# US 8,739,970 B2 · Golf bag with mechanism to secure clubs

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- Number: US 8,739,970 B2
- Document ID: US8739970B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/461,226
- Filed: 2012-05-01
- Published: 2012-08-23
- Granted: 2014-06-03
- Earliest claimed: 2007-03-07
- Applicants: Alan M. Kagen
- Inventors: Alan M. Kagen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739970B2

## CPC

- A63B 55/00: Bags for golf clubs; Stands for golf clubs for use on the course; Wheeled carriers specially adapted for golf bags
- A63B 55/53: with legs opening automatically upon putting the bag on the ground
- A63B 55/20: with special receptacles for the balls
- A63B 55/408: {Releasably mounted accessories fitted outside the bag, e.g. straps or holders (A63B55/20 and A63B55/50 take precedence)}
- A63B 55/50: Supports, e.g. with devices for anchoring to the ground
- A63B 2055/403: {Security means for locking golf clubs in the bag}
- Y10T 70/5009: For portable articles
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2

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.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A golf bag according to claim 2, wherein the retaining members comprise leaf springs.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A golf bag according to claim 3, wherein the club lock mechanism further comprises an elastic member coupled directly to the bag component, the elastic member contracting the leaf springs into the position engageable with the golf clubs when the bag component is in the second position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A golf bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag component comprises a stand mechanism.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A golf bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag component is attached to the golf bag.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

A golf bag according to claim 2, wherein the bag component comprises a stand mechanism.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

A golf bag according to claim 2, wherein the bag component is attached to the golf bag.