcing plate 60 to be concentric while forming cylindrical bodies.
As described above, the present invention provides a staff type golf bag, in which a skin assembly is integrated with a reinforcing plate, the skin assembly being comprised of a skin body provided with a pocket, a top band arranged on the upper portion of the skin body and a bottom strip arranged on the lower portion of the skin body, the skin assembly being laid on and fixedly attached to the reinforcing plate, and the reinforcing plate forming a cylindrical shape with both side ends of the reinforcing plate connected to each other by connection means, thereby allowing the staff type golf bag to be easily, inexpensively and effectively manufactured. As a result, the staff type golf bag of the present invention can be easily manufactured, so a large number of golf bags can be rapidly manufactured owing to the effectiveness and simplicity of the manufacturing process of the golf bag, the manufacturing costs of a golf bag are reduced due to a reduction in manpower, the costs of raw materials can be saved owing to the reduction of cutting and sewing processes, expensive special instruments are not necessary due to the easy manufacture of the golf bag, and labor costs can be reduced owing to the reduction of dependency on skilled workers. [0033]
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. [0034]

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A staff type golf bag, comprising:

a skin assembly comprised of,

a skin body provided with a pocket,

a top band arranged on an upper portion of said skin body, and

a bottom strip arranged on a lower portion of said skin body; and

a reinforcing plate having a size corresponding to a size of said skin assembly;

wherein said skin assembly is laid on and fixedly attached to said reinforcing plate;

wherein said reinforcing plate forms a cylindrical shape with both side ends of said reinforcing plate connected to each other by connection means.

2. The staff type golf bag according to claim 1, wherein said connection means is a slide fastener, a Velcro tape, or staples.

3. The staff type golf bag according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing plate is provided on its one side or both sides with a plurality of corrugations.

4. A staff type golf bag, comprising a skin body opened through its rear pocket, a top band attached to an upper portion of said skin body, a bottom strip attached to a lower portion of said skin body, and a reinforcing plate situated inside of said skin body, characterized in that:

said skin body, said top band and said bottom strip, which are integrated into a skin assembly, are fixedly attached to said reinforcing plate;

both side ends of said reinforcing plate are connected to each other by connection means to form a cylindrical body; and

both side ends of said skin body are connected to each other by a slide fastener attached to said rear pocket.

5. The staff type golf bag according to claim 4, wherein said connection means is a slide fastener, a Velcro tape, or staples.

6. A staff type golf bag, comprising a skin body open vertically, a top band attached to an upper portion of said skin body, a bottom strip attached to a lower portion of said skin body, and a reinforcing plate situated inside of said skin body, characterized in that:

both side ends of said reinforcing plate are connected to each other by a slide or Velcro fastener to form a cylindrical body; and

both side ends of said skin body are connected to each other by a slide fastener or thread.