Yardage counter attachment for golf carts and the like
OwnerOscar Fredrick Allan Petersoninventor
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Abstract
Yardage measurement attachments for golf carts and the like normally have to be factory installed or else use a fricton type actuator which slips when wet. The present device can be installed readily and easily and without detaching the wheel from the cart. It includes a split disc which can be bolted to the face of one of the wheels said disc having teeth or notches around one face thereof adjacent the outer rim. These engage with a gear in a converter supported by the axle and the gear drives a flexible cable which in turn attaches to a cutter mounted on or near the handle of the cart. A cable can be attached to the counter to show yardage covered or to show yardage remaining from a preset figure representing the yardage of the particular golf hole being played.
Claims5
In a yardage measurement device for use on golf carts and the like which include a pair of ground engaging wheels, and axles bearingly mounting said wheels for rotation, said device including a settable distance counter mounted on the golf cart;
- the improvement which comprises in combination a drive component securable to one of said ground engaging wheels, a rim on said component, gear tooth means on said component adjacent said rim, a converter assembly, means to support said assembly adjacent said component whereby said gear tooth means operatively engages said converter assembly, and flexible cable drive means operatively extending from said converter assembly to said distance counter, said means to support said assembly adjacent said component including a bracket detachably clampable to one of said axles, said converter assembly being secured to the distal end of said bracket, and a retainer clip secured to said converter assembly and freely engaging over and around the rim of said component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.