US2422315A - Supporting frame for twin golf bags - Google Patents

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June 17, 1947. A. P. ROBINSON 2,422,315

SUPPORTING FRAME FOR TWIN GOLF BAGS Filed Oct. 9, 1944 Patented June 17, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUPPORTING FRAME FOR TWIN GOLF BAGS Albert P. Robins-on, Seattle, Wash.

Application October 9, 1944, Serial No. 557,845

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to golf bags, and for its principal object aims to provide a bag structure functioning to positively segregate a players iron clubs from the woods.

It becomes a further and a more particular object to devise a bag structure having this characterization feature and which, in addition, will act automatically to cause the irons to occupy an angular position in relation to the woods when the bag is set upon the ground preparatory to the selection of a proper club from one or the other said set.

The invention has th still further and particular object of providing a bag structure arranged and adapted when rested upon the ground to present an extended base and one, more especially, which will function in the nature of a tripod stand and give a firm footing sustaining the bag in an upright position to place the clubs therein contained in a most accessible location and, perforce, render it unnecessary to stoop when thereafter lifting the bag for further carrymg.

As a further and particular object still, the invention aims to provide a bag structure having its parts so constructed and arranged as to develop a cushioning action noticeably easing the load of the clubs when carrying the same, effectively eliminating the jarring .efiect which, by the design of previous bags, is transmitted by the carrying strap to the shoulder of the player as the bag is carried along the fairways,

These foregoing, and still other and ancillary advantages, will appear and be understood in the course of the following description having express reference to the drawing wherein I illustrate my now preferred embodiment. The invention consists in the novel construction and in the adaptation and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view portraying a bag structure embodying the teachings .of the present invention and shown as the same would appear upon being set down preparatory to spreading the tripod stand to place the clubs in an .upright position with the irons and the woods assuming an angular relationship, one as respects the other said set.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof, made fragmentary to the extent that apart of the carrying strap is deleted, and with the clubs removed.

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation showing the bag structure as the same would appear upori spreading the tripod-forming legs to the operating self-sustaining position, the scale being reduced from that of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sec: tion taken to an enlarged scale on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, expressly to detail the catch by which movably associated parts are releasably locked in a normal inoperative position, normalcy as here employed being used in the sense of placing the bag structure in a condition suitable for carrying or storing; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational View similar to the showing of Fig. 1 excepting that I have here portrayed a, modified manner of applying the carrying strap.

To here enlarge on that which has been previously set forth, the invention is principally concerned with providing a structural arrangemerit which, when set down upon the fairway, will be of a self-sustaining nature supporting the clubs in an upright position and in which the irons and the woods will not only be segregated but will be segregated in particular manner, namely such as will cause the woods and the irons to lie in positions angular to one another.shafts consideredplacing the heads of the irons at one side and the heads of the woods at the other side of a perpendicular plane raised from a line projected horizontally through both sets of clubs. The advantage of this arrangement lies in the fact that the heads of each of the irons and, hence, the numbered soles thereof are fully exposedto the view of the player and, given the need for a certain said iron, the same can be quickly selected without, as has been heretofore frequently necessary, first shifting the heads of one or more of the longer-handled. woods out of a concealing position. Furthermore, the overhanging head of a wood may and frequently does interfere with a ready withdrawal. Given the angular relationship as between the shafts, this difiiculty is overcome. There is also the self.- evident advantage of precluding a scraping of the iron heads against the shafts of the woods in course of withdrawing an iron from, or inserting the same in, the bag.

Now describing my illustrated embodiment, there are employed twin .bags which may beof the same or different sizes and these bags, de noted by the numerals 6 and l, are or may be' produced in the usual manner and which isto say from a, sleeve of canvas, leather .or the like suitably stiffened, if .desired,;by vertical slats and with a reinforcing closure member at the (bottom and-- a reinforcing collar at the top. The bags are desirably flared, with the greater width at the 3 bottom, and are preferably given a rectangular form, sectionally considered.

The arrangement as between the bags is one in which the same are disposed tandem, fore-andaft as distinguished from a side-by-side assembly, and the placing of the bags is such as will compound the two fiares. There is employed a supporting frame, produced to a general Ushape from any suitable material combining springiness with strength-a fairly flexible strap iron by preference-to present upstanding legs II and '12 adapted to lie on the major axis of the assembly one to the front and the other to the rear of the paired bags. The cross-arm U-frame underlies the bottoms of the two bags and, at its points of juncture with said cross-arm,

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the framing member is given a return bend defining pendent feet I4- and I5.

At the open end of the U, a pin, as 8, is passed from one to the other said leg through the reinforcing collars of the bags, and in addition to this said top attachment one of the two bags-say the bag 6is also fixed by its bottom to the frame and thus becomes firmly anchored thereto, leaving the other bag 1 free to swing about the pivot pin 8 as an axis. Ii) denotes a separating washer carried by the pin to lie in intervening relation between the two bags.

