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US 4,061,360 AGranted
Collapsible golf bag cart
OwnerFrank E. Evans, Dorothy D. Evansinventors
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A collapsible cart for carrying one or more golf bags while playing golf including a pair of large diameter wheels having an inflated pneumatic tire on each wheel and a foldable, lightweight, rigid frame of unique construction for positioning in a compact condition with folding of the frame between collapsed and extended positions enabling attachment and detachment of the independent wheels. The cart includes a unique U-shaped handle to facilitate movement of the cart by either pushing the cart or pulling the cart in the nature of a rickshaw. The handle is also pivotal for movement to a compact position alongside the frame. A pivotal bar is mounted on the frame to support the bottom portion of one or two golf bags and a tie cord is provided on the upper portion of the frame to retain the upper end portion of the bag or bags on the frame. Detachment of the frame from the wheels enables storage of the cart in relatively small spaces.
A golf bag cart comprising a frame, a pair of wheels supporting said frame for movement along a supporting surface, means on said frame supporting at least one golf bag, and handle means connected with the frame for enabling manual control and manipulation of the cart, said frame being foldable and including means engaging and securing the wheels to the frame when in extended position and releasing the wheels in response to movement of the frame to a folded condition for enabling storage of the wheels and frame in a compact condition, each of said wheels being provided with an axle projecting laterally from each side of the wheel, each end of each axle including a sleeve rigid thereon with each end of the sleeve having a flange rigid therewith, said frame including a pair of U-shaped frame assemblies having the end portions of the legs pivotally connected to enable the bight portions to pivot from a position generally alongside of each other to a position with the legs disposed in angular relation, said means securing and releasing the wheels including hook-like members on the free end portion of each leg of the U-shaped frame assembly and including facing notches which coact with each other for gripping engagement with the sleeves on the wheel axles when the U-shaped frame assemblies are pivoted so that the legs are disposed in angular relation to each other.
A collapsible cart comprising a foldable frame, wheel means supporting said frame for movement along a supporting surface, and means interconnecting the frame and wheel means securing the frame and wheel means together in response to movement of the frame from a collapsed inoperative condition to an extended operative condition and releasing said wheel means in response to folding movement of the frame to an inoperative collapsed condition, said frame including a pair of U-shaped frame assemblies having the end portions of the legs pivotally connected, said interconnecting means including a pair of opposed notches on the legs adjacent the pivotal connection for movement toward each other when the frame assemblies are pivoted toward extended operative condition and movement away from each other when the frame assemblies are pivoted toward collapsed inoperative condition, said wheel means including a pair of wheels, each wheel having an axle received in the notches when the frame assemblies are in operative condition, and released from the notches when the frame assemblies are in inoperative condition.
A collapsible cart comprising a foldable frame, wheel means supporting said frame for movement along a supporting surface, and means interconnecting the frame and wheel means and securing the frame and wheel means together in response to movement of the frame from a collapsed inoperative condition to an extended operative condition and releasing said wheel means in response to folding movement of the frame to an inoperative collapsed condition, said frame including a pair of frame assemblies, said wheel means including a wheel having an axle, each frame assembly including a leg member extending toward said axle, the end portions of said leg members adjacent said axle being pivotally connected, said end portions of the leg members adjacent the pivotal connection having notch means incorporated therein for receiving said axle when the frame assemblies are pivoted to an operative position and releasing said axle when the frame assemblies are pivoted to an inoperative position.
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