Patent ID: 6390295
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf bag assemblage, comprising:(a) an elongated container for golf clubs having an upper end, a lower end, an upper portion, and an inside and an outside, and having a skirt on the lower end; (b) a bottom unit pivotally attached to the lower end of the elongated container, the bottom unit has a flat bottom that is undivided and nonflexible and that is unitary with other parts of the bottom portion; and (c) leg means attached by leg attachment means to outside of the upper portion of the elongated container, the leg attachment means being positioned diametric to the pivotal attachment of the bottom unit, the leg means including legs which are pivotally attached to the leg attachment means, and push rod means attached to top region of the legs and to the bottom unit diametric to the pivotal attachment of the bottom unit, the flat bottom of the bottom unit being perpendicular to central axis of the bottom unit and the elongated container, respectively, when the golf bag is tilted in direction opposite to the pivotal attachment of the bottom unit, the top unit pivots in relation to the bottom unit with the skirt of the lower end of the elongated container moving downward and outside of the bottom unit so as to cover side of the bottom unit in region where the leg attachment means is located, and the flat bottom of the bottom unit remains flat, and the push rod means is moved towards top of the elongated container, thereby pivoting the legs outward.