Patent ID: 6186522
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A45C,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An integrated golf club playing bag, cart and travel container, comprising:a generally orthorhombic hard shell having a main body portion with an upper opening with a closable and openable cover hinged to said hard shell, and a bottom, said shell defining the exterior of said bag, cart and travel container and having outwardly opening recesses therein;means for holding a plurality of golf clubs in closely spaced relationship in the main body portion;two laterally spaced wheels for contacting and rolling on a ground surface while supporting said shell;an articulated carriage attached to said shell and said wheels, said carriage including two generally vertical, spaced, elongate struts having spaced-apart upper ends pivotable in vertical and lateral planes about a generally horizontal transverse axis lying within a generally central portion of said shell, and spaced-apart lower ends having said wheels swivelably joined thereto for swiveling about axes oblique to said struts, and means for rigidly connecting and retaining said two struts in a fully open position; anda golf play handle foldable into said main body portion;wherein said carriage is manipulable between (a) an extended playing position forward of said shell and with said wheels spacedly separated laterally and forwardly from said shell and (b) a retracted position wherein said carriage and wheels are retracted into said recesses within said defined exterior, said wheels retracted into recesses adjacent said bottom of said shell at opposing sides thereof.