Golf bag with support stand
OwnerSeop Maenginventor
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Abstract
A golf bag comprising a pair of support legs pivotally mounted at their upper ends to the bag, so as to pivot between extended and retracted positions thereof. A base plate is pivotally mounted to the bottom of the bag. The base plate has sufficient width and length to stably support the bag. The bag also includes a plurality of downwardly extending base members provided at the lower surface of bottom member, except for at least the front portion of said lower surface. Each of base members has a certain vertical length such that its bottom surface is flush with the lower surface of base plate and in contact with the ground when the bag body is maintained at its upright position. The stability of the bag is ensured at both inclined and upright positions, in that the base plate is always in contact with the ground.
Claims9
A golf bag comprises a bag body and a pair of support legs pivotally mounted at their upper ends to said bag body by means to pivot members attached to the bag body, respectively, so as to pivot between extended and retracted positions thereof, the golf bag further comprising:
- a bottom member constituting the bottom of bag body and having a flat lower surface;
- a base plate disposed beneath said bottom member to be contactable with the ground and pivotally connected to the bottom member, by means of a generally U-shaped connecting rod pivotally mounted to said lower surface of the bottom member, said base plate having at least one first pivot member to which the lower end of said connecting rod is pivotally connected so that the bag body pivots between its inclined and upright positions about said first pivot member on the base plate which is in contact with the ground;
- actuating means adapted to pivot said legs according to the pivoting the bag body;
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- a plurality of downwardly extending base members provided at the lower surface of bottom member, except for at least the front portion of said lower surface, and arranged radially and inwardly from the periphery of the lower surface of bottom member and circumferentially spaced from one another, each of said base members having a certain vertical length such that its bottom surface is flush with the lower surface of base plate when the bag body is maintained at its upright position.
In a golf bag stand for supporting an inclined golf bag which is characterized by a tubular bag having a closed planar bottom, an open top, a back, strapped portion and a front portion bearing a support extension mechanism, an improvement for posturing the bag stably on both upright and inclined positions comprising:
- a plurality of short, downwardly extending base members which depend from and comprise a peripheral array about the planar bottom;
- a plate means comprising a base plate movably disposed in parallel planar relationship with the bottom and hingedly mounted to the bottom by a hinge means which is disposed on and depends vertically downward from the bottom, said base plate being further disposed in relation to the array of base members so as to cooperate with the base members to support the bag in said upright position;
- said hinge means further comprising a short rod connected fixedly to the bottom and hingedly to the plate;
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- said support mechanism comprising a pair of elongate set-apart support members each including means for pivotally mounting said supporting members proximate the front-top portion of the bag and means for pivotally coupling said support members to an upper portion of a downwardly extending connector means, said connector means mounted at a lower portion thereof to said plate means such that, when the support members are extended to support the bag in said inclined position, the plate means pivots to support the bottom in cooperation with the extended support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.