Land vehicles – Wheeled – Tiltable vehicles – stabilized by attendant or article
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-15
2001-10-02
Johnson, Brian L. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article
C280SDIG006, C188S068000, C188S019000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06296260
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart and more particularly pertains to allowing for smoother transport of a golf bag cart while preventing accidental damage to a golf course.
Although the amount of golfers who walk an entire round of golf has decreased due to the existence of motorized riding carts, many golfers still desire the exercise that is associated with walking the golf course. Most of the golfers who walk the course generally use a golf bag cart that allows them to transport their golf bag without having to carry it.
The typical golf bag cart includes a pair of wheels coupled with a frame. The frame has a handle to allow the golfer to pull the cart. A lower support stand is secured to the frame to support the bag in an upright orientation when not being moved. This support stand sometimes accidentally gets dragged on the golf course during movement of the cart resulting in unwanted damage occurring to the fairways and rough.
What is needed is a way to prevent these support stands from accidentally damaging the golf course.
The present invention attempts to solve the abovementioned problem by providing a swivel wheel and associated mounting bracket that can be secured to a support stand of a golf bag cart which will allow the golf bag cart to be rolled entirely on three wheels without risk of damage occurring to the golf course.
The use of golf bag carts is known in the prior art. More specifically, golf bag carts heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of transporting golf bags are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,167,389 to Reimers discloses a golf bag cart with a caster.attached to the bag bottom support member. U.S. Pat. No. Des. 350,426 to Liao and Des. 362,103 to Schnoll disclose ornamental designs for golf carts that appear to have third wheel assemblies.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart for allowing for smoother transport of a golf bag cart while preventing accidental damage to a golf course.
In this respect, the supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing for smoother transport of a golf bag cart while preventing accidental damage to a golf course.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart which can be used for allowing for smoother transport of a golf bag cart while preventing accidental damage to a golf course. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of golf bag carts now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention works in conjunction with a golf,bag cart comprised of a frame member having upper and lower bag supports. The frame member has a pair of wheels collapsibly disposed on opposing sides thereof. The frame member has a handle extending upwardly therefrom. The invention then, comprises a mounting block which is secured to the lower bag support of the cart. The mounting block has a generally rectangular configuration defined by a short top wall, a short bottom wall, long opposed front and rear walls, ahd right and left side faces. The mounting block includes an angular cut-out extending from the short bottom wall-through the long rear wall. The short top wall is securable to the lower bag support whereby the cut-out is disposed in an essentially parallel relationship with a recipient surface that the golf bag cart is positioned on. A swivel wheel is secured to the cut-out formed on the mounting block. The swivel wheel has a braking mechanism coupled therewith.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart which together with the cart has all the advantages of the prior art golf bag carts and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart for allowing for smoother transport of a golf bag cart while preventing accidental damage to a golf course.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved supplemental wheel for a golf bag cart including a mounting block that is securable to a lower bag support of a golf bag cart. The mounting block has a generally rectangular configuration defined by a short top wall, a short bottom wall, long opposed front and rear walls, and right and left side faces. The mounting block includes an angular cut-out extending from the short bottom wall through the long rear wall. The short top wall is securable to the lower bag support whereby the cut-out is disposed in an essentially parallel relationship with a recipient surface that the golf bag cart is position on. A swivel wheel is secured to the cut-out formed on the mounting block. The swivel wheel has a braking mechanism coupled therewith.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with t
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