Golf bag strapping and strapping systems for golf bag carriers

New and improved strapping for a new and improved strapping system and method of strapping a golf bag to a cradle of a golf bag carrier so as to have taut strapping which is connected to the golf bag and the bag carrier and prevents rotation of the bag and strapping relative to the cradle. The strap or straps of the strapping are made of back to back woven loop tapes with napped loops of the type used for hook and loop re-closeable fasteners with the straps of the back to back tapes having loop material extending for the full length of the opposite sides of the straps and end segments on the end portions of the strap, the end segments having hooks extending outwardly from the side of the strap to enable the end portions of the straps to be doubled back to make connections to a cradle or to the shoulder strap D-ring of a golf bag or a similar independent ring type member. The connecting loops are adjustable to adjust the effective length of a strap and the tautness of the strap across the bag. Various accessories or the golf bag may be fixed to the loop material of the strap by providing them with hooks for a hook and loop fastener. The strap is made of two back to back loop tapes sewed together for essentially the length of the strap with a single center stitch with the end segments being sewed over the loop material at the ends of the strap with box stitches which join the end segments with the hook tapes.

The present invention relates to strapping for, and methods of, strapping 
golf bags to carts or other golf bag carriers, e.g., tripod type, hand 
carried caddie stands, which have a cradling structure to which the golf 
bag is to be strapped and to systems for strapping a golf bag to the golf 
bag carrier, and especially to a pull type golf bag cart having a center 
spine or pillar, as well as a collapsible handle and wheel support for 
collapsing or folding-up the carrier for storage or transport with the 
golf club bag strapped on the cart, the strapping also comprising means 
facilitating the attachment to the cart of various golf accessories used 
by a golfer. 
There are various types and makes of pull type golf bag carts, to which the 
present invention has wide application. Typically these carts are fold-up 
carts which have a central pillar, or spine, a bottom bag support on which 
the bag sits, and top and bottom cradles which have spaced arms extending 
on either side of the bag and for receiving a golf bag with a portion of 
the bag extending forward of the cradle. The conventional method of 
securing a golf bag to the upper cradle is to strap the upper portion of 
the bag in the cradle with strapping which extends, between the cradles, 
around the bag portion which is forwardly of the cradles, the strapping 
being tightened against the bag to hold the bag in the cradle and 
establish a frictional grip between the outside of the bag and the inside 
of the strapping to hold the bag against rotation relative in the cradle. 
Corresponding strapping is used to strap the bag to the lower cradle. 
Such systems are workable to a limited extent. However, it is difficult to 
secure and then maintain sufficient tension in the strapping to keep the 
bag from rotating in the cradles and the friction grip from loosening, 
particularly the grip of the straps on the upper cradle, while the cart is 
being used or handled. The difficulty of establishing an initial strong 
friction grip between the outside surface of the bag and the strapping is 
due, in part, to the materials used in golf bags and the strapping which 
normally have a relatively low coefficient of friction. This is 
complicated by the difficulty of tightening the strapping sufficiently to 
secure the maximum frictional grip between the bag and the straps. The 
strength needed to tighten the strapping is more than that of many 
golfers, particularly women. 
Even when the golfer has sufficient strength to effect the maximum 
frictional grip, a further problem with the present strapping systems is 
presented by the relative soft structure of many golf bags. In a 
significant number of bags, perhaps most of those used by golfers, the 
tightening of the straps to obtain the desired tension in the straps, 
particularly the straps of the upper cradle, may distort the shape of the 
bag and actually lessen the friction grip between the bag and the 
strapping and the resistance of the friction grip and the forces acting 
against the rotation and loosening of the bag in the cradle. 
But even if the strapping is properly tightened by a knowledgeable and 
strong person, and the bag is one which is relatively rigid, experience 
has shown that the use on a golf course produces moments and other forces 
which will loosen the strapping, often due to the shift of the weight of 
the clubs to one side or the other of the bag, when the cart leans one way 
or another as on a bounce when one wheel hits a bump, or as the cart is 
being pulled along a slope. This is also true when the cart, with a bag of 
clubs strapped to it, is being collapsed for storage or transport, and 
when a collapsed unit is being placed into a transport vehicle. The weight 
shift caused by club heads sliding to one side of the bag is a primary 
cause of the bag rotating in the cradle and the cart tipping. When the bag 
rotates the compartment dividers lean to one side or the other of the cart 
to cause the clubs to jumble against each other on one side of the bag 
even when the cart is level. With the compartment dividers tilted, the 
plane of each compartment divider is at an angle to a vertical plane 
causing the clubs to jumble even when the cart is level. This shifts the 
center of gravity of the cart to one side of the front to back 
center-plane of the cart. With the shifted center of gravity, the cart is 
prone to tipping over on rough, uneven, or sloping ground, which 
frequently causes spilling of the bag and clubs from the cradles, although 
the bag is still entangled in the strapping. 
Another problem with the current strapping is that the tightening for 
establishing the initial friction grip to hold the bag in place causes 
sufficient tension to make the strap more prone to grow and loosen under 
the additional tension forces created by the bouncing or tilting of the 
cart and allowing the bag to rotate in, as well as to shift outwardly of, 
the cradle. 
One of the reasons that the prior art friction grip strapping has been 
used, in spite of its shortcomings, is that it has been the only known 
system which accommodates the securing of various size golf bags to a golf 
cart at a reasonable cost and without unduly increasing the weight of the 
cart. While the carts could be designed and manufactured to positively 
grip or closely surround the bag and hold it against rotation and 
bouncing, it would be difficult to accommodate various size bags 
particularly at a low cost. Moreover, it would complicate the design of a 
light weight cart for pulling and collapsing a the bag of clubs thereon. 
Strapping in accordance with the present invention does not rely on a 
friction grip and significantly reduces and minimizes the occasions when 
the bag has to be re-strapped or the strapping re-tightened. The strapping 
need only be tensioned to assure tautness, i.e., no slack or looseness, 
not to the level required to establish a frictional grip to hold the club 
bag against rotation in the cradle. Since tautness does not require the 
high tension force required by a friction grip system, the strapping is 
not prone to grow with increased tension forces caused by the carrier 
bouncing along the course, or being tilted on a slope, or during 
collapsing with the bag strapped thereto, or when handling and 
transporting the collapsed carrier and bag of clubs secured thereto. 
