Patent ID: 6609615
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A supporting frame for a golf bag, comprising:a fixing mount attached to a top end of said golf bag, a linking rod, a linking rod top cover and a linking rod lower base, a linkage pivot block, a pivot connector, a driving block, a spring, a pair of coupling sleeves and a pair of supporting legs; wherein: said fixing mount is fixed to a top end of said golf bag and has a pair of symmetrically disposed hollow housing projectors each of which has a plurality of spaced retaining units at a top edge thereof; at both sides of each said housing projector is disposed a pivot hole and an external side thereof is disposed a dodge recess; on a rear side of said golf bag are disposed a first tubular retaining means near the top and a second tubular retaining means near a bottom for firmly holding said linking rod in place which can move up and down freely; said linkage pivot lock has a pair of insertion recesses at the bottom end and a registration hole at an external end of each of two symmetric horizontal top extensions; said pivot connector has a pair of two lugs, each having a horizontal pivot hole, at the top end and a pair of two insertion recesses, at the bottom end thereof; on the wall of each insertion recess is defined a horizontal pivot hole; said pivot connector is in pivotal connection to said linkage pivot block; said driving block has a pair of lugs at the top thereof and a horizontal pivot hole is disposed on each lug; said driving block is pivotally coupled to said pivot connector and is further fixed to said linking rod so that the activation of said linking rod can result in the movement of said driving block, said pivot connector and said linkage pivot block; said linking rod in sliding engagement with said first and second retaining means has at its bottom a triangular supporting base outwardly bent and an axially extended locking hole at a top end thereof; said linking rod top cover engaged with said triangular supporting base of said linking rod has a cover block terminating in a vertical connecting tube and a plurality of locking studs disposed thereunder; said linking rod is led through said vertical connecting tube; said lower base matches with said top cover and has a plurality of screw locking holes corresponding to said locking studs of said top cover so that said top cover and said lower base can be integrally locked together with said triangular base sandwiched therebetween; said spring is housed in said second tubular retaining means and is in limiting contact with a top end of said vertical connecting tube; each coupling sleeve is equipped with a tubular section on which are disposed a couple of laterally extended retaining holes adjacent a bottom end of said sleeve is disposed a projected tube section and to a top end thereof is secured a retaining head which has a lateral pivot hole, a relief positioning rib and a collection positioning rib; each of said supporting legs is integrally fixed to each of said coupling sleeves at a top end thereof; whereby said coupling sleeves and said supporting legs are securely engaged with each other; and said coupling sleeves are further in pivotal engagement with said housing projectors of said fixing mount which is secured to the top edge of said golf bag; and said coupling sleeves are further in pivotal connection to said linkage pivot block; and said linking rod is fixed to said driving block which is limited to slide up and down along said first and second tubular retaining means of said golf bag; said spring confined in said second tubular retaining means can retract said linking rod back and forth; and as said triangular base covered by said top cover and said lower base of said linking rod is in contact with a floor with said golf bag tilted, said linkage pivot block is driven by said pivot connector in connection to said linking rod by said driving block to outwardly extend, resulting in the extension or collection of said supporting legs; when said golf bag is placed in a vertical position, the linking rod is retracted by said spring, resulting in said linkage pivot block pivoted by said pivot block driven by said driving block which is pulled by said linking rod retracted by said spring whereby said supporting rods are collected to linearly lean against said golf bag along with said linkage pivot block, said pivot connector and said driving block.