US2679876A - Golf club carrier - Google Patents

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June l, 1954 M. R. scHALL GOLF CLUB CARRIER Filed Jan. 23, 1953 INVENTOR Myron R.,.S'cai/ ATTORNEYS Patented June l, 17954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF CLUB CARRIER Myron R.Scl`1all, Sacramento, Calif. Application January 23, 1953, Serial No. 332,860

3 Claims.

The present invention is directed to, and itis a major object to provide, a novel golf club carrier which is especially designed but not limited for use in connection with a cart of the type used to transport conventional golf club bags about the course; such golf club carrier being arranged for ready attachment to, or removal from, the cart.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a golf club carrier which embodies a novel frame structure, which is rigid and unitary, for supporting and carrying a plurality of golf clubs in orderly arrangement, and with each club spaced from the others for protection, as well as ease and convenience of manual selection for use.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a golf club carrier, as in the preceding paragraph, wherein such frame structure is tted with a plurality of upstanding golf club supporting tubes open at their upper ends and each adapted to receive a single golf club; such tubes being arranged in side by side rows, with an intermediate row extending to an upper end termination above the others for reception of the longer ones of the golf clubs. The shorter ones of the golf clubs are received in laterally disposed rows of tubes of shorter length.

A further object of the instant invention is to provide a golf club carrier which includes readily accessible utlity bags for carrying extra golf balls, tees, gloves, and other of the golfers accessories.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a golf club carrier which is neat and attractive in appearance, and compact in structural arrangement.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a golf club carrier which is relatively light in weight, but sturdy; the carrier being designed for ease and economy of manufacture, as well as convenience of use. f

Still another object of the invention is to provide a practical and reliable golf club carrier, and one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specication and claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the novel golf club carrier yas mounted on a cart for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the carrier with the span partially broken away.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional plan on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, showing the intermediate tube locator plate.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the novel golf club carrier, which embodies the present invention, is indicated generally at I; such carrier being shown in Fig. 1 as mounted on a conventional golf club bag cart, indicated generally at 2.

The golf club carrier I comprises an upstanding hollow housing or standard, indicated generally at 3; such standard being of substantial height, relatively narrow from side to side, of substantial extent front to rear, and rectangular in plan.

The housing 3, which is preferably fabricated of plywood or other light weight material, comprises sides 5 and ends 5; the sides 4 abutting at the lower end on a rectangular bottom board ii intermediate the side edges of the latter, while the ends 5 extend downwardly and are secured in notches 'I in said bottom board 6.

At the upper end thereof 3 is fitted with a top, tube locating plate 8 formed with a longitudinally extending row of spaced circular holes 9. v

A corresponding member of tubes I0, preferably of liber, engage in the holes 9 in the top plate 3, and extend downwardly in the standard 3 to abutment with the bottom board The tubes It are of a length such that their upper ends lie flush with the top of the plate 8.

Locator plates, similar to the plate 8, are secured in the hollow standard 3 at an intermediate point, and at the bottom thereof; said locator plates being indicated at Il and I2, and having holes forV the reception in locating relation of the tubes I0.

With the foregoing arrangement the tubes I0 are maintained in stabilized and spaced parallel relation.

Adjacent but short of the upper end thereof the standard 3 is tted, on opposite sides, with horizontal, laterally projecting ilanges I3 which extend from front to rear of said housing, yand said flanges I3 are formed with a row of spaced holes I4 through which tubes I5', similar to the tubes I0, project. The tubes I5, which lie flush at the top with the upper surface of the flanges I3, extend downwardly on opposite sides of the standard 3 Yand'engage in holes I6 formed in the bottom boardy 6; the latter being of a width so that it extends some distance on opposite sides of the standard 3. As sodisposed, the tubes I5 are the hollow standard4 arranged in rows on opposite sides of the central row of tubes I0.

The bottom board 6 is split lengthwise, with the line of split S running centrally through the holes I6 so as to form initially separate cleats I1; each cleat I'I being secured to the bottom board 6 by screws I8. As each cleat Il is formed with one-half of each of the holes I6, the cleats II-which are initially relatively loosemay be bound against the tubes I5, to clamp them in place, upon tightening of the screws I8.

