Patent ID: 6039227
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A first golf bag transportation apparatus adapted for the transportation of a golf bag external to a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a vehicle trailer hitch receptacle, said golf bag transportation apparatus comprising the following components:a generally rectangular base pan having a vertically extending wall affixed to its perimeter and having a vertically oriented base pan socket;a vertical member having an upper end and a lower end, said lower end being received by said base pan socket and removably secured thereto by a pin horizontally inserted through aligned holes in said lower end of said vertical member and in said base pan socket, said vertical member having a length no greater than the maximum possible distance between any two arbitrarily chosen points on said vertically extending wall, whereby said vertical member may be stored within said base pan when said apparatus is disassembled;a horizontal member having a horizontal member socket, said horizontal member socket receiving said upper end of said vertical member, said vertical member being removably secured in said horizontal member socket by a pin inserted through aligned holes in said upper end of said vertical member and in said horizontal member socket, said horizontal member additionally having a plurality of support arms, each said support arm having a first end and a second end, each said first end being permanently connected to said horizontal member and spaced along said horizontal member at a sufficient distance to accommodate the upper end of a vertically standing golf bag between adjacent support arms, and each said second end having a means providing a point of attachment for a constraining means, whereby the golf bag is kept securely in place between two said adjacent support arms, said horizontal member having a length no greater than the maximum possible distance between any two arbitrarily chosen points on said vertically extending wall, whereby said horizontal member may be stored within said base pan when said apparatus is disassembled; anda trailer hitch shank permanently affixed to said base pan and adapted for insertion into the vehicle trailer hitch receptacle, said trailer hitch shank being removably secured thereto by a pin passing transversely through coaxial holes in said trailer hitch shank and the vehicle trailer hitch receptacle.