US1808724A - Golf bag prop - Google Patents

Description

June 2, 1931.

J. CARLON GOLF BAG PROP Filed Dec. 7. 1928 time,

the attachment on the golf bag showing both Patented June 2, 1931 PATE JOHN CARLON, OF CRETE, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF OINE-I'ILAILE" TO JOHN MEKOTA,

OF CRETE, NEBRASKA eons BAG rnor Application filed December 7, 1928. Serial No. 324,400.

My invention relates to golf bags and more specifically to an attachment for a golf bag for maintaining the golf bag in upright position so that it will not fall over or be blown The primary object of my invention is the provision of an attachment having a slidably mounted pointed member which may be thrust into the turf at will for the purpose of anchoring the golf bag to the soil.

Another object is the provision of a tubular sheath in which the pointed member is adapted to slide, the sheath enclosing the body portion of the pointed member so that there is little or no danger of the user pinching his fingers.

Another of my objects is the provision of a device of the character specified which is ad j ustable in length to fit any golf bag.

Another object which I have in view is the provision of a detachable device which may readily be secured to a golf bag and as readi- 1y detached therefrom.

Having in view these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, I will now refer to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my device secured to a golf bag.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation of the operative and inoperative positions of the pointed member.

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the telescoping joint, a portion being broken away to more clearly disclose the relationship of the parts.

Figure 4: is a plan View of the clip for latchin the joint.

igure 5 is a View in front elevation of the end portions of the telescoping sheath.

Figure 6 is a view in side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 5. l

The support for the attachment includes two tubular telescoping members 10 and 11. One of these members is largerin diameter than the other so as to snugly accommodate the other member. Either the member 10 or the member 11 may be the larger but it is necessary to have a sliding relationship between the two members with one of the two snugly enclosing the other. The member 10 is provided with'a hook portion 12 for engaging the topfedge of the golf bag while the member 11 has a similar hook member'13 for engaging the lower edge of the golf bag,

' all as shown in Figure 1. It is readily'apparent that the sheathcomprising the members 10and 11 may be extended or shortened to fit any golf bag The joint between the members 10 and 11 may be latched by means of the clip 14 having a tubular por- 'tion tightly encircling the member 10 and The members 10 and llthus form a con- I tinuous sheath extending almost the entire length of the golf bag and this sheath: is adapted to receive .the rod 15. having a sharply-pointed lower end 15a and a handle 15?) at its upper extremity. The diameter of the rod 15 is slightly less than the internal diameter of the tubular member 11 so that it is freelyslidable therein. In the uppermost position of the rod 15 the pointed end 15a will be entirely enclosed within the-tubular. member 11 where it is prevented from doing any damage to either the golf bag or to surroundin objects. If it is desired to compel the golfImg tomaintain its upright position on the golf course it is only necessaryto. grasp the handle 15?), to'then turn the rod 15 through a slight angle in order to bring the handle 156 into advantageous position and then to thrust down on the handle 15b to force the point 1511 into the turf.

In the inoperative position of the rod 15 the handle 15?) occupies the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, this position being at or near the upper edge of thegolf bag. The lip at the upper extremity of the tubular member 10 is provided with a notch V ball disappeared.

however, the golfer can set down the bag and do damage.

for seating the handle 15?) so that it will not accidentally be displaced to permit the point 15a from leaving the sheath where it might The handle 15?) may also be ]seated to engage the upper rim of the golf The utility and advantage of my golf bag prop will be apparent to all golfers. When making a drive it is only necessary to push down on the handle 15b in order to securely anchor the golf bag to the soil. After the drive has been made the golfer picks up his bag and lifts the rod 15 to its inoperative po sition when he is ready to move on. The device is particularly useful in avoiding the loss of balls and in retrieving lost balls. When the golfer sees his ball disappear in the grass, he keeps his eyes on the spot where the ball disappeared and walks toward it.

The golf bag is too inconvenient to carry while searching for lost balls and if the golfer sets down the bag without taking his eyes from the position of the lost ball, the bag is liable to fall over. If he sets it down carefully he loses sight of the spot where the With my attachment,

anchor itto, the soil without stooping over and without losing the line of vision toward the lost ball.

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact terms that its construction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of the character described,

a pair of longitudinally extending guide sleeves adapted to be secured in alignment on agolf bag, a rod freely slidable through said guide sleeves and adapted to be projected at its lower extremity into the ground when the bag is disposed upright upon the ground,

and means on the upper of said guide sleeves for securing said rod in inoperative position when the lower end thereof is withdrawn from the ground.

2. In a device of the character described, a

posed upri ht upon the ground, and means on the upper of said guide sleeves for securing said rod in inoperative position when the lower end thereof is withdrawn from the ground, the lower of said guide sleeves being adapted to encase the lower extremity of said rod when said rod is secured in upwardly extended relation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN OARLON. I

pair of longitudinally extending guide sleeves adapted to be securedin alignment on a golf bag, a rod freely slidable through said guide sleeves and adapted to be projected at its.

lower extremity into the ground when the bag is disposed upright upon the ground, and means on the upper'of said guide sleeves. for

securing said rod in inoperative position when the lower end thereof is Withdrawn from the ground, the lower of said guide sleeves being adapted to encase the lower extremity of said rod when said rod is securedin upwardly extended relation. c

3. In a device of the character described, a pair of longitudinally extending guide sleeves each having means for attachment to

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