Integral multi-handle golf bag collar system

Abstract

A multi-handle collar system (10) for a golf bag (12) is provided for providing multiple grasping and handling options for a golfer. The system (10) includes a circumferential collar member (14) provided with a plurality of circumferentially arrayed vertical apertures (18) bounded on the upper edges thereof by semi-rigid rim portions (20) in order to provide handles (22). A preferred embodiment includes a rear handle (24), a left side handle (26) and a right side handle (28) arrayed opposite said left side handle (26).

Description

[0001]The following claims priority from design patent applications, Ser. No. 29 / 361,345, filed 10 May 2010 and Ser. No. 29 / 368,388, filed 23 Aug. 2010 by the same inventor.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates generally to accessories for golfers and particularly to golf bags used by golfers.BACKGROUND ART[0003]Golf is a sport which its practitioners often take very seriously. Golfers are always looking for ways in which they can improve their shot making and scoring and general enjoyment of the game. Often these advances take the form of “improvements” in the equipment used to play the game (clubs and balls). Others relate to accessories which improve the quality of the experience, such as golf bags, carts and head covers.[0004]The golf bag for carrying clubs, balls and accessories is a principal element of any golf experience. Golf bags can often be high weight and cumbersome items which can cause difficulties when carried on the shoulders or even just in moving them...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]An advantage of the present invention is that it provides multiple gripping and lifting options for the user when loading and unloading the golf bag on a golf cart or removing the bag from a vehicle trunk or the like.

[0012]Another advantage of the invention is that it provides a variety of easily accessible apertures for purposes such as hanging a towel therethrough, with the towel being easily removable.

[0013]An additional advantage of the invention is that the golf bag collar is generally symmetrical about at least one vertical plane.

[0014]A further advantage of the invention is that additional gripping and lifting options are provided to the user without adding additional weight to the golf bag assembly.

[0015]Yet anther advantage of the present invention is that stress on the golf bag body may be reduced by facilitating lifting along the axis of the bag, rather than from externally situated handles.

[0016]These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become clear to those skilled in the art in view of the description of the best presently known mode of carrying out the invention and the industrial applicability of the preferred embodiment as described herein and as illustrated in the several figures of the drawings.

Problems solved by technology

Golf bags can often be high weight and cumbersome items which can cause difficulties when carried on the shoulders or even just in moving them from the vehicle to the golf cart.

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