US2754130A

US2754130A - Golf club, bag and accessory cart

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Publication number: US2754130A
Application number: US364703A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bryant S Procter
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1953-06-29
Filing date: 1953-06-29
Publication date: 1956-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1973-07-10

Description

July 10, 1956 B. s. PROCTER 2,754,130

GOLF CLUB, BAG AND ACCESSORY CART Filed June 29, 1953 /6mmmm\ ULIJULIJ IN VEN TOR ATTORNEY 2,754,130 GOLF CLUB, BAG AND ACCESSORY CART Bryant S. Procter, Sarasota, Fla. Application June 29, 1953, Serial No. 364,703

2 Claims. (Cl. 280-4723) This invention relates to a combination golf cart, holding all of the required golf clubs, bags, balls, umbrella, and golf playing accessories necessary to conveniently, without the burden of carrying the conventional golf bag, or the expense of employing a caddy or renting a caddy cart, and easily play the game of golf.

My present invention is not to be compared with the conventional golf cart to which the conventional caddy golf bag is strapped. The golf club, bag and accessory cart has the necessary pockets and holding devices built in to and are part of this cart, to properly carry a plurality of golf clubs, heads down into their individual pockets, umbrella, golf balls, tees, score card and pencil, sweaters, shirts, shoes, thermos bottle and many other golf accessories not mentioned. Other objects of my invention are to provide a very simple, sturdy, lightweight and inexpensive golf cart that will hold everything conveniently and securely which are required and necessary for the game of golf, will push or pull almost without effort at its balancing, pushing or pulling position, will stand up securely by itself, wherever placed, and will not easily tip over from an ordinary wind or downgrade as is sometimes encountered on a golf course; to provide thereon means for supporting the individual golf clubs in separated partitions, easily and quickly inserted or removed, and to avoid noise, or scratching, marring and bumping of the golf clubs when wheeling the golf cart over the golf course and to provide individual elastic cord loops for engaging the handles of the golf clubs. These elastic cord loops are readily adjustable up and down on the main frame golf cart handle, to accommodate clubs of varying lengths, such as mens and ladies.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear later in the detailed description, my invention consists in a golf club, bag and accessory cart having the novel structural features and characteristics hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of the golf cart shown in its standing position resting upright and balanced to gravity looking partially towards the rear.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the golf cart in the same relative upright position.

Fig. 4 is a top view looking down on Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial view of the golf club handle holding piece as viewed from the front.

Referring to the drawings the golf club, bag and accessory cart illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive comprises a sturdy bottom tray 16 preferably made of metal or hard rubber, to which a straight axle 11 is welded or otherwise securely fastened to the top of the front section of the tray 10. On said axle 11 is mounted a pair of ground wheels 12 and suitable washers and cotter pins are provided to keep the wheels 12 in their proper places. Spaced for clearance, upright handle bar pieces 13 are welded or otherwise securely fastened at their lower ends to the opposite sides of tray 16. Handle bar pieces 13 are formed of metal or other suitable materials into the proper U-shaped handle 14. It will be noted from Fig. 1 that the side handle bar pieces 13 are fastened to tray 10 near the middle of the outside of the tray 10 well to to the rear of wheels 12. Hence the wheels may be spaced close to the sides of tray 10 and the tray made no wider than necessary to accommodate the desired number of club heads. The overall reduction in width of the cart made possible by this arrangement is desirable, particularly when the cart is placed in a locker or into an automobile for transportation. The cart is of sturdy light weight construction. The upper ends of pieces 13 are bent forward at about right angles so that the closed end cross piece 14 lies well forward to the plane of the side pieces 13 and hence when the cart is loaded with clubs as will be subsequently explained and as partially indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the handle 14, which is grasped by the user in pulling or pushing the cart, is sufficiently removed from the golf club handles that there is no interference or bumping between the golf club handles and the cart users hand. This particular shaping of the

handle frame

13 and 14 also protects the golf clubs and cart contents if the cart falls forward or is trans ported, horizontally, in an automobile as then the entire weight of the cart and contents rests on the wheels 12 and cross piece handle 14. The greatest dimension of the loaded cart is very little greater than the longest golf club.

It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the frame pieces 13 are tapered towards each other from bottom to top, that is they are closer together at the top than at the bottom. This is desirable for more nearly centering the weight of the frame and parts supported thereby between the wheels and to the extent that this is accomplished it diminishes sidewise tipping tendency. Also the tapered frame helps to hold up the handle holding piece 20 and accessory bag 26.

Made to fit exactly into tray 10 is a removable flexible leather, canvas or rubber partition section bag 15 divided by a central longitudinal partition 16 and transverse partitions 17 into the required number of individual cushioned compartments for the various number of golf club heads and lower umbrella end. Attached to the rear wall and part of bag 15 is a pocket 18 with a Zipper opening 19 for holding golf balls, tees and other golf accessories.

A golf club handle holding piece 20 is made the proper size and so sewed that its vertical side openings 21 allow handle bar pieces 13 to fit exactly through openings 21. Golf club handle holding piece 20 is held in place, and is adjustable up or down on handle bar pieces 13, for either mens or ladies clubs, by two set-screws 22.