A feature of the present invention is the provision of a new and improved 
strapping which can easily be set to hold a golf bag on a carrier and will 
keep the bag in a fixed orientation in a cradle of the carrier without 
relying on the establishment of a frictional grip between the strapping 
and the bag to hold the bag in position. 
A further feature of the present invention enables a golfer to attach 
various accessories to the strap in a simple, low cost, releasable manner. 
An object of the present invention is to provide strapping and a strapping 
system for securing a golf bag to a carrier cradle which enables a golfer 
to easily strap the golf bag to cradle so as to securely hold the bag 
against rotation in the cradle and to resist the forces tending to loosen 
or defeat the integrity of the strapping system so that the need to reset 
the strapping is minimized or eliminated. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide strapping which 
overcomes or minimizes the problems of the friction grip strapping of the 
prior art and which is relatively low cost and easy to use, but yet is 
such that universal strapping or a strapping kit can be readily provided 
for mostly all golf bag carts or other carriers for a wide range of sizes 
of golf bags. 
An object of the present invention is to provide strapping for securing a 
golf bag in the cradle of a cart or other carrier with the strapping 
comprising means for making connections of the strapping to the bag and to 
the cradle with the connections to the bag and cart effecting a secure 
positive holding of the bag in the cradle, the strapping being readily 
usable by the golfer over a wide range of bag sizes. 
An object of the present invention is provide a strapping for use in fixing 
golf bags to a spine type golf cart or other carrier, the strapping being 
of loop tape for a releasable and re-closeable hook and loop fastener, 
with loop material covering both sides of the strapping, and of hook tape, 
the same strapping being usable on mostly all sizes and types of pull type 
spine carts and other golf bag carriers for essentially the full range of 
conventional golf bag sizes from the smallest to the largest bags. 
SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
Strapping and a strapping system for a golf bag to be strapped into a 
cradle on a golf bag carrier with the bag having a forward portion 
extending outwardly of the cradle against which the strapping is tautly 
drawn tautly drawn to strap the bag to the cradle, the strapping having 
strap portions extending from each side of cradle across the forward 
portion of the bag with first fastening means connecting the golf bag 
against turning relative to said strap portions, and second fastening 
means for connecting the strapping to the cradle to fix the strapping 
against movement outwardly from either side of said cradle. 
The preferred strapping of the invention comprises hook and loop fastener 
tape having loop material covering the side faces of the strapping with 
the strap having an end segment at each end comprising hooks protruding 
outwardly from the strap for cooperating with the loop material on the 
sides of the strap to form adjustable connecting loops for securing and 
holding the strapping tautly across a golf bag strapped to the bag 
carrier. Strapping in accordance with an aspect of the invention comprises 
straps composed of back to back loop tapes for a hook and loop fastener 
with each loop tape having a woven base and napped loops and hook tapes 
secured to the end portions of the loop tapes. The strapping extends 
across the bag on the cradle from each side of the cradle to a shoulder 
strap D-ring mounted on the golf bag, or to an independent cinch ring(or 
buckle) located adjacent the bag centrally and forwardly of the cradle. 
The straps are connected to the cradle and to the D-ring or the cinch 
ring, preferably by connection loops, with the straps being drawn taut 
across the golf bag when making the connection loops to the D-ring or 
cinch ring, or to the cradle. When connection loops to the cradle and/or 
D-ring (or cinch ring) have been made and adjusted as necessary to draw 
the straps taut across the bag, the straps positively hold the golf bag 
against rotation relative to the strapping and the cradle. If the straps 
are connected to make connection loops to a cinch ring or buckle instead 
of a D-ring on the golf club bag, a fastening connection between the golf 
bag and the straps or the cradle is required to keep the bag from rotating 
and an auxiliary fastening connection is used, preferably a fastening 
connection comprising hook tape with hooks for cooperating with the loop 
material on a strap to adjustably locate the connector in a proper 
position on the strapping to connect the bag to the strap and hold it 
against rotation relative to the strapping. Preferably this fastening 
connection comprises a female snap fastener part which snaps over the male 
snap fastener part on the bag for attaching a hood to the bag. In an 
alternative strapping of the bag, a single strap may be used which extends 
across the bag between the outer ends of a cradle with adjustable 
connection loops being made to the outer ends of the cradle, the strap 
being drawn taut by adjusting the return lengths of the loops of the 
connections when making the connection loops to the cradle, a connection 
of the strapping to the golf bag being made while making the connection 
loops using the described hook and loop fastening connector between the 
strapping and the golf bag to fix the bag against relative rotation with 
respect to the strapping. A less preferred embodiment utilizes a single 
strap, preferably of hook and loop material in accordance with the 
preferred strapping of the invention, the strap encircling the bag and its 
cradle with the opposite ends of the strap being connected adjacent the 
front of the bag by overlapping end lengths of the strap with a releasable 
and re-closeable hook and loop fastener between the overlapped end lengths 
or by the end lengths of the strap making connection loops to a 
buckle(cinch ring) or bag D-ring at the front of the bag with connection 
loops being adjusted to cause the strap to be taut against the bag. As the 
overlapping connections or the connection loops to a cinch ring are being 
made, a hook and loop fastener connection is made between the strap and 
the bag to hold the bag and strap against relative rotation, the strap, in 
turn, being held against relative rotation with respect to the cart by 
providing a hook and loop fastening swatch on the cradle with the swatch 
having hooks for interdigitating with the loop material of the strap. In 
this mode, the strap is pressed against the hook swatch when the cradle is 
initially encircled with the strap and before making the final connection 
loop to the buckle or D-ring. The invention also contemplates that with 
some cradles and strapping systems, a connection to keep the bag from 
turning may be made, less desirably, directly to the cradle by using hook 
tape on one and loop tape on the other, both independent of the strapping. 
