Patent ID: 6053312
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
A golf bag security device for locking golf clubs in a golf bag comprising:at least one golf club held by said golf bag security device, said golf club having a shaft having a shaft diameter range and a handle having a handle diameter range;a guide member which is generally horizontal when golf clubs, held by the device, are generally vertical, said guide member having a plurality of club shaft apertures through which a golf club handle and shaft may be passed when said security device is in an unlocked position;a frame having a generally vertical portion and having side wall portions and supporting said guide member at a top end thereof;at least one multi-forked lock bar supported by said frame, said at least one multi-forked lock bar having a plurality of forks extending from at least one side thereof, each of said forks having a pair of tines separated by a shaft-spanning space having a shaft-spanning width which width is wider than said shaft diameter range and narrower than said handle diameter range, said at least one multi-forked lock bar being movable from a locked position wherein at least one of said shaft-spanning spaces is below at least one of said golf club shaft apertures in said guide members a sufficient distance to prevent a golf club handle to be blocked from withdrawal through said at least one shaft-spanning spaces to an unlocked position wherein said at least one of said shaft-spanning spaces is retracted sufficiently to permit the golf club handle to be withdrawn through said golf club shaft apertures; andmeans for moving said at least one multi-forked bar between a locked position and an unlocked position.