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US 2012/0055820 A1Published application
Golf bags with retention system and methods to manufacture golf bags
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsBrian J. McGuire, Kim K. Chau, Ruben E. Whitten, Alex 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.
Claims26
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, the biasing portion being arranged such that the retraction mechanism is positioned between the elongated body and the biasing portion, wherein the biasing portion is configured to retract the retraction mechanism in response to an external force applied to the biasing portion such that the biasing portion 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 retraction end connected to the elongated body and a second retraction end attached to a plurality of legs for applying a biasing force to the plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having a first leg end and a second leg end, the first leg 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 plurality of elongated biasing portions, each of the plurality of elongated biasing portions having a first biasing end attached to the elongated body and a second biasing end attached to a respective portion of the retraction mechanism, wherein the plurality of elongated biasing portions is configured to retract the respective portion of the retraction mechanism in response to an external force is applied to each of the plurality of biasing portions such that the plurality of legs retracts from the deployed position to the retracted position when the retraction mechanism is retracted by the plurality of elongated biasing portions.
A method of manufacturing a golf bag comprising:
- providing a golf bag comprising:
- an tubular elongated body having an open top end and a closed bottom end and
- an extensible bag stand including a retraction mechanism having a first end connected to the tubular 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 tubular elongated body for positioning the plurality of legs between a deployed position and a retracted position when the retraction mechanism is retracted;
- 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 plurality of biasing portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.