As noted, the preferred embodiments utilize hook and loop strapping 
connected by adjustable loops to the ends of the arms of an upper cradle 
on a golf bag cart or other bag carrier and, in the most preferred 
embodiments, two tie straps are used, a respective one being connected to 
a respective side of the cradle, with the straps making connection loops 
with the D-ring of the golf bag or with a buckle approximately along the 
vertical center line plane of the cart cradle. In these embodiments, as 
well as the single strap embodiment having the straps ends connected by 
connection loops to the cradle, each strap comprises an intermediate 
length extending between end lengths at either end of the strap, the end 
lengths being the length of strap which is doubled back, i.e., returned 
along the strap, to form the return side of the loop. These return end 
lengths are of variable lengths with the intermediate length varying 
inversely with the total length of the end lengths as adjustments in the 
connection loops are made to adjust for different size bags and 
arrangements and to provide taut straps. 
In embodiments in which a strapping or combined strapping encircles the 
cradle the outer end lengths of the strapping may be connected to a golf 
bag D-ring or overlapped and interconnected by hooks on one or both 
engaging the loop material on the other strap with connections using a 
hook and loop fastener being made to each of the bag and cradle to prevent 
relative rotation between the strapping and the bag and the cradle. 
An aspect of the present invention, is the provision of hook and loop 
strapping suitable for mostly all carts and bag sizes. The strapping is of 
a length which provides the necessary intermediate length and end lengths 
for the largest size of bag which may be put onto the carts. With the 
largest size bag, the return end lengths of connection loops will be 
shorter and respectively connected to the intermediate length only a short 
distance from both the D-ring for the shoulder strap or buckle at one end 
and from the respective cradle arms at the other end, or in a single strap 
embodiment, only a short distant from the sides of the cradle with which 
the ends of the strap make connection loops. This allows the strapping to 
be used on the smallest size bag by lengthening the return end lengths to 
reduce the intermediate length between the D-ring and the cart. If desired 
or needed the return lengths may be overlapped to secure a proper 
intermediate length for a small bag. In addition, an aspect of the present 
invention is the provision of a universal kit for strapping various size 
bags to the cradle of a golf bag cart or stand with the kit containing 
hook and loop straps having the novel features described herein for use in 
various modes or styles of strapping a bag to a cart or stand to prevent 
rotation of the bag in the cradle and auxiliary parts which may be 
required to complete a specific system, the kit containing at least two 
hook and loop cradle straps for securing the bag in a cradle, a female 
snap fastener for connecting a strap to a male snap fastener part on the 
bag with female snap fastener having hook material on its base for 
connection to the loop material of a cradle strap, and hook swatches for 
use with pressure sensitive adhesive on the back for fastening the swatch 
to the cart or to the bag to enable a hook and loop connection to be made 
to the loop material of the strapping. Such a kit enables a golfer to 
select from various modes of strapping in accordance with the disclosure 
made herein to fix the bag against rotation in a cart cradle or a bag 
stand cradle without worrying about the size of bag the golfer wants to 
into the cradle. 
A feature of the present invention is the use of a tie strap of woven loop 
tape, the strap preferably being back to back loop tapes to provide a 
having a facing of loop material for essentially the full length of both 
its sides with the end return lengths terminating in respective end 
segments having a hook tape on at least one side of each end segment to 
enable a hook and loop connection of the return end lengths to the 
intermediate length, or if desired to interlock overlapping return end 
lengths. 
The use of strapping in accordance with the various aspects of the present 
invention also enables various accessories which a golfer uses during 
golfing to be easily attached to the loop material of the strap for 
availability while golfing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a collapsible pull type golf 
cart 10 having a golf bag 12 mounted thereon. The golf cart 10 has a 
central spine (or pillar) 14, a conventional folding or telescoping handle 
16 extending upwardly from a mounting 18 therefor at the top of the spine, 
and a wheel 20 on either side of the cart with the wheels being mounted to 
the spine by a collapsible linkage 22. The golf bag 12 sits on a bottom 
support 24 on the lower end of the spine, and the top portion of the bag 
12 is received in a conventional upper cradle 26 which receives the 
conventional top collar 28 around the top of the golf bag, although on 
some carts and bags the cradle may engage the bag immediately below the 
collar or the bag may have no collar. The bottom portion of the bag 12 is 
also cradled by a lower cradle 30 which receives the conventional lower 
bag collar 31 surrounding the lowermost portion of the golf bag, the lower 
cradle 30 being supported from the spine immediately above the bottom 
support 24. 
The upper cradle 26 has two spaced arms 26a, 26b including a curved cradle 
wall 32 which defines an open configuration for receiving the golf bag 
between the outer ends of the arms 26a, 26b, the outer ends having strap 
slots 36a, 36b for respectively receiving strapping to secure the bag in 
the cradle. 
The lower cradle 30 similarly has two arms, an arm 30a and a corresponding 
arm on the other side of the cradle, not shown in FIGS. 1-3 which together 
with the curved wall 32 of the cradle 30 define an open generally circular 
configuration for receiving the bottom collar 31 of the golf bag. 
The structure described is typical of the structure of mostly all 
collapsible pull type golf carts that are currently being used with the 
strapping of the present invention being applicable to essentially all 
such carts. The present invention is also useful in other type carts and 
hand carried stands as will be appreciated by those in the art from the 
description of the various embodiments herein. 
A feature of the preferred embodiment of the invention is that the 
strapping for holding the golf bag on the carrier is connected to a part 
fixed on the golf bag to hold the bag from rotation in the receiving 
cradle. Preferably the connection is made to the conventional D-ring 38 
for connecting the shoulder strap 40 to the top collar 28 of the golf bag. 
The D-ring, while swiveling on an horizontal axis, has a fixed axis 
position in a ring mounting 39 connecting it to the top collar 28 and 
precluding translatory movement of the D-ring relative to the bag. Thus 
rotation of the bag in the cradle is precluded when the D-ring is tied by 
the strapping to the two cradle arms. The bottom of the shoulder strap is 
also connected to the bag by a bottom ring 42, and a conventional hand 
carrying handle 44 is mounted on the bag intermediate the rings 38, 42 for 
the shoulder strap. Additionally, a golf ball and gear carrying 
compartment 46 is located below the shoulder strap. 
