US3288189A

US3288189A - Cover for golf bag

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Publication number: US3288189A
Application number: US387633A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elmer H Davis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-08-05
Filing date: 1964-08-05
Publication date: 1966-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1983-11-29

Description

E. H. DAVIS Nov. 29, 1966 COVER FOR GOLF BAG 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Aug. 5, 1964 INVENTOR. ELMER H DAVIS Nov. 29, 1966 E. H. DAVIS COVER FOR GOLF BAG 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Aug. 5, 1964 00,000 0000000d00000d0b0000001?dlcv000000000000000v4`0V0.0. 000000000000000 000 0000000 00000\0 00 000000000000 000000000 0000 000000000000 00 00 0 0000000000 0 0000000 0 0 0 00 0000 00000 0 000 00 0000 0 00 0000 0000 00 0,0 0000 00 00 00 0. 0000 0 0 0000000 0 0 0 0 0000 000n00u00000u00n0 ,d 000 0304 00 00 0. 00000II000000; 00.00 00 00 00 100V 0 0000/009/ 000000 00 00 l 00 A000 00 0 0V 000000 0 0000u000 l \0un0 FIC-3.5

INVENTOR. ELMER H, DAVIS 0.00000. C O 0 0 M 0 0 0 0000? 0 United States Patent O 3,288,189 CUVER FR GOLF BAG Elmer H. Davis, 5838 Alton Road, Miami Beach, Fla. Filed Aug. 5, 1964, Ser. No. 387,633 4 Claims. (Cl. 15G-52) This invention relates in general to golf accessories and more particularly to a protective cover for a golf bag.

Conventional golf bags, even when equipped with a hood for covering the clubs, are subject to wet weather conditions and also the golf bag itself is subject to damage and deterioration during transport and storage, as well as when in use.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of a one piece cover formed to completely enclose a golf bag including the clubs projecting therefrom with overlapping closure means retained by the carrying strap of the golf bag.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a golf bag cover fabricated from weatherproof flexible sheet material and formed to encase the golf bag and the clubs therein with a weatherproof lapped closure retained by the carrying strap of the golf bag.

These and other objects of the invention are shown and described in the following specification and drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective illustration in reduced scale of the golf bag cover encasing a conventional golf bag.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the elements forming the golf bag cover.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the elements in the golf bag shown in FIG. 2 secured in working position.

FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the shaped cover for encasing a golf bag before engagement with the carrying strap thereof.

FIG. 5 is a front elevation of the golf bag shown in FIG. 4 positioned for engagement by the carrying strap of the golf bag.

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken through section line 6-6, FIG. 5.

Feferring to FIG. 2, a wear and weather resistant sheet material of uniform thickness is cut from patterns forming three major elements, a main body element comprising two

portions

1 and 2 which are adapted to be folded generally along the dotted line a. The upper ends of

portions

1 and 2 terminate in like arcuate forms 3 3, respectively, and the lower ends of

portions

1 and 2 terminate in like arcuate forms 4 4, having lesser curvature extensions, as shown. Portion 1 of the first element has slots 5 and 6 pierced therein one above the other as shown, to be hereinafter described. The second element is a flap 7 having an irregular arcuate outline as shown and a third element is in the form of a rectangular flap 8 having

slots

9 and 10 therein spaced and positioned to coincide with slots 5 and 6, when the

portions

1 and 2 are superposed.

Referring to FIG. 3, the flaps 7 and 8 are secured to the outer edges of

portions

1 and 2, as shown, either by sewing, heat sealing or cementing dependent upon the type of sheet material used. It is to be noted that

elements

1, 2, 7 and S may be cut from a single sheet of sheet material; however, the waste in this integral assembly form would be greater than the assembly of individual elements, shown in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, the assembly shown in FIG. 3 is folded generally around the area of dotted line a and a lower seam 11 is sewn or otherwise sealed along the lower portion of the superposed edge of the lower side and the arcuate forms 4 4 forming a hollow partial bag type enclosure. FIG. 5 shows the cover with flap 7 formed inward for covering the club heads normally projecting from the open end of a conventional golf bag. The flap Bldg "ice

8 or portion 2 is then superposed over portion 1 with the

slots

5 and 9 and 6 and 10 in coinciding position, through which pairs of slots the two

ends

12 and 13 of a conventional carrying strap of a golf bag are projected, permitting the carrying strap of the golf bag to be used in the usual way.

