Golf travel cover
OwnerBrad Keaysinventor
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Abstract
The golf travel cover includes a collapsible inner cage, which is covered by an outer soft cover having an opening which can be closed with fasteners, and telescoping control tubes including a top handle. The inner cage includes cage ribs each including a rear stationary rib portion, and first and second pivot arms pivotally connected to the rear stationary rib portion. The cage ribs may also be connected and supported by support tubes, which may be telescoping support tubes or offset support tubes. Wheels are mounted to the golf travel case, either to the bottom rear portion of the outer jacket, or the bottom rear portion of the inner cage.
Claims32
In combination, a golf travel case moveable between a longitudinally extended configuration and a longitudinally collapsed configuration, comprising:
- an inner cage having a front side and a rear side, the inner cage including a plurality of cage ribs extending about the circumference of the golf travel case inner cage, each of said plurality of cage ribs including a rear stationary rib portion, a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm, said first and second pivot arms being pivotally connected to said rear stationary rib portion and movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, each of said first pivot arms having a free distal end and a proximal end pivotally connected to the first end portion of the rear stationary rib portion, and each of said second pivot arms having a free distal end and a proximal end pivotally connected to the second end portion of the rear stationary rib portion;
- at least one longitudinally extending rear telescoping control tube mounted to and connecting the plurality of cage ribs;
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- an outer jacket covering said inner cage, said outer jacket being moveable between a longitudinally extended configuration and a longitudinally collapsed configuration, said outer jacket having an opening, and said opening of the outer jacket having an open configuration and a closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.