As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the preferred strapping system, the golf 
bag is positioned on the cart with the shoulder strap forward of and 
central between the cradle arms 26a, 26b. In this position, the shoulder 
strap is positioned in the front to back centerline plane of the golf bag 
12, cradle 26, and spine 14. 
In the preferred embodiment, the bag is strapped to the cart by identical 
tie straps 47a, 47b. The structure of tie strap 47a is shown in detail in 
FIGS. 5-8 with the understanding that the strap 47b is identical. 
Referring to FIGS. 5-8, the strap 47a is of releasable hook and loop 
fastening tape and comprises back to back loop tapes 49a, 49b having a 
woven base, or back, and a napped loop. The tapes are sewn to each other, 
to provide a double faced strap having a facing of loop material 50 for 
cooperation with hooks for effecting a hook and loop re-closeable 
fastening connections. The loop material of the laminated loop tapes 
comprises the opposite side faces 51, 52 of the strap 47a. See FIGS. 5-8. 
The loop material covers both sides of the strap 47a for the full length 
of the loop tapes 49a, 49b. At the ends of the strap, hook tapes 53, 53a 
are sewn over the loop material on the strap to provide respective end 
segments 54, 56 having hooks 55 protruding outwardly from the opposite 
faces of the strap at the opposite ends of the strap. The hooks of each 
end segment 54, 56 are adapted to cooperate with the loop material on a 
strap to effect a re-closeable hook and loop fastener connection when the 
respective end segment is doubled back along a respective side of the 
strap and the hooks which project therefrom are interdigitated with the 
loop material 50 of the strap. This forms a connection loop for securing 
the respective end of the strap to a cradle arm, or a D-ring or ring 
member, e.g. a buckle. In sewing the hook segments to the loop tapes, each 
end segment 54, 56 is pressed against and crushes, to a large extent, the 
loop material under the segment. The end segments may be sewed to the loop 
tapes, by way of example, with the box stitch 59, as shown in FIG. 5, 
having cross stitchs 59a, 59b. As explained hereinafter, the box stitch 
for segment 56 is preferably offset inwardly of the outer end of the strap 
47a to provide more peel resistance for a hook and loop connection made by 
the end segment. 
In the preferred embodiment, the hook tape 53 of the end segment 54 has a 
triangular tab 60 which extends beyond the end of the loop tapes 49a, 49b 
while the hook tape 53a is coterminous with the end of the laminated loop 
tapes 49a, 49b. The triangular tab 60 of the hook tape enables the strap 
to easily thread through either of the slots 36a, 36b in the arms of the 
cradle. The squared end segment 56 will readily pass through the D-ring 38 
when forming a connection loop to the D-ring, but it is also of a size to 
fit through the slots 36a, 36b, if so desired, since the end is no wider 
than the strap itself. 
A hook and loop re-closeable fastener strap, from the description herein, 
can be fabricated readily by whose in the business of manufacturing and 
supplying hook and loop re-closeable fasteners. Preferably, the woven back 
to back loop tapes used in strapping according to the present invention 
have a novel single straight line stitch 63 centered between the edges of 
the back to back tapes and extending the full length of the tapes for 
interconnecting the tapes 49a, 49b for their full length, with cross 
stitching across the tapes immediately adjacent each end of the loop strap 
to sew the tapes together at each end of the strap. 
The loop tapes 49a 49b are woven tapes of monofilament nylon with the loop 
material having a napped finish accomplished by those working in the art 
by randomly disorienting, by known commercial methods, the loops of the 
loop material 50. 
The hook tapes 53, 53a of the strapping are, in accordance with the 
invention, preferably flexible tapes of woven monofilament nylon or 
polyester with preferably about 300 hooks per square inch with a shear 
strength of about 14 psi and a peel strength above 1.00 psi, preferably 
about 1.20 psi, of engaged hook area. Instead of woven hook tapes, 
equivalent molded flexible plastic with hooks may be used. 
The individual woven loop tapes, woven hook tapes, and molded hooks of 
flexible plastic as specified are commercially available from various 
suppliers of hook and loop re-closeable hook and loop fasteners. However, 
the components for assembling hook and loop tapes into strapping as 
described herein are also available in bulk for sewing and assembly by 
others and the bulk components, in and of themselves, do not form a part 
of this invention. 
In accordance with the preferred embodiment as illustrated in FIGS. 1-4, 
the two tie straps 47a, 47b tie the D-ring 38 of the golf bag to the outer 
ends of the arms 26a, 26b of the upper cradle 26. In the strapping system, 
the straps 47a, 47b each have an intermediate length 48a which extends 
across the golf bag 12 between the D-ring 38 and the outer end of a 
respective one of the cradle arms 26a, 26b with each strap extending 
through the D-ring and through a respective one of the strap slots 36a, 
36b in the cradle arms 26a, 26b respectively so as to form connection 
loops 57a, 57b with a respective one of the cradle arms and respective 
connection loops 58a, 58b with the D-ring 38. An intermediate length 48a 
of each strap extends between the cradle arm and the D-ring and 
constitutes one side of the respective connection loops of the strap while 
end lengths 48b, 48c terminating in end segments 54, 56 of each strap 
constitute return end lengths of the respective loops at the D-ring and 
cradle arm respectively. In the connection loops 57a, 57b, 58a, 58b, the 
respective end lengths 48b, 48c of the straps 47a, 47b double back along 
the intermediate length 48a of the respective strap to connect the hooks 
55 of the respective end segments 54, 56 with the loop material 50 of the 
intermediate length 48a. The connections of the hooks of the end segments 
54, 56 of the respective straps 47a, 47b to the loop material of the 
respective intermediate lengths 48a are continuously adjustable along the 
intermediate lengths 48a to vary the length of the respective intermediate 
length so as to enable practically all conventional sizes of golf bags 
sizes to be strapped to the cart. 