Fixedly carried from the bottom of the said swinging bag is a pendent fitting 16 arranged and adapted to complement the elements l4 and I5 and function as the third foot of a tripod and which, when placed in the inoperative folded position, underlies the cross-arm [3 intermediate the relatively stationary feet. There is attached by a spring arm Hi to this fitting it (see Fig. 4) a latching finger ll made active, upon said folding of the three-legged stand, to catch the crossarm and by such engagement releasably hold the two bags against relative disarrangement. The finger is projected beyond the catch a sufficient distance to admit of being readily engaged by the foot of the player for depressing the same out of latching position.

In forming my U-frame I give the front leg I l a height somewhat exceeding that of the back leg and such, more especially, as will prolong the same upwardly beyond its point of attachment with the bags, and this prolongation, designated 20, presents a forward ofiset, as 2|, located proximate to the root or anchoring end thereof and terminates at its free end in an eye 22. Connecting with this eye is a ring, and made fast to the ring is one end of a carrying strap 23 providing,- at its opposite end, the usual buckle 24. To connect, as by a' ring 25, with the buckle, an eye-fitting 26 is riveted or otherwise fixedly secured to the leg H to lie at or somewhat below the mid-height of the bag assembly. There is formed by, or provided on, the said leg l l a handle 21 placed in correspondence with the weight center of the loaded'bag structure.

The iron and the wood clubs are denoted by 30 and 3|, respectively, and an inspection of the several views of the drawing will give a clear understanding of the manner of employing the two bags to effectively segregate one from the other said set of clubs and, by swinging one bag outwardly in relation to the other, cause one said set to lie in cross-angular relation to the other.

The load-cushioning significance of the spring frame, in its provision of flexible connections from each end of the carrying strap to the bags proper will, it is believed, be likewise clearly understood. A certain measure of spring action could perforce be attained were the resilient connection confined to a single end of the strap, and by which I mean resorting only to a resilient prolongation, as 20, while attaching the lower end of the strap directly to a bag or, conversely, looking only to the resiliency of a fiexible leg to overcome the jarring effect which makes the carrying of the ordinary bag unnecessarily tiring.

As a modified method of attaching the straps lower end, there is portrayed in Fig. 5 an arrangement having recourse to a thong 28 looped about both bags and attached at the rear by a keeper 29 fixed to the back leg [2, the two cheekstrands passing through fair-leader guides 32 made fast to the sides of the back bag and extending therefrom as a bridle to the carrying strap proper. In this embodiment it becomes desirable to give the bags a reverse mounting, by which I mean that the back bag becomes the anchored bag 6 and the forward bag the swinging bag I. The length of the bridle should be such as will compensate for the relative swinging of the two bags, and it will be apparent that the bridle will function much in the manner of a draw-string to automatically close the structure by the normal act of a player grasping the strap and lifting the same preparatory to placing on the shoulder. 1

To bring out the import of placing the frame on the fore-and-aft major axis of the assembly, the appearance of the whole is made very attractive, the bags are caused to snug up nicely againsta players side when carrying, and the frame itself is held clear of any contact with the hip or legs in walking. It is here. particularly brought out that the offset 2| accommodates the player's forearm while carrying the assembly, enabling the forearm to be comfortably crooked under the prolongation 20.

It will be understood that the various features of the invention admit of being practically employed individually or conjointly. Numerous departures from the illustrated and described embodiment will suggest themselves having knowledge of my teachings, and it is self-evident that recourse may be freely had to these departures without sacrifice of the inventive concept. It is my intention that all forms of construction and variations in detail coming within the scope of the hereto annexed claims are to be considered as comprehended by the invention.

What I claim is: V

l. A golf-bag structure comprising, in combination: a U-frame presenting upstanding legs arranged to occupy fore-and-aft positions and with the connecting cross-arm of'the U lying at the bottom; and twin bags received in tandem between said legs, one of said bags being an-' chored to the frame and the other pivotally hung and twin bags received in tandem between'said legs, one of said bags being anchored to the frame and the other pivotally hung therefrom for outward swinging movement from and into a normal inline position with the anchored bag, means being provided by the frame and by the swinging bag producing the" bearing components I of a foldable tripod.

3. As a golf-bag structure, in combination: twin bags one acting to receive wood clubs and the other irons; and a frame therefor supporting said bags in tandem and giving a fixed mounting for the one while pivotally sustaining the other for transverse swinging movement from and into in-line relation with the fixed bag, means being provided by the structure arranged and adapted. to constitute a foldable tripod operative, when opened, to give support to the structure holding the same upright and placing the bags in angular relation, one with respect to the other.

4. As a golf-bag structure, in combination: a pair of bags one acting to receive wood clubs and the other irons; and means producing. a frame therefor, supporting the bags for relative swinging movement, and forming the components of a foldable multi-legged stand operative, when opened, to give support to the structure holding the same in an upright position with the two bags placed one in angular relation to the other.

ALBERT P. ROBINSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,483,475 Osterhoudt Feb. 12, 1924 2,364,223 Keim Dec. 5, 1944 1,896,362 Bellow Dec. 6, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7,613 Great Britain 1892 486,831 Great Britain June 10, 1938 155,266 Great Britain Mar. 31, 1921

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