It is understood that certain modifications in the construction, utilizing the features above described, are intended to come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A cover for a golf bag having a carrying strap cornprising a flexible elongated casing formed from weather resistant sheet material of substantially uniform thickness and Width,

the lower end of said casing terminating in a pair of integral mating arcuate projections,

the lower portion of said casing and the said projections forming a junction joined together at the marginal edges thereof by a closure means,

said casing having a pair of vertically spaced slots in the margin of an upper portion of one longitudinal edge of said casing and an overlap extension of the adjacent opposite longitudinal edge having slots therein coinciding with said first mentioned slots for the passage therethrough of the said carrying strap,

the upper end of said casing terminating in a pair of mating arcuate extensions forming a junction secured together around marginal surfaces thereof by said closure means whereby said casing will enclose a golf bag therein when the said strap thereof is threaded through said coinciding slots.

2. The construction recited in claim 1 including an arcuate shaped ilap projecting from one said longitudinal upper edge of said casing for covering the upper open end of a golf bag under said upper projections when said bag is retained in said casing when said casing is secured in a closed position by the said carrying strap positioned through said slots.

3. A cover for a golf bag having a carrying strap comprising a flexible elongated casing formed from weather resistant sheet material of substantially uniform thickness and cross section,

a main casing member having substantially parallel side edges with a pair of spaced slots in the marginal area of one of said edges,

said member terminating at the lower end thereof in a pair of lower adjacent mating arcuate projections,

said member terminating at the upper end thereof in a pair of upper adjacent mating arcuate projections,

a closure means joining the marginal edges of said upper and lower projections and a lower portion of said opposite parallel edges forming an elongated bag with closed upper and lower ends,

a first flap secured to a marginal portion of one of said edges of said member and having a pair of slots therein positioned to coincide with said rst mentioned slots when said ap overlaps the said marginal portion of said member for enclosing a golf bag therein when the said strap thereof is threaded through said coinciding slots.

4. The construction recited in claim 3 including an arcuate ilap secured by said closure means to the margin of one of said side edges of said member for positioning under said upper end and over the open end of a golf bag retained in said casing.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,718,251 9/1955 Barbato 150-52 2,895,212 5/1961 Dozier 150-52 FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. A COVER FOR A GOLF BAG HAVING A CARRYING STRAP COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE ELONGATED CASING FORMED FROM WEATHER RESISTANT SHEET MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS AND WIDTH, THE LOWER END OF SAID CASING TERMINATING IN A PAIR OF INTEGRAL MATING ARCUATE PROJECTIONS, THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CASING AND THE SAID PROJECTIONS FORMING A JUNCTION JOINED TOGETHER AT THE MARGINAL EDGES THEREOF BY A CLOSURE MEANS, SAID CASING HAVING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY SPACED SLOTS IN THE MARGIN OF AN UPPER PORTION OF ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID CASING AND AN OVERLAP EXTENSION OF THE ADJACENT OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGE HAVING SLOTS THEREIN COINCIDING WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED SLOTS FOR THE PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE SAID CARRYING STRAP, THE UPPER END OF SAID CASING TERMINATING IN A PAIR OF MATING ARCUATE EXTENSIONS FORMING A JUNCTION SECURED TOGETHER AROUND MARGINAL SURFACES THEREOF BY SAID CLOSURE MEANS WHEREBY SAID CASING WILL ENCLOSE A GOLF BAG THEREIN WHEN THE SAID STRAP THEREOF IS THREADED THROUGH SAID COINCIDING SLOTS.