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, when initially strapping a golf bag to the 
cart, the triangular tab 60 on the end segment 54 of the strap 47a may be 
threaded through the slot 36a in the arm 26a from the outside in, with the 
hook side of end segment 54 facing outwardly of the cradle, so as to 
double back along the the strap to form the return end length 48b of the 
connection loop 57a, the return end length 48b having an approximate 
length such that the intermediate length 48a and the other end return end 
length 48c have a total length for effecting a connection loop to the 
D-ring 38. After threading the end length 48b of the strap 47a through the 
slot 36a in the arm 26a and doubling the return length back on the 
intermediate length, the connection loop 57a may be made by pressing hooks 
55 of hook end segment 54 into the loop material of the inside face 52 of 
the intermediate length 48a. 
To make the connection loop 58a of the strap 47a to the D-ring, the end 
segment 56 of the strap end length 48c is looped through the D-ring from 
the inside out and pressed into the adjacent face 51 of the intermediate 
length 48a to make the connection loop 58a. In making the connection loop 
58a, the end length 48c of the strap 47a, having been inserted through the 
D-ring from the inside out, is doubled back along the outside face of the 
intermediate length 48a, and pulled to draw the strapping taut against the 
outside of the golf bag before pressing the hooks 55 of end segment 56 
into the loop material on the outside of the intermediate length 48a. 
While the strap 47a is pulled taut through the D-ring to make the 
connection loop 58a, the golf bag 12 may be held manually in its central 
position in the cradle so that the intermediate length and the end length 
are adjusted to make the strap 47a taut around the side of the golf bag, 
the bag being held with its shoulder strap in a central position in the 
cradle. If the return end length 48c of the strap 47a is too short to 
effect the connection loop 58a, the end length 48b of the connection loop 
57a to the cart arm may be reset to shorten the end length 48b as is 
necessary for providing a proper length for the return end length 48c at 
the D-ring to make the connection loop 58a. In the case of a smaller bag, 
the return length connection loop 48b may have to be lengthened or 
shortened if the estimated initial setting of the return length 48b is to 
short or too long. 
After the strap 47a has been connected between the cradle arm 26a and the 
D-ring 38, the strap 47b is connected between the cradle arm 26b and the 
D-ring 38 in the same manner as the strap 47a by making the connection 
loops 57b and 58b. If convenient, the connection loop 57b to the cradle 
may be made at the same time the first cradle loop 57a is made. While 
making the connection loop 58b of the strap 47b to the D-ring 38 and 
before making a hook and loop fastener connection of the return length to 
the intermediate length of the strap 47b, the strap 47b is pulled against 
D-ring 38, which is now held by the strap 47a, to draw the strap 47b taut. 
If, when the strap 47b is pulled taut, the shoulder strap 40 is not in its 
center-line plane position, the connection loops to the cradles or the 
D-ring for the strap 47a or 47b, or both, as appropriate, may be loosened 
and reset to adjust the intermediate length of the strap 47a or 47b or 
both to locate the shoulder strap in centrally in the cradle. 
With the shoulder strap centrally positioned at the front of the bag the 
conventional compartment dividers 61, see FIG. 2, which divide the 
conventional golf bag into club compartments, two such dividers to 
establish three compartments in the illustrated embodiment, are 
perpendicular to the vertical front-to-back centerline plane through the 
cart cradle so that the dividers do not slope or tilt toward one side or 
the other of the bag enabling the clubs to be distributed along the 
divider without sliding to one side or the other. With the clubs 
distributed along the dividers, the center of gravity is essentially 
inside the wheels of the cart near or at the vertical centerline plane of 
the cradle and the weight of the cub heads does not tend to rotate the bag 
in the cradle. If the cart is titled to one side during cart bouncing or 
while being pulled along a slope, the club compartments will tilt to one 
side or the other and the clubs will slide toward jumbling on one side of 
the bag to concentrate the weight of the club heads on that side of cart. 
With the cart coming back to level, the dividers return to a position with 
no sideways slope and the club shift may be caught prior to jumbling but 
if they have jumbled the weight shift will not produce a rotation of the 
bag relative to the straps or cart or loosening of the straps so that 
resetting of the strapping is required. If the bag rotated in the cradle 
with a tilt of the compartment dividers toward one side or the other, the 
clubs will always be jumbled with the weight centered to one side of the 
cart when the bouncing or leaning of the cart occurs. Then the cart is 
more prone to tipping over. Moreover, some golfers, who value their clubs 
will re-strap the bag, if for no other reason than to protect the club 
heads from battering each other. Other golfers, to solve the problem of 
the clubs shifting to one side or the other which causes moments acting to 
rotate the golf bag and acting to loosen strapping, will actually strap 
the bag in the cart so that the dividers are parallel to the front to back 
centerline plane of the cradle plane of bag to avoid bag rotation in the 
cradles and loosening of the friction type strapping. While this will 
jumble the clubs at the front side of the golf bag as it is mounted on a 
pull type cart the weight distribution laterally of the cradle will remain 
evenly distributed because the clubs will not jumble to one side or the 
other of the cradle. 
As is apparent from the foregoing, in the preferred strapping system of 
FIGS. 1-4, the upper D-ring 38 is tied to the upper cradle in a central 
position by two tie straps 47a, 47b connected between the D-ring 38 and 
the arms of the upper cradle 26 and that the two tie straps positively 
hold the ring against rotation or movement toward or away from either 
cradle arm. 
Once the straps have been properly set to hold the bag in the cradle, to 
remove the bag, the connection loops 58a, 58b only need be released by 
pulling the ends of the straps to peel apart the hooks of the end segments 
56 from the loop material 50 of the straps 47a, 47b. To again strap the 
bag to the cradle, the ends of straps need only be inserted through the 
D-ring and pulled taut to reestablish the connection loops 58a, 58b as was 
done when first strapping the bag to the cart. 
The novel tie straps 47a provide a new and improved strapping for mostly 
all carts and bags. With the largest size bag, the end lengths 48b, 48c 
will be respectively connected to the intermediate length 48a only a short 
distance from the D-ring and the cradle end. 
FIG. 9 illustrates the strapping embodiment of FIGS. 1-4 with a small size 
bag 12a strapped to the cart rather than the large size bag of FIGS. 1-4. 