Holding piece 20 preferably made of leather, canvas or other suitable flexible material, has metal eyelets 23 placed at the proper positions through which an elastic cord 24 is interlaced so that the proper elastic cord tension loops will hold the golf club and umbrella handles in their respective places. Centrally located in the top of holding piece 20 is an opening or pocket 25, formed by so sewing the front and rear layers of the material of holding piece 20. This pocket 25 provides for the score card and pencil. The elastic cord loops 24 for securing the golf club handles are vertically positioned so that they will be below the upper ends of the corresponding golf club handles which they accommodate when the clubs are in place with their heads in tray 15. Preferably the long handle clubs, such as the driver, brassie and spoon are placed to the rear of holder 26 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In removing these clubs, the club may be grasped below the holding loop 24 and its head lifted out and over the back of bag 15, then lowered until it clears the loop 24. The shorter iron clubs are preferably placed in the front of holder 20 with their heads in the front compartments of tray 15. The golf club handle holding loops for these clubs are shown in Fig. 5. In removing these shorter clubs, the club may be grasped below its holding loop 24, pulled forward and its loop lifted to clear the upper end of the club handle. The best elevation of the short iron club holding loops is approximately one inch below the upper end of their corresponding club handles when the golf clubs are in place. Since the golf clubs vary in length their holding loops preferably vary in elevation accordingly as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. Because of the interlacing of the elastic cord 24 to form several loops, pulling out a loop to remove a club causes greater tension on the adjacent club handles, therefore holding them more securely in place, diminishing their chances for displacement.

Each club is individually and securely held in place out of contact with each other and all metallic or rigid parts of the cart. Hence there is no rattling of the clubs, and no scratching or other injury to the clubs incident to the use or transporting of the cart. The club handle securing arrangement is inexpensive both as to first cost and maintenance. In case the elastic cord 24 becomes worn or weak it may be quickly renewed at small expense. Likewise its tension may be readily adjusted as by tying a knot near its end. A large accessory bag 26 with a Zipper opening 27, is constructed of similar flexible material as holding piece 20, to provide for carrying sweaters, shirts, shoes, thermos bottle or other golf accessories. Attaching straps 28 are attached to the outer sides of bag 26 and are so sewed to allow handle bar pieces 13 to fit exactly through straps 28. The entire bag 26 is held in its proper position on handle bar pieces 13 by set-screws 29. The Zipper opening 27 (see Fig. 3), in bag 26 is made vertical so that access thereto is available from the back between substantially vertical club handles.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 that the golf cart, when not in use loaded or unloaded, stands upright by itself. When the cart is to be pulled or pushed, it is tipped forward or to the left in Fig. 2 so that the frame parts 13 are at an angle of about 45 degrees to the vertical. This is its normal and natural transporting position for a person of average height. When so positioned the center of gravity of the loaded cart is approximately over the wheel axle so that the user is not required to lift or to press down on the handle bar 14, but merely to pull or push, in moving the cart. In the pulling or pushing position the bottom of the cart clears the ground sufficiently that long grass or obstacles do not interfere with its progress.

I claim:

1. A golf club, bag and accessory cart comprising a rigid rectangular horizontally disposed open top bottom tray, a straight axle secured across the front outer wall of said tray, wheels on the opposite ends of said axle closely adjacent to the outer side walls of said tray, a U-shaped handle bar frame of rigid material secured at its lower open ends to the outer side walls of said tray to the rear of said wheels and with the frame side portions extending upwardly with the closed end of said frame bent forward at about right angles to form a cross bar handle for said .4 cart well out of alinement with the plane of said up wardly extending side portions, the upright side portions of said frame tapering towards each other from bottom to top, a golf club handle holding piece of flexible material secured to and extending between said frame side portions near the top thereof but below the forward bend and handle cross piece portion of the cart, elastic club handle holding loops at the front and rear of said holding piece whereby golf clubs may be removably secured with their heads in said tray and their handles in said loops at the front and to the rear of said frame and holding piece, said cart when loaded with clubs in the manner above indicated having a stable upright position with the rear bottom edge of its tray and its wheels resting on the ground and with the front bottom edge of its tray clearing the ground by at least one-half the wheel radius and when tipped forward about degrees to a natural traveling position its loaded weight is substantially balanced above its axle.

2. A golf club holder for golf carts comprising a rectangular shaped bottom pan, said pan having front and rear parallel rows of open top, cushioned compartments, such compartments being of such number, size and shape as to receive and support the heads of a set of golf clubs, a golf club handle holding piece, a U-shaped cart handle frame for positioning said handle holding piece above said pan, the open ends of the sides of said U- shaped frame being secured to approximately the middle of opposite side walls of said pan and extending upwardly therefrom in a common plane, said handle holding piece being formed of a flexible clothlike material which is looped around and stretched between the sides of said frame, metal eyelets in said handle holding piece and elastic cord means freely interlaced thru said eyelets so as to form individual handle holding loops at the front and at the rear of said handle holding piece, the elastic cord of adjacent loops on the same side of said holding piece being continuous and of a size to slip freely thru said eyelets so that tension between such loops tends to be equalized, there being a handle holding loop for each golf club head compartment, said loops being positioned above their corresponding compartments so as to receive and resiliently secure in orderly spaced relation the handles of golf clubs when the heads of such clubs are resting in said compartments, said loops being positioned the proper distances from said pan as to secure such club handles near their ends to facilitate the easy removal from and replacement of golf clubs in such golf club holder.

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