Patent ID: 6808186
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A63B,B60B,B62B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A wheel structure for golf bag comprising:a wheel bracket connectable to the bottom cuff of a golf bag, said wheel bracket having two side frames arranged in parallel at two sides and two axle holes respectively formed in said side frames and axially aligned; a wheel axle inserted through the axle holes of said wheel bracket, said wheel axle having two tapered guide ends and two annular grooves extended around the periphery thereof and respectively disposed adjacent said tapered guide ends; two wheels, said wheels each having a center axle hole and a longitudinal locating rib located in said center axle hole; two connectors adapted to secure said wheels to said wheel axle, said connectors each comprising a tubular connector body inserted through the center axle hole of one of said wheels, and a head formed integral with one end of said connector body and stopped at an outer end of the center axle hole of the corresponding wheel, said tubular connector body having an axial hole adapted to receive one end of said wheel axle, a plurality of longitudinal splits respectively extended to one end thereof remote from said head, a plurality of hooked portions spaced by said longitudinal splits around said axial hole and hooked on an inner end edge of the center axle hole of the corresponding wheel, and a longitudinal locating groove forced into engagement with the longitudinal locating rib of the corresponding wheel; wherein said connectors each further comprise an upper spacer block and a lower spacer block outwardly protruded from an outer side of the respective head and an outer cap fixedly connected to said spacer blocks and arranged in parallel to the respective head, said upper spacer block and said lower spacer block being spaced from each other at a distance, each having a relatively broader outer end and a relatively narrower inner end; two clamps for fastening to the upper and lower spacer blocks of said connectors to secure said wheel axle to said connectors, said clamps each comprising a smoothly arched control portion for operation control by hand, two middle retaining neck portions adapted to engage one annular groove of said wheel axle to secure said wheel axle to the corresponding connector, two bearing portions respectively connected between two ends of said smoothly arched control portion and said middle retaining neck portions, two end portions respectively aimed at each other, said end portions each having a free end facing each other and spaced by an opening and a fixed end, and two positioning portions obliquely outwardly extended from said middle retaining neck portions and the fixed ends of said end portions.