US693432A - Golf-bag. - Google Patents

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No. 693,432. Patented Feb. I8, |902.

' R. W. DWEN.

GULF BAG.'

mppumion :und am. 1s, 1901.1

(No Model.)

UNITED l STATES-v PATENT OEEicE.

RICHARD W. OWEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,432, `dated February 18, 1902. l n Application filed March 18, 1901. Serial No. 51,743. (No`model.)

ingis aspecication and which areillustr'ated 4 in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to golf-bags-that is to say, the bags or sacks employed for carrying the clubs and sometimes the balls used in playing the game of golf.

Golf-bags as heretofore made'have usually been provided with a pouch or pocket o n the exterior thereof to hold the balls; but that. construction is objectionable for the reason i that the pouch or pocket detracts from the l appearance of the bag and is in its usual 1ocation inconvenient, as 'it necessitates rthe shifting of the bag from its normal position across the shoulder of the caddy l or one who carries the bag or the removal ofthe same altogether in order to secure access to the ballpouch. Another objection is that as the pouch projects fromV the body of the bag it is apt to catch in the clothing of the one who carries it.

The present inventionconsists in locating the ballreceptacle withinthe bag, thereby avoiding the obj ectionablefeatures of the old style of golf-bags, and in providing a simple and convenient form of receptacle or drawer for` holding the balls; j Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, the novelty residing in the special features specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe numerals of reference marked thereon, formaA part of the specification, and -in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a golf-bag having my invention applied thereto,the ballreceptacle being shown seated in the pocket. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig.Y 1.. Fig. 3 is a 'section on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figtis a viewin elevation of the ballreceptacle removed from the pocket. Fig. 5 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

10 designates a golf-bag which is of conventional size and shape and provided with the usual sling 11 and hand-strap 12. Such bags are designedto be supportedibythe sling 11 from the shoulder of the bearer, the open end extending upwardly and the mouth12a WithinI easy reach for the removal of the golf-clubs contained Within the bag. f

VLocated at the open end and extending longitu'dinally and transversely of the bag is a partition 13, forming, with the wallof the bag, the pocket 14, the mouth of which opens through the mouth of the bag. The partition 13 is preferably of the sameA material as the bag-that is to Say, leather-and is secured in placey by sewing orother means, an extension` oriiap 14a being passed across the lower end of the pocket and riveted to the wall of the bag, as at 15, to form the bottom of the pocket. The pocket'l/J: is adapted to house a ball receptacleor drawer 16, whichl is'in cross-section of approximately the same shape as the pocket", theA rounded top or body 17 of the receptacle in v'the present instance 'conforming thereto.

The ball receptacle'or drawer 16 consists of `Y v a base or bottom 18,l to which is secured through the righteangle anges oredges 19,' the preferably rounded top or `body 17, an-extension or flap 20 of which closes one end ofthe receptacle, the other end being closed byl a stiffened cap 21. The pull-strap 23 for sliding thefball-'receptacle -into and vout of the pocket maybe secured to the cap'21 and the extension 14,forming the bottom ofthe pocket,

depended upon for supporting the receptacle 1 therein; but preferably fand as illnstrated in the drawings I secure to the cap 2l an addi` tional piece 22, whichstiffens that end of the y receptacle subjected to strain in removing it L from the pocket and in addition provides a marginal flange. 22 for the cap 21, which flange is adapted to rest upon the edge at the open end of the bag to support the ball-recep- IOO to the contour of the wall of the bag adjacent 1 eter of the balls adapted to be contained in the receptacle. This contraction of the opening 24C prevents the balls falling from the receptacle when it is handled carelessly or thrown about, and yet the side Walls of the top or body 17 surrounding the opening being flexible permits of the ready removal of the balls from and insertion into the receptacle. A strap 25, fastened to the partition 13, is adapted to be passed under the hand-pull 23 and engaged with a buckle 26 for securing the ball receptacle or drawer in the pocket.

In use the golf-bag is slung over the shoulder, and the mouth thereof, within which is located the ball receptacle or drawer 16, being within easy reach of the hands of the person carrying the bag the receptacle may be readily removed and as readily returned to its pocket without shifting the position of the bag on the shoulder, or the receptacle may be withdrawn from its pocket and tendered to another for the removal or insertion of a ball without tendering the golf-bag, as is necessary When the ball-pouch is secured to the ex terior of the bag.

I claim as my invention-- l. A bag for holding golf-clubs having an internal pocket, the mouth of which opens through the mouth of the bag, and a removable ball-receptacle housed Within the pocket.

2. In a bag for holding golf-clubs, in combination, a bag, a pocket located Within the bag, the mouth of which opens through the mouth of the bag, and a removable ball-receptacle housed Within the pocket.

3. In a bag for holding golf-clubs, in co1nbination, a bag, a pocket located within the bag, and a removable ball-receptacle housed Within the pocket, the receptacle having a contracted opening the Wall of which is ilexible.

4. In a bag for holding golf-clubs, in combination, a bag, a pocket located Within the bag, and a removable ball-receptacle adapted Scalise to slide and be housed Within the pocket, the receptacle having a contracted opening the Wall of which is lexible.

5. In a bag for holding golf-clubs, in combination, a bag, a pocket located Within the bag, and a removable ball-receptacle adapted to slide and be housed within the pocket, the receptacle having a longitudinal contracted opening provided with fiexible side Walls.

6. In a bag for holding golf-balls, in combination, a bag, a pocket located Within the y bag and the mouth of which opens through the mouth of the bag, and a ball-receptacle adapted to slide and be housed Within the pocket and being provided with a pull-strap and a strap adapted to be passed under the pull-strap for securing the receptacle in the pocket.

7. In a bag for holding golfsclubs, in com bination, a bag, a pocket located within the bag and the mouth of which opens through the month of the bag, an elongated ball-receptacle adapted to slide and he housed within the pocket and being provided with a pullstrap, the receptacle having a longitudinal contracted opening, the side Walls of which are exible, and a strap adaptedto be passed under the pull-strap for securing the recep tacle in the pocket.

8. A receptacle for golf-balls, having an opening of less Width than the diameter of the balls to be contained therein, and the Wall of which is iexble to permit of the passage of the balls.

9. A receptacle adapted to hold a plurality of golf-balls, and having an elongated opening of less width than the diameter of the balls to be contained therein, the Walls of the opening being iiexible to permit of the passage of the balls.

RICHARD W. OWEN. Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. SEIBoLD, E. M. KLATCHER.

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