US2217353A - Golf bag - Google Patents

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GOLF BAG Filed Sept. 12, 1938 Patentecl Oct. 8, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF BAG Claude P. Wyman, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application 'September 12; 1938, Serial No. 229,515

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-1.5)

This invention relates to golf bag constructions and more particularly to golf bags which include hoods for covering the open upper end of the bag and the golf clubs protruding from said upper end. 4

Golf bags have been constructed for a considerable length of time with hood elements for covering the clubs and the open top of the bag for storage purposes and to protect the clubs from rain. The customary hood construction includes a vsubstantially tubular fiexible fabric element which is secured inside of the bag and which when not in use lies around the inner wall of the bag and around the shafts of the clubs therein. When drawn into bag closing position it is necessary to remove the clubs and pull the hood out of the open end of the bag, then replace the clubs and close the opening in the hood. This is aninconvenient and rather impractical type of construction, and if the hood is being closed because of rain, the clubs are Very likely to become thoroughly wet due to their entire removal from the bag in order to bring the hood into bag closing position.

It is a general object of my invention to provide a golf bag wherein the hood when not in use is retained within the bag out of the way of the clubs, and which may be brought from that position to its bag closing and club covering position without removal or disturbance of the clubs in the bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a golf bag construction wherein the hood is removable from the bag through the side wall thereof and wherein said side wall is free of any projections or bulges so that the bag may be easily slipped onto a shelf or into a pigeon hole or locker in the clubhouse.

Another object of the invention is the provi- '40 sion of means for effectively closing the opening in the bag through which the hood is removed and replaced.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bag having an opening in the side for the removal of the hood wherein said opening can be effectively secured against unauthorized removal of clubs from the bag when the hood is in bag closing position.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a hood construction which Will effectively cover the open end of the bag and clubs therein and at the same time render the clubs Veasily accessible in the event the equipment is being used in the rain and individual removal of clubs is desired.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts 5 throughout the views, and, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of my invention with the hood within the bag;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the hood removal opening in open position; 10

Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the hood in raised position over the open top of the bag;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation taken from the opposite side shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged Vertical section with the 15 lower portion of the bag broken away; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of hood construction.

In the drawing there is shown a bag body 1 which may be formed of leather, duck, or other '2b suitable fabric, and said body is preferably substantiallyoval in cross section. The bottom of the bag is closed by inverted element 8 which lies over a lower cuff 9. A ring ||l is placed around the open upper edge of the ,bag to hold it in shape, and a ring cover is secured over the ring and the upper edge of the bag. A sling strap |2 is connected at its upper end to the upper edge of the bag and at its lower end to a buckle |3, said buckle providing for adjustment in the 30 length of the sling Strap. A handle |4 is also customarily provided. A ball pocket |5 is provided with a longitudinal opening which may be closed by a slide fastener element generally indicated at |6.

The wall of the bag body 1 is provided with a longitudinal slit or opening |1, said opening being provided with slide fastener elements |8 at its edges and a slide member 9 which is customarily provided with an aperture 20 in the handle thereof. Thus the opening in the body side wall can be quickly and completely opened orclosed by manipulation of the slide fastener. At the upper end of the opening is a transverse cutout or opening 2| which extends'across a portion v of the bag body preferably just below the ring cover The edges of the cut-out portion 2| are spaced from each other to provide a transverse opening of some appreciable width. An inner flap 22 is secured to the body along the upper 50 edge of the transverse body opening 2| and said flap is provided with snap fastener elements 23 which are adapted to be secured to cooperating snap fastener elements 24 on the outer side of said body below the ends of the transverse cut- 535 out 2|. The fiap 22 is adapted to lie over said cut-out 2| and over the upper portion of the longitudinal opening or slit Il when the hood is in erected position as will be seen later.

The hood itself comprises a fiexible body 25 which is provided up one side thereof with a cutout 26, a slide fastener indicated generally at 21 being used to open or close the Vertical opening in said hood 25. The hood is closed at one end and open at the other end thereof, and at said open end one side of the hood lies over the upper edge of'the inner fiap 22 and is secured to the body of the bag by a line of stitches 28 which also secures the fiap 22 and which fastens the'V lower edge of the ring cover H to the bag body.` As shown in Fig. 5, it is the inner side of the hood which is extended up above the trans-l verse opening 2| and secured to thelbag body. In the position of the hood shown in Vl'ig. 5 the inner fiap 22 is positioned within the opening 32| and inside of the body wall as is the hood .25. ''he'slide fastener `|9 on the longitudinal opening infthe body wall is manipulated to close said longitudinal opening and an outer flap 29, also held by the line of stitches 2|, is adapted to Hfit down over the" transverse opening 2| and be secured by snap fastening elements 30 to the co- 'perating'fastener elements 24 on the outer side ofv the'bag body adjacent the ends of the transverse opening 2|.. It isvpreferred that the height `of the outer'flap :29 be such that when it is folded up against the upper portion of the bag body it will. terminate approximately at the top edge of said body. I

