Patent ID: 6099020
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A golf club cart, comprising;a horizontal U-shaped frame having a front portion and two rear ends;an axle attached to the two rear ends of the U-shaped frame;a pair of rear wheels connected to opposite ends of the axle;an inverted U-shaped rod having two lower ends and an upper end portion, the two lower ends being pivotally connected to the U-shaped frame;a bottom rod having a bottom portion and two upper end portions fixedly attached to the front portion of the U-shaped frame;a handle attached to the upper end portion of the U-shaped rod;a curved support rod connected to the handle;a front wheel assembly including a mounting bracket connected between the U-shaped frame and the bottom rod, a spring attached to the mounting bracket, and a front wheel rotatably attached to a lower end of the spring, the spring exerting a biasing force against the wheel for maintaining the bottom portion of the bottom rod in a raised position above a ground surface; anda seat pivotally attached to the two upper end portions of the bottom rod, wherein the bottom portion of the bottom rod is adapted to be positioned in a first operative position above the ground surface for permitting rolling movement of the front wheel when the cart is only used for transporting a golf bag supported thereon, and the bottom portion of the bottom rod is adapted to be positioned in a second position in engagement with the ground surface for preventing rolling movement of the front wheel, when a downward force sufficient to over the biasing force of the spring is exerted upon the seat by a user seated thereon.