Automatic transportation apparatus making use of underground cable

An automatic transportation system using a closed cable comprising:

• a plurality of U-shaped channel members embedded end-to-end along a ground surface to define a closed elongated longitudinally extending path therealong so that the closed cable is extendable along said path within said plurality of channel members so as to be longitudinally movable therein along said path, said channel members including pulleys mounted therein for rotation about axes perpendicular to the ground surface so as to contact the cable along the lateral sides thereof so as to maintain the cable under tension;
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• a cart, said cart including a truck, a grip extending downward from said truck clampable to the cable so that said cart is pulled by the cable when the cable is moved along said path, a main wheel rotatably mounted to said truck centrally thereof for rotatably supporting said cart on said channel members, a guide device mounted to said truck and extendable into said channel members for engaging the interior surface of said channel members to prevent said cart from falling over, means for carrying four golf bags in crosswise relation, and an umbrella-shaped cover removably mounted to said truck so as to cover the golf bags, said cover including a cover sheet and means in said cover sheet, including four radially extending zippers formed in said cover sheet, for uncovering any number of the golf bags while the remaining golf bags are covered, whereby opening any one of said four zippers provides access to one of the golf bags while the cover continues to cover the remaining golf bags.