Supporting golf-cart pivotal windshield for use as table
OwnerFrederick Daltoninventor
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Abstract
One or more upright support members mount to a golf cart and support a lateral support member that in turn supports a pivotal windshield pane of the golf cart in a horizontal position for use as a tabletop. The lateral support member engages a top lip and/or a top portion of the pivotal windshield pane and is received in the notch space between them. The upright support members of some embodiments support the lateral support member from below in compression (e.g., the upright support members can include attachments that insert into retaining clips for the pivotal windshield) and in other embodiments they support the lateral support member from above in tension/suspension (e.g., the upright support members can include cables).
Claims20
A device for supporting a pivotal windshield pane of a golf cart for use as a tabletop, the pivotal windshield pane including a top lip angled and extending from the pivotal windshield pane, the support device comprising:
- at least one lateral support member that engages the top lip of the pivotal windshield pane and is received in a space between the top lip and a top portion of the pivotal windshield pane from which the top lip extends;
- two upright support members extending from the lateral support member, with one on each end of the lateral support member and thus on each side of the golf cart, and supporting the pivotal windshield pane in a horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein a first end of each upright support member extends from the lateral support member and a second opposite end of the upright support member mounts to the golf cart to support the pivotal windshield pane in the horizontal position for tabletop use;
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- a display element that is mountable to the lateral support member so that it can be hung from the lateral support member while the golf cart is parked and the pivotal windshield is in the horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein the display element includes decorative and/or informative indicia on it,
- wherein the lateral support member extends laterally all the way between the two upright support members on the sides of the golf cart so that the lateral support member double-functions to support the pivotal windshield pane in the horizontal position for tabletop use and also to provide a location for the display element to hang from,
- wherein the display element double-functions to display the decorative and/or informative indicia and to also provide a visual indicator that the pivotal windshield is in the horizontal position for tabletop use while the golf cart is parked and thus provide a warning or alert that the pivotal windshield needs to be repositioned from the horizontal position before operating the golf cart.
A device for supporting a pivotal windshield pane of a golf cart for use as a tabletop, the pivotal windshield pane including a top lip angled and extending from the pivotal windshield pane, the support device comprising:
- at least one lateral support member that engages the top lip of the pivotal windshield pane and is received in a space between the top lip and a top portion of the pivotal windshield pane from which the top lip extends;
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- at least one upright support member extending from the lateral support member and supporting the pivotal windshield pane in a horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein a first end of the upright support member extends from the lateral support member and a second opposite end of the upright support member mounts to the golf cart to support the pivotal windshield pane in the horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein the upright support member includes an attachment that mounts the second end of the upright support member to the golf cart,
- wherein the golf cart includes at least one retaining clip that receives and secures the lip of the pivotal windshield pane in a stowed position, and wherein the attachment includes at least one tab that is received and secured in the retaining clip when the pivotal windshield pane is in the horizontal position for tabletop use.
A device for supporting a pivotal windshield pane of a golf cart for use as a tabletop, the pivotal windshield pane including a top lip angled and extending from the pivotal windshield pane, the support device comprising:
- at least one lateral support member that engages and supports the pivotal windshield pane;
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- two spaced-apart upright support members extending from the lateral support member and supporting the pivotal windshield pane in a horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein a first end of each upright support member extends from the lateral support member and a second opposite end of each upright support member includes an attachment that mounts the second end of the upright support member to the golf cart to support the pivotal windshield pane in the horizontal position for tabletop use, wherein the upright support members mount to the golf cart at locations that are rearward from the top lip of the pivotal windshield pane, and are angled from vertical, when the pivotal windshield pane is in the horizontal position for tabletop use, and wherein the upright support members support the lateral support member from below, with the upright support members loaded in compression, when the pivotal windshield pane is in the horizontal position for tabletop use,
- wherein the golf cart includes two retaining clips that receive and secure the lip of the pivotal windshield pane in a stowed position, and wherein the attachments each include at least one tab that is received and secured in the retaining clip when the pivotal windshield pane is in the horizontal position for tabletop use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.