With the club bag 12a, the return end lengths for the connection loops 
57a, 57b to the cradle are such that the end segments 54, 56 are pressed 
into the loop material of the intermediate length 47a almost at the D-ring 
38 so as to shorten the intermediate length 48a and the lengthen the 
return end lengths 47b of the loop connections 57a, 57b. It will be noted 
that on the smaller size bags, the length of engagement of the straps with 
the outside of the bag is greatly reduced. This would make it extremely 
difficult to obtain any sort of a friction grip required by conventional 
strapping. 
In the strapping shown in FIGS. 1-9, the hook and loop material extends for 
substantially the full length of the straps on either side of the straps 
and provides the capability to overlap the return end lengths and the 
intermediate length for only a short distance when forming connection 
loops 57a, 57b and 58a, 58b at the cradle arms and at the D-ring 38 
respectively to accommodate the maximum size bag for a cradle, or to 
overlap for increasing distances to shorten the intermediate lengths to 
accommodate smaller size bags down to a minimum size bag for which the 
return end lengths of the connection loops essentially fully overlap the 
intermediate lengths of the straps with the ends of return lengths 47b 
adjacent the D-ring and the ends of return end lengths 47c adjacent the 
cradle arms. in the illustrated embodiment, straps which are, e.g., 21 
inches long can be used with golf bags from about 11 inches in diameter to 
bags of about 7 inches in diameter, the size range of commonly used golf 
bags. 
It can be appreciated from the description of the strapping system of FIGS. 
1-4 and that of FIG. 9 that the present strapping is such that there are 
no loose hanging straps regardless of the size of bag, contrary to the 
known strapping systems capable of handling a range of bag sizes. 
Moreover, When the golf bag carrier has no bag thereon, it will be 
appreciated that the straps of the present invention, rather than hanging 
loose, may be stretched across the cradle opening in an overlapped 
relationship and the hooks on the end segment on one strap pressed into 
the loop material on the adjacent side of the other strap. 
While in the strapping arrangement of FIGS 1-4 and 9, the squared end of 
the strap 47a with end segment 56 has been described as being used to make 
the connections D-ring, it will be understood that it is entirely within 
the spirit of the present invention, if the golfer so desires, to reverse 
the straps 47a, 47b end for end and to use the squared to make the loop 
connection to the cradle. Some golfers may rather have the return length 
at the D-ring formed with the end length 48b having the end segment 54 
with the tab 60. This end segment is somewhat easer to peel open than the 
squared end segment of end length 48c and when the loop is completed it is 
easier to identify the end of the return length against the background of 
the loop material of the strap. 
Referring to FIGS. 10-13, the strapping of FIGS. 5-8 is used to tie a golf 
bag 12b, corresponding to the golf bag 12 of FIG. 1 but having no shoulder 
strap or strap D-ring, to the upper cart cradle 26 of the cart 10. In this 
embodiment of the present invention, straps 47c, 47d, identical to the 
strap 47a of the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4, are connected to the cart 
cradle, and make connection loops 57c and 57d with the cradle arms 26a, 
26b, which connection loops correspond to the connection loops 57a and 57b 
in the first described embodiment and connection loops 58c, 58d to an 
independent D-ring or buckle member 62, which connection loops correspond 
to the connection loops 58a and 58b of the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4. 
However, since the buckle 62 is not fixed to the golf cart, it cannot 
provide a positive holding connection between the golf bag and the 
strapping or cart. To make a positive holding connection to the golf bag, 
a female snap fastener part 64 is attached to the loop material 50 of one 
of the straps, the strap 47d in the illustrated embodiment, so as to 
engage a round headed male snap fastener part 65 which is one of the 
plurality of the male snap fasteners that golf bag manufacturers 
conventionally mount on the bag for the purposes of attaching a hood to 
cover the tops of the golf bag and the clubs therein. 
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the female snap fastener part 64 is mounted on 
a base 66 having hooks 55a for forming a hook and loop fastener with the 
hooks being such as to interdigitate with the loop material 50 of the 
strap 47d to secure the female part to the strap. The base and hooks may 
be of a conventional molded hook piece for a hook and loop fastener 
connection or formed by gluing a woven or knitted hook tape to a base for 
the female snap fastener part. 
The strapping of the cart and bag using the buckle 62 and snap fastener 
part 65 for the hood basically follows that of the embodiment of FIGS. 
1-4. However, the bag is first located on the cart or carrier so that any 
bag compartment dividers extend perpendicularly to the front to back 
center plane of the cradle, which is the same as the orientation of the 
dividers when a bag with a shoulder strap is positioned with the shoulder 
strap forwardly and centrally in the cradle. 
Referring to FIGS. 10 and 11, the strap 47c may be first connected to cart 
arm 26a with a connection loop 57c corresponding to the connection loop 
57a of the first described embodiment. When this connection is made, the 
buckle 62 is held close to the bag in the centerline plane of the cradle 
to determine the proper intermediate length 48a necessary to locate the 
buckle in essentially the same position as the D-ring 38 of the first 
described embodiment and a connection loop 58c made to one side of the 
buckle 62. When this is done, a connection loop 57d is made to the cart 
arm 26b in the same manner as connection loop 57b of the first described 
embodiment. With this connection loop made, the strap 47d is pulled taut 
along the side of the bag over the male snap fastener part 65 on the bag. 
With the strap taut, the proper location for the female snap fastener part 
64 on the strap is determined, the strap slackened, and the hooks 55a on 
the base 66 of the fastener part 64 pressed into the loop material of the 
intermediate length of the strap 47d. Then the strap is again pulled taut 
and the female fastener part 64 snapped over the male part 65 on the golf 
bag. With the strap 47d now connected to the bag, the connection loop 58d 
to the buckle 62 is made. When the strap is drawn taut through the buckle 
from inside out, the hooks on the end segment 56 of the strap 47d are 
pressed into the loop material 50 on the outside of the strap to form the 
connection loop 58d. 
FIG. 14 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention in which the 
golf bag 12b shown in the strapping embodiment of FIGS. 10-13 is secured 
in the upper cradle 26 by a single strap 47e connected between the cart 
arms 26a, 26b with an intermediate length 68a of the strap extending 
between the cradle arms and end lengths 68b and 68c constituting return 
end lengths for making connection loops 57e and 57f at the cradle arms 26a 
and 26b respectively. The strap 47e is of the same construction as the 
strap 47a except that its end segments 54a, 54b are sewn on the same side 
of the strap 47e and each end has the same construction as end segment 54 
of the strap 47a to provide a triangular tab 60a at each end of the strap. 
