Multi-function travel golf bag
OwnerMarsha A. Russellinventor
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Abstract
A multi-configuration golf bag may be used to carry golf clubs while playing golf, or may be used to transport the clubs to and from the golf course in a flat configuration or in a rolled up, compressed configuration. The golf bag has a body formed from a sheet of robust material, such as leather or composite foam with a heat-bonded synthetic surface. Pockets are attached to the inner surface of the body to separate the clubs from each other when the golf bag is in playing configuration. When rolled up in compressed configuration, the body is wrapped tightly about the clubs, securing them within a smaller cylindrical shape. The bag may also be transported in planar configuration, with the golf clubs retained within a hood attached to the top of the body.
Claims9
A hood for use with a multi-configuration golf bag comprising a sheet of firm, compliant material having an inner surface and a multiplicity of golf-club pockets disposed along the inner surface, the bag being rollable into a first cylindrical shape having a first diameter and a second cylindrical shape having a second diameter smaller than the first, and fastening means to retain the bag in one of the cylindrical shapes, the hood comprising:
- (a) a substantially rectangular sheet of flexible material having two longer sides and two shorter sides, mateable along the longer sides with the golf bag in proximity to a top edge of said golf bag;
- (b) an inflatable bladder, disposed substantially parallel to the longer sides of the sheet of material and substantially midway between said longer sides and attached thereto;
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- (c) fastening means to removeably attach the longer sides of the hood to the golf bag in proximity to the top edge when the hood is folded along a line substantially parallel to the longer sides so that the bladder is folded in two, so that when golf clubs are placed in the bag, and the bladder inflated, the bladder is in contact with heads of the golf clubs, protecting them from damage.
A multi-configuration golf bag comprising:
- (a) a sheet of firm, compliant material having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- (b) a multiplicity of golf-club pockets disposed along the inner surface;
- (c) a hood, further comprising:
- (i) a substantially rectangular sheet of flexible material having two longer sides and two shorter sides, mateable along the longer sides with the golf bag in proximity to a top edge of said golf bag;
- (ii) an inflatable bladder, disposed substantially parallel to the longer sides of the sheet of material and substantially midway between said longer sides and attached thereto;
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- (iii) fastening means to removeably attach the longer sides of the hood to the golf bag in proximity to the top edge when the hood is folded along a line substantially parallel to the longer sides so that the bladder is folded in two, so that when golf clubs are placed in the bag, and the bladder inflated, the bladder is in contact with heads of the golf clubs, protecting them from damage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.