Golf bag with lumbar support
OwnerKirk V. Lamarinventor
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Abstract
A golf bag to be carried by a user for retaining golf clubs has an elongated tubular container, a shoulder strap system for carrying the container on the user's shoulder and a waist band system for fastening the container to the user's waist to support the weight of the container with the user's lower body. The waist band system including a waist band for fastening around the user's waist and a lumbar pad for providing cushioning to the user's lower back. The golf bag allows the user to transfer the weight of the bag from the shoulders to the lower back to ameliorate fatigue and soreness to the shoulders and to improve the golfer's posture and golf ability.
Claims21
A golf bag to be carried by a user for retaining golf clubs, comprising:
- a. an elongated tubular container having an open end, an opposite end, and a sidewall extended in a longitudinal direction, where the open ends opens into an internal chamber of the sidewall for retaining said golf clubs;
- b. a shoulder support system coupled with said container for stabilizing said container with at least one of said user's shoulders;
- c. a waist band system coupled to said container to support at least a portion of the weight of said container with said user's lower body, the waist band system including a waist band for fastening around said user's waist and a lumber pad for providing cushioning to said user's lower back
- d. said waist band has a pad portion and two opposite laterally extending portions;
- e. means for adjustably attaching said pad portion of said waist band to said sidewall of said container for adjusting the location on the container at which the waist band is attached;
- f. said lumber pad is hingedly attached to said pad portion of said waist band, at least a portion of said means for adjustably attaching positioned behind said lumber pad such that said lumber pad can be pivoted to an open position to gain access to said adjustable attaching means for adjusting said attachment location of said waist band.
A golf bag to be carried by a user for retaining a plurality of golf clubs and golf accessories, the golf bag comprising:
- a. an elongated tubular container having an open top end, an opposite bottom end, and a sidewall extended in a longitudinal direction, the top end having a rigid rim and opened into an internal chamber, the sidewall having a substantially flat front side and a substantially curved rear side, and the bottom end having a rigid base defining an edge;
- b. a shoulder strap system for balancing said container in a vertical orientation, including two shoulder straps each having an upper end connected to said container at a location adjacent to said top end of said container and a lower end;
- c. a waist band system having a waist band and a lumbar pad for fastening said container to said user's waist to support the weight of said container with said user's lower body;
- d. said waist band having a middle portion and two opposite laterally extending portions, said lower end of each shoulder straps connected to said waist band through an adjustment mechanism;
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- e. means for adjustably attaching said middle portion of said waist band to said substantially flat front side of said sidewall of said container but adjustable along said longitudinal direction;
- f. said lumbar pad hingeably attached to said middle portion of said waist band, such that said lumbar pad can be pivoted to an open position to gain access to said adjustable attaching means for adjusting said attachment location of said waist band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.