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US 8,739,970 B2Granted
Golf bag with mechanism to secure clubs
OwnerAlan M. Kageninventor
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Abstract
A mechanism cooperable with the stand mechanism in a stand golf bag secures the clubs in position when the bag is not on the ground and releases the clubs when the bag is set on the ground.
Claims8
A golf bag comprising:
- a bag component;
- a club lock mechanism cooperable with the bag component and dependent on a position of the bag component, the club lock mechanism being brought into an engagement position in which the club lock mechanism engages golf clubs stored in the golf bag to secure the golf clubs in position when the bag component is displaced to a first position, and the club lock mechanism being brought into a release position in which the club lock mechanism releases engagement of the golf clubs when the bag component is displaced to a second position;
- and
- a spring acting between the bag component and the club lock mechanism, wherein the club lock mechanism is displaced between the release position and the engagement position at least partly by the spring.
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A golf bag comprising:
- a bag component displaceable between a first position and a second position;
- a club lock mechanism cooperable with the bag component and dependent on a position of the bag component, the club lock mechanism including retaining members displaceable between an engagement position in which the retaining members are brought from a position not engageable with golf clubs in the golf bag into a position engageable with the golf clubs in the golf bag, and a release position in which the retaining members are displaced from the position engageable with the golf clubs in the golf bag to the position not engageable with the golf clubs in the golf bag,
- wherein the retaining members are displaced to the release position when the bag component is in the first position, and wherein the retaining members are displaced to the engagement position when the bag component is in the second position;
- and
- a spring acting between the bag component and the club lock mechanism, wherein the club lock mechanism is displaced between the release position and the engagement position at least partly by the spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.