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US 5,351,983 AGranted
Convertible dual golf cart
OwnerTheresa A. Descaloinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an adjustable golf cart for accommodating one or more golf club bags. The adjustable golf cart includes a plurality of movable generally C-shaped clamps and bases for holding either one or more than one golf club bags.
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An adjustable golf bag carrier cart which comprises:
- a supporting frame assembly,
- a pair of movably adjacent clamps and a pair of movably adjacent base portions attached to said frame assembly,
- said clamps and said base portions being responsive to holding a single golf bag when said clamps and said base portions are in a first position,
- said clamps and said base portions being in respective positional register with each other in said first position,
- said pair of clamps and said pair of base portions being alternatively movable from said first position to a second position to accommodate a pair of golf bags, wherein said pair of clamps are movably adjacent C-shaped clamps and wherein said base portions are a pair of generally disk shaped base portions, said clamps and said base portions holding one bag when the clamps and the base portions are in respective positional register with each other in said first position, and which can alternatively accommodate two golf bags when said C-shaped clamps and said base portions are rotated approximately ninety degrees away from each other to said second position.
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An adjustable golf bag carrier cart which comprises:
- a supporting frame assembly,
- a plurality of movably adjacent clamps and a plurality of movably adjacent base portions attached to said frame assembly,
- said clamps and said base portions being responsive to holding a single golf bag when said clamps and said base portions are in a first position,
- said clamps and said base portions being in respective positional register with each other in said first position,
- said plurality of clamps and said plurality of base portions being alternatively movable from said first position to a second position to accommodate a plurality of golf bags, wherein said cart includes a supporting frame assembly having a center rod extending in a longitudinal direction of said cart and coinciding with an intended running direction of said cart, said plurality of clamps being movably adjacent C-shaped clamps, first and second bar assemblies each having a plurality of horizontally slidable bars, each bar assembly being mounted to said center rod by a bracket, said slidable bars being movable within their respective brackets with one of said bars located above said other bar, each clamp being mountable at an end of a respective one of said slidable bars of said first bar assembly, said bars being slidable outwardly in opposite directions for extending and separating said clamps outwardly, and said movably adjacent base portions being mountable on respective slidable bars of said second bar assembly for permitting horizontal extension of said bases.
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An adjustable golf bag carrier cart which comprises:
- a supporting frame assembly,
- a plurality of movably adjacent clamps and a plurality of movably adjacent base portions attached to said frame assembly, said clamps and said base portions being responsive to holding a single bag when said clamps and said base portions are in a first position,
- said clamps and said base portions being in respective positional register with each other in said first position,
- said plurality of clamps and said plurality of base portions being alternatively movable from said first position to a second position to accommodate a plurality of golf bags, wherein each of said clamps are mountable on an end of a rotatable arm with another end of each arm being pivotally joined by a pin to a respective end of a first horizontal beam, said beam being attachable to a center rod above a mounting member of a handle assembly, said arm being rotatable 180 degrees about axes of a plurality of pins for bring said clamps to an extended position from a longitudinally aligned position, a lockable nut disposed to said horizontal beam on a front side of the cart, said nut contacting said rotatable arm for locking said clamps into said first position, and wherein each base portion is mountable on an end of a rotatable arm joined to a respective end of a second horizontal beam, said second beam being attachable to a lower part of the center rod for permitting an outward extension of said base portions.
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