Cutlery
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-24
2003-11-25
Young, Lee (Department: 3727)
Cutlery
C248S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06652045
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to support devices for golf bags, and in particular to devices for controlling the movement of supporting legs attached to a golf bag. The invention further relates to a golf bag stiffening ring assembly for holding supporting legs, a transmission assembly for moving the supporting legs, and an operating device for actuating and operating the transmission assembly. The invention relates both to springs for moving supporting legs which are both inside and outside of the golf bag.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Supporting legs pivotally attached to golf bags and movable between a transport position in which the legs are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the golf bag and a supporting position in which the legs are transverse to the longitudinal axis and contact the ground to cooperate with the bag to support the bag in an upright position, are known in the art. A support device is known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,605,310, wherein the supporting legs of a golf bag can be pivoted via an operating device from a position supporting the golf bag into a position lying against the golf bag. In this connection, the operating device consists of a tongue member coupled onto the golf bag, which is connected via a suitable spring device with the supporting legs. The tongue member can, in this case, be pivoted via a dead center position into two positions, by means of a carrying strap coupled to a clip against the golf bag and, by hand operation, into the position in which the supporting legs, with the aid of the spring member, are brought into the support position. A problem with the foregoing device is that it is not always desirable that these two positions of the tongue member are the only ones possible, but rather that there is also a possible position in which the tongue member is prevented from automatically being pivoted into the other position, past the dead center position, when the carrying strap is pulled.
Another problem with the prior art as shown in the foregoing U.S. patent is that the transmission system for transferring movement to the supporting legs is entirely or partly on the outside of the bag resulting in increasing the outside dimensions of the golf bag, and any portion inside the bag may take up excessive space which decreases the amount of storage space for the golf clubs, which could in turn require that the bag be enlarged to store the golf clubs.
Presently, golf bag manufacturers are required to produce the entire bag, which includes the stiffening ring at the top of the bag. Thus, to make a golf bag having supporting legs, the manufacturer must use as components the ring, the supporting legs, the transmission assembly, the handle and operating device for the legs, and the storage compartment forming device for defining the golf club storage spaces. The manufacturer must make and assemble each of these parts. What is needed, and what the present invention in one of its embodiments provides, is a ring assembly which incorporates the foregoing components which could be made by one manufacturer for sale to other golf bag manufacturers for incorporation into their units.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf bag with supporting legs movable between a transport position and a support position, wherein an operating device is included which can easily convert the control for the movement between an automatic operation for controlling the movement according to the position of the carrying strap and manual operation where the user can releasably lock the supporting legs in the support position.
Another object of the invention is to provide an operating device for the supporting legs of a golf bag having a manually movable member which is pivotally mounted for movement between two positions to automatically move the supporting legs between a support position and a transport position, and a third position past a dead center position to disable an automatic control of the movement of the supporting legs and releasably lock the legs in the transport position.
A still further object of the invention is to provide a compact transmission device for transmitting movement to the supporting legs of a golf bag to move the supporting legs between a support position and a transport position.
An additional object of the invention is the provisions of a transmission device for the supporting legs of a golf bag which does not increase the outside dimensions of the golf bag.
It is still a further addition of the invention to provide a transmission device for the supporting legs of a golf bag which extends across the golf bag and contributes to the functioning of the golf bag.
Yet an additional object is the provision of a transmission device for moving the supporting legs for a golf bag which extends across the golf bag and defines the storage spaces for golf clubs in the golf bag.
Another object is to provide a stiffening ring assembly for a golf bag comprising the supporting legs, the transmission device for the supporting legs, the operating device for the transmission device and the supporting legs, and the control mechanism for operating device, which ring assembly can be constructed separately from the remaining portions of the golf bag and be included as a component for golf bags.
These and other objects will be apparent from the description to follow and from the appended claims.
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Hochberg D. Peter
Mellino Sean
MS-Trade GmbH & Co.
Ngo Lien M
Vieyra Katherine R.
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