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US 4,289,324 AGranted
Folding tricycle wheel for folding golf cart
AssigneeEdwin A. Nemeth
InventorEdwin A. Nemeth
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Abstract
A golf bag carrying golf cart is disclosed which is easily stored in a collapsed compact position. A tricycle steering wheel is mounted on an arm which fits telescopically on an upwardly arching segment of a main column. The arching segment is secured by a pin to the main column in either a down position wherein the wheel is extended to a steering position or in an up position wherein the wheel is in a compact upwardly and inwardly projecting position such that the wheel is suspended by its own weight in a position approximately conforming to the upwardly arching segment of the main column.
Claims4
A golf club carrying cart comprising:
- a collapsible frame for supporting a golf bag in an inclined position, first and second spaced apart wheels which are parallel in all positions, the frame including a main column defining an upwardly arching segment adjacent the lower end of the golf bag supporting portion of said frame;
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- a pivotal third wheel means including a support arm, a caster wheel, and means for pivotally attaching said third wheel means to said support arm, wherein said support arm is telescopically attachable to said upwardly arching segment and flexible in a first down position forming in combination with said first and second spaced wheels a tricycle support, said third wheel means being further fixable in a second up position, such that in said up position said caster wheel is conformable to said upwardly arching main column segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.