`When raising of Vthe hood is desired to cover the top end of the bag and any clubsftvithin thezbag'the slide fastener element IQ is pulled down to open the longitudinal slit or opening l'l in the bag body after unfastening of the outer flap 29 and the hood 25, can be withdrawn through said opening 'l and swung upwardly on the outside of the bag andvfitted over the open top of said vbag body. The hood may be firttedvover theV end of the bag with the hood slide fastener 21 either close-d or open. On the yopposite side of the hood from the side which is seweot to the bagbody there is provided a snap fastenr elementl which is adapted to cooper- -atelwith ,a fastener element 32 on the upper portion of the bag body and on the opposite side ofsaid body from the opening through which vthehood has been withdrawn The snap fastener 'ele-ments 3| and32 prevent the hood from drop- 'euifed te the festener e1eme'nts 24 en the bag body after closure of the longitudinal body' openingby upward'movement of the slide fastener 'element IQQ t When the hood isin raised position 'the hood Aslide fastener 2'|` may be closed and' its slide element 21a may be passed through a ring 33 which 'is secured to the ,bag body whereupon a padlock l||V can be passedvthrough the opening in'the slide yelement 21a` to llock| said hood over the open .upper end of thevbag; Furtherinore a grommet '34 in the'inner fia'p 22' is" adapted to receive the apertured handle .portion of the slide element |9 which can be inserted through saidl grommet Vfromthe inner side of the fiap and a padlock seufed thefiheiigh as shown :M233 V11:1 Fe; 3.

the upper end of said bag.

,walls which are jointed at one edge and along Thus the bag is securely locked against unauthorized removal of clubs from the bag.

In view of the fact that the hood 25 extends below the upper edge of the bag when said hood is in raised position, I have provided a Vertical cut-out 36 in that portion of the hood adjacent the point where the slng strap |2 is secured to the upper edge of the bag vso that the hood will nt over the bag without interference from said sling strap. In Fig. 6 there is shown the upper portion of a bag 31 with'a hood 38 in' raised position over As shown in the drawing, the hood is composed of a pair of side 15 the top there'of by a slide fastener 39 to permit opening of the hood up one edge and across the top. Thisvty-pe of hood and opening therefor provides an Vextrernely convenient construction for the removal of clubs from the bag individually ifthe user vof the bag happens to be playing in vthe rain. lyformingthis type of opening int the -hood and providing. a slide fastener therefor `it vis possible to open the same not only throughout its Vertical height, but also across its top, and naturally the heads of the longer woodenrclubs more completely exposed. for selection and From the foregoing'it will be seen that I .have

providedvawgolf bagconstruction wherein. the `30 Vhood therefor can be removed from the bagdand raised toV bag covering position Verytquickly and deasily without removing or disturbing Vthe clubs in ythe bagf By the' same token the hood can be taken .down and placed inside of the bag through the wall of lthe bag body without disturbing the clubs. -This is greatly Superior to that type of hood wherein it is necessary to pull :the hood from the bag through the top4 opening thereof, `a procedure which generally lnecessitates removal of.` all of the clubs from the bag. Furthermore, abag constructed inv accordance with liny. inventioncan be provided 'with division hood .is Vconstructed `so that it vwill-fold against the inner vwall of the bag body, but naturally if the hood is to be drawnupwardly through the 1,open.endoffthe bag to cover the clubs, it is necessary .toremove the clubs held between the difront `Within the bag. i

- vIn* ladditionitwill be notedfrom the above descriptionthat I have provided a convenient means for closing the'wertical and transverse vision, trap and bag body to withdraw the hood openings in; the bag body and for interlocking thezsameto prevent unauthorized access to the `lnterior. of 'the bag.A Furthermore, when the hood isddewn end within the body ef the bagit 'is'adaptedto fold fiat 'against the inner side wall 'of the-bag so thatlthere is no bulge or projecting 'element'whichwill prevent convenient slid- 5 infg of-the bag on to'V a shelf' for storage purposes.

' 'It fwill, of course, -.be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, ar-

frangement and proportions of the various` parts without ;departin-g from the s'cope of my invention. 31;. 1 I .i z i i .FWhat'is'claimed is': i

:' A.bag':for golf clubs and the like comprising,

;azbody;havingI a side wall,a. bottom and an: open top, said side wall having a Vertical slit'lthe'z'ein in its upper porton and also having a cross opening joining the upper end of said Vertical slit below the top edge of the bag, a slide fastener closure for said Vertical slit, a pair of fiaps secured to said side wall above said cross opening, a hogd secured. at its top inner edge to said side Wall above said cross opening between said two flaps and adapted to be swung outwardly from within the bag through said slit and cross opening to

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