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US 7,837,032 B2Granted
Golf bag having magnetic pocket
AssigneeGathering Storm Holding Co. LLC
InventorBryan Smeltzer
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Abstract
A golf bag is provided that includes a bag body and a golf bag having a pocket that includes magnetic assemblies that cooperate with one another to hold the pocket together in a closed configuration. In addition, the pocket is configured to close itself without need of any additional manipulation by the user. The pocket can further include first and second edges aligned with one another defining an opening for a compartment accessible on a bag body of the golf bag. The pocket can further include first and second magnetic assemblies disposed along the first and the second edges. The first and the second magnetic assemblies can each include a plurality of magnets. For example, the magnetic assemblies can each include a sleeve that confines the plurality of magnets in end-to-end, spaced-apart relationship.
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A golf bag, comprising:
- a bag body defining an upper opening for receiving golf clubs and a bottom end;
- a pocket sidewall disposed on the bag body and defining a cavity, the pocket sidewall having a first wall portion extending across a bottom of the pocket sidewall and a second wall portion extending about the remaining periphery of the pocket sidewall,
- the first wall portion angled inwardly towards the cavity, the first wall portion having a maximum height greater than a maximum height of the second wall portion, and
- the second wall portion defining a first edge and having a first magnetic assembly disposed about the first edge, the first magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration, the second wall portion having a height profile that tapers down from a junction of the first wall portion and the second wall portion to an intermediate section of the second wall portion;
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- a pocket front wall about the periphery of the pocket and having a second edge aligned with the first edge and having a second magnetic assembly disposed about the second edge, the second magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration and cooperating with the first magnetic assembly to secure the pocket front wall to the pocket sidewall, wherein the pocket front wall is attached to the first wall portion of the pocket sidewall such that the first wall portion urges the pocket front wall to a closed configuration independent of the magnetic attraction of the magnetic assemblies.
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A golf bag, comprising:
- a bag body defining an upper opening for receiving golf clubs and a bottom end;
- a pocket sidewall disposed on the bag body and defining a cavity, the pocket sidewall having a planar first wall portion extending across a bottom of the pocket sidewall and a curved second wall portion extending about the remaining periphery of the pocket sidewall,
- the planar first wall portion angled inwardly towards the cavity, the first wall portion having a maximum height greater than a maximum height of the second wall portion, and
- the curved second wall portion the first portion of the sidewall defining a first edge and having a first magnetic assembly disposed about the first edge, the first magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration;
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- a planar pocket front wall having rigidifying material disposed therein and a second edge aligned with the first edge and having a second magnetic assembly disposed about the second edge, the second magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration and cooperating with the first magnetic assembly to secure the pocket front wall to the pocket sidewall, wherein the pocket front wall is attached to the first wall portion of the pocket sidewall such that the first wall portion urges the pocket front wall to a closed configuration independent of the magnetic attraction of the magnetic assemblies.
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A golf bag, comprising:
- a bag body defining an upper opening for receiving golf clubs and a bottom end, the bag body defining a longitudinal axis;
- a pocket sidewall disposed on the bag body and defining a cavity, the pocket sidewall having a planar first wall portion extending across a bottom of the pocket sidewall and a curved second wall portion extending about the remaining periphery of the pocket sidewall,
- the planar first wall portion angled inwardly towards the cavity, the first wall portion having a maximum height greater than a maximum height of the second wall portion, and
- the curved second wall portion defining a first edge including a first magnetic assembly disposed about the first edge, the first magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration, the second wall portion slopes from a maximum height proximate to the first wall portion to an intermediate region of the second wall portion located on an opposing side of the pocket relative to the first wall portion, and
- a planar front wall attached to the first wall portion of the pocket sidewall, the front wall having rigidifying material disposed therein and a second edge aligned with the first edge of the pocket sidewall having a second magnetic assembly disposed about the second edge, the second magnetic assembly having an elongate configuration and cooperating with the first magnetic assembly to secure the pocket front wall to the pocket sidewall, wherein the planar front wall is configured to be oriented at a relatively constant angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the bag body in a closed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.