Patent ID: 6488191
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
In combination with a golf bag having a generally tubular body with a longitudinal axis and an open top end, a shoulder strap comprising:a strap member having an upper end coupled to said body proximate the open top end thereof; a pair of attachment straps extending from a lower end of said strap member for attaching the lower end of said strap member to said body at a location spaced from the open top end thereof and for holding said shoulder strap in a standing position where said shoulder strap extends laterally from said body; stiffener means at the lower end of said strap member for maintaining said shoulder strap in the standing position; an annular groove formed in said body at said attachment location; said attachment straps being wrapped around said body in opposite directions and disposed within said annular groove; and buckle means for connecting said atachmrent straps to each other to attach said shoulder strap to said body with the lower end of said strap member extending from said annular groove in a generally perpendicular attitude relative to the longitudinal axis of said body.