Golf caddy
OwnerJohn D. Proffitinventor
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Abstract
A two-wheeled cart incorporating an upstanding frame is provided and includes a lower horizontal platform projecting rearward of the frame for supporting a golf bag and an upper forwardly projecting retractable handle assembly. Opposite side portions of the cart support swingably retractable horizontal supports and one of the supports is designed to have a cooler supported therefrom while the other support mounts a seat cushion. The handle of the cart includes a ball carrier as well as score pad and golf tee support structure and one wheel of the cart includes a resettable distance travelled indicator while the other wheel is axially adjustable relative to the cart.
Claims12
A golf cart including an upstanding frame having front and rear facing sides and laterally spaced generally parallel opposite side portions, opposite side ground engageable support wheel means, journal means journalling said wheel means from the lower ends of said opposite portions, an upper portion of said frame including a mount, and an elongated handle arm including base and handle defining ends, pivot means pivotally attaching said base end to said mount for swinging of said arm through a vertical plane between a depending retracted position generally closely paralleling said frame and a forwardly and upwardly incilned position projecting forwardly of said frame, means supported from said frame rearward of the latter for supporting a plurality of upstading golf clubs therefrom, each of said opposite side portions including a horizontally elongated support member, means mounting said support members from said side portions for vertical swinging about horizontal front-to-rear extending axes between operative horizontally outwardly projecting positions and raised inoperative positions projecting upward along said side portions, said support members, when in said operative positions, projecting horizontally outwardly beyond the corresponding wheel means, one of said horizontally elongated support members defining a table upon which a cooler may be placed and the other support member defining a seat, said other support member including a vertically swingable depending support leg mounted from its outer end, said support leg being swingable to a retracted position closely underlying said other support member, said leg, when said other member is in the operative position, including a lower end spaced considerably outward of and horizontally registered with the lower periphery of the adjacent wheel means, said journal means including means operative to adjustably axially shift said adjacent wheel means relative to said frame outwardly toward the lower end of said leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.