The bottom board l normally seats in a shallow metallic pan I9 secured to said bottom board by screws such pan providing protection, at the lower end of the carrier, against damage of board S and possible separation therefrom of cleats lI. The pan also has another important use, namely, to close the otherwise open end of the tubes and enable stock ber tubing to be used without change in the manufacture of the carrier.

On the front end adjacent but short of the upper end thereof the carrier I is fitted with a strap handle or grip 2l secured to said carrier by vertically spaced retention bands 22 which surround the standard 3, being suitably aiixed thereto.

Bags 23, of relatively stiff material, are secured to the outer edge of each of the flanges I3 by means including cross cleats 2d within the bags, and screws 25 which run from said cross cleats through the back of the corresponding bag into the adjacent iange I3. Each bag 23 includes a cover ap 26 which is normally held closed by a suitable catch 2'I. The bags 23 serve to hold the golfers accessories, including extra golf balls, tees, gloves, or the like.

When the described carrier i is in use, the longer golf clubs 28 are placed in, and project upwardly from, the tubes l0, while the shorter clubs 29 are placed in, and project upwardly from, the tubes i5; all of the clubs thus being supported and carried in orderly arrangement, protected one from the other, and in position for ease of manual selection by the player.

In the normal use of the carrier I, it is secured to a cart 2 in the manner illustrated in Fig. l. The pan I9 rests on the foot 39 of the cart and bears, at the back side, against upper and lower cross bars 3i and 32 which the cart includes on its post 33. Straps 34 encircle the carrier I and secure it against the cross bars 3I and 32. As is conventional, the cart includes a wheel unit 35 rearwardly of the post 33, and a push handle 36 which extends at an upward and rearward angle from above said wheel unit 35.

The construction of the described carrier is so compact and thin from side to side that it allows the Wheels of a folding golf cart to fold up normally on either side of the carrier, while the latter remains attached to the cart.

Sponge rubber cushion pads (not shown) are placed in the bottom of each of the tubes I9 and I5 as shockabsorbers for the ends of the grips and handles of the golf clubs when they drop into the tubes.

While the carrier I is normally a rigid unitary structure, the tubes IU and I5 may be selectively removed for replacement if damaged.

When it is desired to transport the carrier I independently of the cart 2, the straps 34 are unloosened, whereupon said carrier can be readily lifted and carried by the strap handle 2l.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there has been produced such a device as will substantially fulfill the objects of the invention, as set forth herein.

While this specication sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as dened by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new and useful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

1. A golf club carrier comprising a central rigid standard arranged to carry a plurality of upstanding clubs in a single row, anges secured to the sides of and projecting laterally out from the standard `adjacent the top thereof, the flanges each having a single row of holes, a bottom plate rigid with and projecting laterally out from the lower end of the standard and having rows of holes alined with the flange holes, closed-bottom club-holding tubes removably projecting through the alined holes; each flange being split along the axial line of its row of holes to provide a cleat separate from the central portion of the plate, and means to detachably secure the cleat to said central portion of the plate in clamping relation to the tubes at their lower end.

2. A golf club carrier including a rigid standard arranged to carry a plurality of golf clubs and having substantially straight sides, a flange rigid with and projecting laterally out from one side of the standard adjacent the upper end thereof, a bottom plate rigid with and projecting laterally out below the flange from the standard at the lower end thereof, the plate and ilange having alined holes therethrough, club-holding tubes removably projecting through the holes, the holes in the plate being semicircular and opening laterally out, a cleat removably vsecured to the plate and embracing the outer portion of the tubes and clamping the same against the plate, and a shallow metal pan into which the bottom plate and cleat t and removably secured to the bottom plate to form a bottom for the tubes and prevent unintentional lateral displacement.

3 fA golf club carrier including a rigid upstanding hollow standard having a row of clubholding tubes mounted therein, other rows of club-holding tubes disposed adjacent but laterally out from and supported by the standard, a handle for the carrier disposed at one end of the standard, and means to secure the handle to the standard comprising retention bands secured to the ends of the handle, said bands projecting between said other rows of tubes and the standard and extending about the latter in vertically spaced relation and being secured thereto.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,563,816 Worthington Dec. 1, v1925 1,767,548 Noe June 24, 1930 1,951,492 Schneider Mar. 20, 1934 2,549,055 Burton, Jr. Apr. 17, 1951 2,568,810 Kish, Jr. Sept. 25, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 358,195 Great Britain Oct. 8, 1931

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