Patent ID: 6164506
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A63B,B62B

Abstract:
An adjustable scoreboard mounting arrangement comprising:a hollow main rod member for a golf cart, said hollow main rod member comprising a through hole and two locating holes equally spaced from the through holes at two opposite sides;a positioning block mounted on said hollow main rod member, said positioning block comprising a center through hole aimed at the through hole on said hollow main rod member, a plurality of annular flanges raised from a front side wall thereof and concentrically arranged around the center through hole thereof, a plurality of locating flanges symmetrically raised from a back side wall thereof and respectively inserted into the locating holes on said hollow main rod member, and a plurality of retaining rods respectively raised from said locating flanges engaged with an inside wall of said hollow main rod member, the annular flanges of said positioning block each defining a series of teeth;a scoreboard supported on said positioning block above said hollow main rod member, said scoreboard comprising a body having a bottom side wall, a stem perpendicularly extended from the bottom side wall of said body at the center and inserted through the center through hole on said positioning block and the through hole on said hollow amin rod member, and a plurality annular flanges raised from the bottom side wall of said body and concentrically arranged around said stem, the annular flanges of the body of said scoreboard each defining a series of teeth for engagement with the teeth at the annular flanges of said positioning block to hold said scoreboard on said positioning block; anda locking lever pivoted to the stem of said scoreboard at one side of said hollow main rod member opposite to said positioning block and turned between a horizontal position where the teeth at the annular flanges of said scoreboard are engaged with the teeth at the annular flanges of said positioning block, and a vertical position where the teeth at the annular flange of said scoreboard are allowed to be disengaged from the teeth at the annular flanges of said positioning block for enabling said scoreboard to be rotated with said lever relative to said positioning block and said hollow main rod member to the desired angle, said locking lever comprising a coupling block at a front end thereof pivoted to the stem of said scoreboard and a hand grip at a rear end thereof, said coupling block comprising two parallel side walls, a receiving space defined between said parallel side walls, which receives the stem of said scoreboard, a transverse stop wall connected between said parallel side walls above said receiving space, two pivot holes respectively symmetrically formed on said parallel side walls and connected to the pivot hole on the stem of said scoreboard at two opposite sides by a pivot, said parallel side walls each having a top edge, which is stopped against said hollow main rod member when said locking lever is turned to said horizontal positon, and a front edge, which faces said hollow main rod member when said locking lever is turned to said vertical position.