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US 2012/0055819 A1Published application
Golf bags with retention system and methods to manufacture golf bags
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsBrian J. McGuire, John H. Loudenslager, Kim K. Chau, Ruben E. Whitten, Christopher E. Kalck, Alexander Cowan
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf bags with an extensible bag stand having a retention system and methods to manufacture golf bags are generally described herein. Other embodiments of golf bags with an extensible bag stand having a retention system may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A golf bag comprising:
- an elongated body having an open top end and a closed bottom end;
- an extensible bag stand including a retraction mechanism having a first end connected to the elongated body and a second end attached to a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having one end pivotally attached to the elongated body for positioning the plurality of legs between a deployed position and a retracted position, and
- a retention system including a biasing portion having at first end attached to a first portion of the elongated body and a second end attached to a second portion of the elongated body, a retention strap having a first end engaged to the biasing portion and a second end configured to engaged to the retraction mechanism, wherein the biasing retention strap is configured to retract the retraction mechanism in response to an external force applied to the biasing portion such that the retention strap positions and maintains the plurality of legs substantially in the retracted position.
A golf bag comprising:
- an elongated body having an open top end and a closed bottom end;
- an extensible bag stand including a retraction mechanism having a first end connected to the elongated body and a second end attached to a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having one end pivotally attached to the elongated body for positioning the plurality of legs between a deployed position and a retracted position, and
- a retention system comprising:
- a biasing portion having at first end attached to a first portion of the elongated body and a second end attached to a second portion of the elongated body,
- a strap portion having a first end attached a third portion of the elongated body and a second end attached to a fourth portion of the elongated body;
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- a retention strap having a first end engaged to the biasing portion and a second end configured to engaged to the retraction mechanism, wherein the biasing retention strap is configured to retract the retraction mechanism in response to an external force applied to the biasing portion such that the retention strap positions and maintains the plurality of legs substantially in the retracted position.
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A method of manufacturing a golf bag comprising:
- providing a golf bag comprising:
- an elongated body having an open top end and a closed bottom end;
- an extensible bag stand including a retraction mechanism having a first end connected to the elongated body and a second end attached to a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having one end pivotally attached to the elongated body for positioning the plurality of legs between a deployed position and a retracted position when the retraction mechanism is retracted;
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- a retention system comprising a biasing portion engaged to a retention strap which is engaged to the retraction mechanism;
- configuring the elongated body such that the plurality of legs assume the deployed position on a surface;
- and
- enabling the retraction mechanism to retract the plurality of legs to the retracted position in response to the external force being applied to the retention strap through the biasing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.