US 4,664,382 AGranted

Compact portable golf club set and carrying bag

AssigneeGlobal Golf Incorporated

InventorsRichard J. Palmer, Raymond Banham, Colin Woodcock

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Abstract

A set of golf clubs has a detachable shaft portion such that a whole set of clubs can be utilized with a single top shaft element which can be firmly but removably attached to a shortened shaft portion provided with each club head. A carrying bag is provided for the clubs and shaft, this bag having a plurality of tubular receptacles, one for each club or shaft. A row of such receptacles is attached to each of the sides of the bag. The receptacles in each row have successively greater lengths and are arranged to form a stepped configuration so that the clubs will when installed in their receptacles have their heads in different levels in the bag for easy selection. A third row of receptacles are attached to each other and at one end of the row connected by a flexible connector to the rear of the bag so that the entire row will pivot both to facilitate selection of the clubs and to provide a compact assembly for carrying. The receptacles have caps on their ends with resilient finger portions to hold the clubs in a central position therein.

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Dependent claims

A portable golf club set and carrying bag therefor comprising

a plurality of golf club heads each having a shaft section of substantial length fixedly attached thereto,
a top shaft section, and
coupler means formed in said top shaft section and said club head shaft sections for providing a firm rigid joint between said top shaft section and any one of said club head shaft sections, said joint having substantially no slack either rotationally or longitudinally,
said carrying bag having a plurality of sleeve members joined to each other to form a plurality of rows, said bag having opposite inner side walls, a first one of said rows of sleeve members being attached to one of said inner side walls, said bag having an inner end wall, a second one of said rows of sleeve members being pivotally attached at one end thereof to the inner end wall of said bag, sleeve members in each of said rows thereof being staggered in height to provide a stepped arrangement to facilitate separation identification and selection of the club heads,
the club heads and top shaft section each being placed in one of said sleeve members.

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