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;
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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.
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 members from below, with the upright support members loaded in compression, when the pivotal windshield pane is in the horizontal position for tabletop use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.