Golf bag support

July 9, 1935.

2,007,709

H. F. EPPENS

GOLF BAG SUPPORT

Filed March 31, 1933

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Patented July 9, 1935

2,007,709

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,007,709

GOLF BAG SUPPORT

Herman F. Eppens, Dallas, Tex., assignor to Ella R. Haywood, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application March 31,1933, Serial No. 663,673

Claims. (CI. 248—96)

This invention relates to golf equipment and it has particular reference to a device adapted for attachment to or forming a part of a golf bag for supporting the same to prevent contact of ’ 5 - the clubs with the ground.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a golf bag support which is collapsible or foldable in such manner as to embrace the bag when not in use to dispense with any annoying 10 projections or unwieldiness in transporting the bag from place to place/yet affording a means which may be readily adjusted to operative position for supporting the bag to keep the club heads from coming into contact with the grass or dirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character specified whose construction is such that it .may be adapted to any size or style of bag either by binding, riveting or otherwise securing the same to the bag or even 20 by including the same in the construction thereof.

Still another object of the invention resides in the simplicity, appearance and the efficiency of adjustment of parts to render the same operative ²³ and inoperative.

With the foregoing objects as paramount, the invention has particular reference to its salient features of construction and arrangement of . parts, which will become manifest as the descrip³⁰ tion proceeds, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:—

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a golf bag showing the preferred form of the invention in „ operative position on the bag.

³⁵ Figure 2 is a detail view of the preferred form of the invention in inoperative position.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the invention in operative position.

Figure 4 is a modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary section on lines 5—5 on Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4, showing the device in operative position.

. _ Figure 7 is a further modified form of the invention, and

Figure 8 is a sectional view on lines 8—8 on Figure 7.

Continuing with a more detailed description of ₅₀ the drawing, I designates a conventional golf bag and 2 the iron club. The wooden clubs 3 are shown as being supported by a strap 4 extending diametrically across the mouth of the bag I. This feature is conventional also.

In playing golf over a wet course, either after a rain or in the early morning dew, it is necessary to frequently place the bag on the ground. The clubs come into contact with the wet grass or soil, causing them to become wet and difficult to play with. Moreover, this condition is likely to be ® injurious to the clubs and should be avoided.

Accordingly, the invention is comprised of a semi-circular band or strip 5, as shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive and is comprised preferably of steel so that it might be flexed to embrace the top ¹⁰of -the bag I, The flexibility of the strip. 5 will permit it to be applied to small bags as well as large ones and intermediate sizes. It might be here mentioned however, that the strip may be in the form of a band to completely encircle the ¹⁰top of the bag land forming a part thereof, As an attachment however, the structure shown in the drawing is more effective since it may be quickly applied and removed from the bag. 20

The ends of the strip 5 are perforated at 6 to receive rivets, not shown, or a piece of flexible tape 7. The tape is passed through the apertures 6 and passed around the bag as shown in Figure 1, after which it is securely tied. 25

Normally, a band 8, of similar shape but narrower than the band 5 lies flush against the outer surface of the band 5, which serves as a mounting for the narrower band 8. Due to a hinge 9, which connects the two bands together, the band 8, 30 which serves as the actual supporting means for the bag, may be moved to operative position as shown in Figures 1 and 3. The free ends of the support 8 are then in a position to rest upon the ground and thereby support the open end of the 35 bag I off the ground and just high enough to keep the club heads from touching the ground.

In order to strengthen the supporting band or member 8, a reinforcing rib 10 is provided therein and extends from end to end. 40

In order to hold the supporting band 8 in inoperative position on the mounting 5, the latter is provided with indentations 11 near either end thereof, which correspond with similar indentations 12 in the ends of the supporting bands 8. 45 These indentations are in register when the elements are in the position shown in Figure 2, thereby affording a locking means. In order to hold the elements in extended or operative position, a spring clip 13 is provided at a point ad- 50 jacent the hinge on the mounting 5. When the supporting band 8 is moved to extended position, its lower edge is snapped into position beneath the clip 13 which securely holds the supporting band in operative position. 55

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Referring now particularly to the structure shown in Figures 4 and 6, it is pointed out that substantially the same results are obtained through the provision of a mounting band 14, 5 which is also provided with apertures 15 in its ends to effect its securement to the bag in the same manner as in the preceding instance. A pair of hinge members 16 are affixed at spaced points on the band 14 to receive the ends of leg 10 or supporting members 17. It will be noted that the hinges 16 are recessed at 18 and 19. In order to move the supporting members 17 from the inoperative position shown in Figure 4 to the extended or operative position shown in Figure 6, 15 it is simply necessary to lift upwardly on the upper portion of each of the members 17 to raise them out of engagement with the hinge recesses 19. They are thus free to be moved and when the full extended position is reached, the lower 20 portions of the members 17 fall within the hinge recesses 18, which lock the supporting members 17 in such position. The recesses 19 In the hinges are effective in holding the members 17 in folded or inoperative position against the top of the bag. 25 In this position, the invention will in no wise interfere with the normal movements of the bag and will not catch on the clothing.

With reference to the further modified form shown in Figures 7 and 8, substantially the same 30 structure as shown in Figure 1 to 3 inclusive is illustrated except that instead of the metal band, the support is in the form of a wire structure 20, the ends of which are looped and inserted into a ferrule 21, forming a hinge. The ferrule 2 i is ‘>5 welded or otherwise secured to the mounting band 2 2. When the supporting structure 2 0 is extended to operative position, the member 20 may be compressed so that a portion thereof will be sprung under the clip 23, affixed to and forming an in tegral part of the band 22, thus locking the support in operative position.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the invention is simple in construction and is designed for ready application to a golf bag and when a 5 player starts a game, he moves the support to operative position in the manner described and allows it to remain in such position until he has completed his game since the support does not interfere in any way with the handling and carry- io ing of the bag. After the game has been finished, the support may be folded to inoperative position where it will interfere in no way with normal movements of the bag.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable 15 of some modification and such modification as is considered within the scope and meaning of the appended claims is also considered within the spirit and intent of the invention.