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AssigneeStone Legacy Corporation
InventorsSteve D. Meyer, Scott J. Herman
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A sports equipment carrier for carrying golf clubs and the like having a tubular substantially rigid body comprised of a sidewall that is ribbed or honeycombed along its longitudinal length for producing a high strength-to-weight sports equipment carrier body capable of being used as a golf bag and which is convertible to a shipping container when a removable substantially rigid lid is attached. In one embodiment, the carrier has a plurality of pairs of axially spaced apart radially extending transverse and annular ribs distributed along the longitudinal length of the body. In another embodiment, the ribbed sidewall comprises a single spiraling rib. In a still further embodiment, the sidewall is comprised of radially extending honeycomb cells forming a honeycombed portion that extends about a periphery of the carrier body and which is distributed the entire length of the sidewall. The ribs or honeycombs can be integral with the sidewall with the sidewall and ribs or honeycombs constructed of high density polyethylene, a polyolefin, plastic material. The exterior of the carrier body can be covered with fabric that can be colored to provide an aesthetically pleasing exterior that also protects the carrier body. The carrier can also have storage pouches, a carrying strap, and wheels, all of which are removable to facilitate conversion of the carrier to a shipping container.
A golf bag and shipping container comprising:
A golf bag comprising an elongate, tubular and generally cylindrical substantially rigid body having axially spaced apart and annular ribs that are each integral with said body, radially outwardly extending, circumferentially continuous, and transverse to the lengthwise direction of said body, and which are distributed axially along the length of said body for strengthening and imparting crush-resistance to said body with said body having an opening at one end for receiving a plurality of golf clubs within said body, and a removable rigid lid for covering said opening to retain said golf clubs and for converting said golf bag into a protective shipping container.
A golf bag comprising a) an elongate and generally cylindrical inner substantially rigid sidewall having a plurality of pairs of axially spaced apart annular and substantially rigid circumferentially continuous and integral ribs that are each generally transverse to a lengthwise direction of said body and which extend radially outward from said sidewall such that said ribs are axially distributed along the length of said sidewall for imparting crush resistance to said golf bag and wherein said sidewall and said ribs form a tubular and elongate golf bag body of unitary and generally cylindrical construction having an opening at one end defining a storage cavity for receiving a plurality of golf clubs therein and a closed base at its opposite end, and b) a generally rigid lid removably attached to said golf bag body adjacent said opening for covering said opening and retaining said golf clubs in said golf bag to convert said golf bag to a protective shipping container when attached while enabling said golf bag to be used as a golf bag when detached.
A golf bag comprising:
A golf bag comprising a body made of a single substantially rigid tubular honeycombed sidewall having an opening at one end defining a storage cavity within for receiving therein a plurality of golf clubs and being closed at its opposite end, a removable and substantially rigid lid attached to said body for enclosing said opening to retain said golf clubs in said golf bag for enabling said golf bag to be used as a shipping container when said lid is attached to said golf bag body, and wherein said honeycombed sidewall comprises radially extending honeycombs distributed axially along the entire length of said honeycombed sidewall.
A sports equipment carrier comprising an elongate and generally cylindrical hollow body having a wall defining a storage cavity within said body that opens at one end of said body and which is closed at its other end, said cavity constructed and arranged to receive at least one sports equipment article therein, and said wall being honeycombed comprising a plurality of honeycomb cells with each said honeycomb cell oriented generally perpendicular relative to the lengthwise direction of said body;
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