Accordingly, the hooks 55 of the end segments 54a, 54b protrude to the 
same side of strap. The tabs 60a at each end enables the ends of the strap 
to be easily threaded through a respective one of the cradle arms 26a, 26b 
from inside out as when making the connection loop 57b of the first 
described embodiment, to make the hook and loop fastener connection loops 
57e, 57f which correspond to the connection loops to the cradle arms of 
the other described embodiments. 
In the embodiment of FIG. 14, a female snap fastener part 64, which is the 
same as that shown in FIGS. 12-13 with a base 66 and hooks (not shown in 
FIG. 14) for interconnecting with the loop material of the strap 47e, is 
used for establishing a fixed connection between the strap 47e and a male 
snap fastener part on the golf bag (not shown in FIG. 14) as in the 
strapping embodiment of FIGS. 10-11. 
In strapping the golf bag into the cradle in the embodiment of FIG. 14, 
initially the connection loop 57e to the cradle arm 26a may be made from 
the inside out with an estimated length for the return end length 68b 
being approximated so that the total length of the intermediate length 68a 
and the end length 68c is sufficient to make the connection loop 57f to 
cradle arm 26b. In the case of the large size bag illustrated, the return 
end length 68a for the connection loop 57e will be essentially that 
necessary for making and securing a loop. 
After the connection loop 57e is established, the strap 47e may be drawn 
taut around the front of the bag and over the male fastener part on the 
bag to determine the location on the strap for the female snap fastener 
part 64, the strap slackened and the hooks on the base 66 pressed into the 
loop material of the strap 47e at a location for engaging the male 
fastener part on the bag. The connection loop 57f through the cradle arm 
26b may then be made with the return end length 68c being drawn to make 
the strap taut, as in the embodiment of FIG. 10. When the strapping is 
taut, the snap fastener is snapped over the male part on the bag and the 
connection loop completed by pressing the end segment 54f into the loop 
material on the intermediate length of the strap. 
FIG. 15 illustrates a modification of the single strap embodiment of shown 
in FIG. 14 to hold the golf bag 12b in the upper cradle 26 of the cart 10. 
A strap 70 of the same structure as the strap 47e straps the bag in the 
cradle with the strap having a female snap fastener 71 corresponding in 
structure to the female snap fastener 64 of the embodiments of FIGS. 10 
and 14, the hooks on the base of the female snap faster being 
interdigitated with the loop material 50 of the strap 70 to secure the 
female fastener part 71 in a position on the strap for engaging the 
conventional male hood snap fastener part on the bag as in earlier 
embodiments. However, instead of the single strap having connection loops 
to the cradle arms as in the embodiment of FIG. 14, the strap encircles 
the cradle and has connection loops 72a, 72b to a buckle 62 in the 
centrally located at the front of a golf bag 12b as in the embodiment of 
the FIG. 10. 
While the single strap embodiment of FIG. 15 is in accordance with the 
various concepts of the present invention, it does not prevent rotation of 
the strap and bag relative to the cradle which is an object of the present 
invention. However, in accordance with the invention, hook means 90 for 
cooperating with the loop material of the strap 70 to form a hook and loop 
fastener is provided to connect the strap to the cart to hold the strap 
and the bag against rotation in the cradle. 
Referring to FIG. 15, the upper cradle 26 of the cart 10 receives the golf 
bag 12b between its cradle arms 26a, 26b with the bag positioned against 
the circularly curved cradle wall 32 as in the previous embodiments. The 
cradle 26 has top and bottom flanges 80, 81 which respectively extend 
outwardly of the top and bottom of the wall, and a recess 84 is located 
centrally in the cradle wall 32 with strap slots 86, 87 at the opposite 
ends of the recess. Hook means 90 of a hook tape for a hook and loop 
fastener, is fixed to the outside of the wall 32 of the cradle 26, as by 
gluing, to interdigitate with the loop material on the sides of the strap 
70 to keep the strap from rotating in the cradle. 
The arms of the cradle 26 of FIG. 15, as previously described, have strap 
slots 36a, 36b at the ends of the cradle arms. The cart is initially 
strapped with the bag 12b out of the cart by threading one end of the 
strap 70 through one of the strap slots 36a, 36b, in the cradle arms 26a, 
26b, for example, the strap slot 36a in the end of the cradle arm 26a, 
then from the slot 36a around the outside of the cradle wall 32 to and 
through the slot 86 in the wall 32 to the inside of the cradle and along 
the recess 84 to the slot 87, through the slot 87 and along the outside 
the cradle back wall 32 to and through the slot opening 36b in the cradle 
arm 26b. The strap 70 is preferably adjusted in the slots in the cradle 
arms 26a, 26b until the lengths of the strap outwardly of the cradle on 
each side thereof are approximately equal so as to place the buckle along 
the vertical centerline plan of the cradle. Then, after tightening the 
strap across the hook means 90, the portion of the strap across it is 
pressed against the hooks to secure the strap against rotation relative to 
the cradle wall. When this is done, the bag 12a may be put into place and 
the connection loop 72a made to the buckle 62 as in the embodiment of FIG. 
10. Then, the location of the female snap fastener 71 on the strap length 
from the slot 36b in the cradle arm 26b may be determined, the female snap 
fastener fastened to the strap by pressing its hooks into the loop 
material of the strap, the strap pulled taut and the female fastener part 
snapped over the male fastener on the bag and the connection loop 72b made 
as in the embodiment of FIG. 10. Of course, the strap length from the 
cradle arm 26b may be connected to the buckle first, after making the 
female snap fastener connection for the fastener 71 as in the buckle 
embodiment of FIG. 10. 
It will be understood that when a strap connection is made other than with 
loop connections to a ring on the golf bag to prevent rotation of the bag 
relative to the straps, e.g. when an independent buckle is used, the 
interconnection of the straps need not be at the center front of the bag 
as long the length of strapping from each cradle arm is sufficient to 
interconnect the straps or ends of the strap for the end lengths which are 
extend over the front of the bag in the cradle. 
Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, which illustrate a strapping system for 
strapping the bag 12 of FIG. 1 in the lower cradle 30 of the cart of FIG. 
1, the strapping system preferably utilizes a strap 92 of essentially the 
same structure as the strap of the single strap embodiment of FIG. 14, the 
strap having back to back loop tapes with loop material on opposite sides 
of the strap and extending for essentially the length of the sides and 
hook end segments with the hook end segments having their hooks for 
interfacing with the loop material of the strap protruding outwardly of 
the same side of the strap as in the strap embodiment of FIG. 14. The 
bottom collar of the bag 12 does not have a male snap fastener part and a 
hook tape may be adhered to the cradle as in the embodiment of FIG. 15, 
but preferably a hook tape 94 is attached to the lower collar of the bag 
12, so as to engage the strap 92 when the bag is in the cradle and hold 
the bottom of the bag from rotating relative to the strapping. While the 
strap 92 is of the same construction as the strap 47e of FIG. 14, the 
strap 47e and the other straps described for use with upper cradle 
preferably have a width of essentially 1 inch while the strap 92 for the 
lower cradle preferably has a width of essentially 3/4 inch so as to be 
better accommodated by the smaller strap slots 36c, 36d normally present 
in the arms of the lower cradle. 
FIGS. 18 and 19 show other modifications of the strapping system of the 
present invention. 
In FIG. 18, the strapping for cradle 26 is illustrated as utilizing two 
straps 96, 98 essentially of the same structure as the strap 47a, as a 
single strap. The straps 96, 98 while essentially of the same structure as 
the strap 47a, has square end segments 100a and 100b, 100c, 100d at 
respective ends of the straps 96, 98 respectively, with each being 
comprised of hook tapes 53 corresponding in structure to the hook tape 53a 
of end segment 56 of the strap 47a (FIGS. 5-8) but sewn on the loop tapes 
with the hooks thereof protruding outwardly from the same side of the 
strap to provide end segments 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d. 
As shown in FIG. 18, the end segments 100a, 100b of straps 96, 98 are 
threaded through respective slots in the cradle arms 26a, 26b of the 
cradle 26 with the hooks facing inwardly of the cradle, around the outside 
side of wall 32, and through the slots 86, 87, respectively, to overlap in 
the recess 84 with the strap 98 in back of strap 96 and with the hooks of 
the overlapping end segment 100b interdigitating with the loop material on 
the strap 96 to interconnect the straps into a single strap. The outer 
strap portions extending forwardly of the cradle arms can now be used to 
strap a bag to the cradle using an independent buckle as in the embodiment 
of FIG. 15, or to a D-ring of the bag as in FIG. 1. With this arrangement, 
the overlapping of the straps in the recess 84 may allow the straps to 
rotate in the cradle since the ends of the straps are spaced from the side 
walls of the cradle having the slots 86, 87. Accordingly, the straps are 
secured against rotation by a swatch 90a of hook tape which is glued to 
the cradle wall 32. During strapping, the hooks of the strap 98 is pressed 
against the hooks of the swatch 90a to secure the straps, and, in turn, 
the golf bag against rotation in the cradle, once the length of the outer 
portions of the strap extending from the cradle are established. 
In FIG. 19, two straps 96a, 98b, of the same structure as in the embodiment 
of FIG. 18 are used. However, the straps 96a, 98b each have end segments 
100c, 100d but these end segments are not interconnected in the central 
recess 84 in the cradle 26 as in the embodiment of FIG. 18. Instead the 
end segments 100a, 100b at the ends of each strap are threaded through the 
slots in the ends of the cradle arms 26a, 26b (only slot 36b in the cradle 
arm 26b being shown in FIG. 19) to form return lengths of connection loops 
101a, 101b with the respective cradle arm. In strapping the cart, one end 
of the strap 96a is inserted through the slot 86 adjacent the end of the 
cradle arm 26a at the central part of the cradle, is drawn outwardly along 
the inside of the cradle arm 26a and threaded through the strap slot at 
its outer end to extend therefrom as part of the return length 99b of a 
connection loop 101a for connecting the strap to the cradle arm 26a. To 
complete the connection loop, the hooks of the end segment 100a of the 
strap are pressed into an intermediate length of the strap 96a to form a 
hook and loop re-closeable fastener for the connection loop. The strap 98b 
is connected to the cradle arm 26b in the same manner to anchor the strap 
98b to the cradle arm 26b with a hook and loop connection loop 101b having 
a return length 100d. 
From the foregoing description of various strapping systems utilizing the 
hoop and loop strapping, the flexibility of the novel strapping is readily 
apparent. While the preferred embodiment for strapping the golf bag to the 
upper cradle of a bag carrier, the use of the buckle arrangement, e.g. 
that shown in FIG. 10, is preferred if the strap is to be used to pick up 
the bag, particulary one containing clubs, and cart or other carrier to 
which the bag is strapped. Shoulder strap D-rings are such that the forces 
may overcome the shear strength of hook and loop connections to the D-ring 
and cause the strapping to the D-ring to loosen. However, as long as the 
hook and loop connection merely loosens, the simplicity of the strapping 
system enables the connection to be readily established, but under 
sufficient club weight the connection may open and cause a spilling of the 
clubs and bag as well as the cart or carrier in an uncontrolled manner. 
One of the features of the present invention is that the use of napped 
looped tape with a woven base or strapping with the loop material 
extending the length of the straps to provide loop material to which 
accessories may be easily connected, removed and reconnected. The 
accessories may be any of the various items which a golfer may want to 
have with him on the course or to store temporarily on the cart or carrier 
stand. FIG. 20 is a fragmentary view of the right hand portion of FIG. 11 
showing the golf bag 12b strapped to the upper cradle of the cart, but 
with a golf glove 102 attached to the loop material on the end segment 56 
of the return end length 48c of strap 47c,. The golf glove has a hook tape 
thereon with hooks which interdigitate with the loop material of the end 
segment 56, which in turn, is hooked onto the loop material 50 of the 
intermediate length 48a (see FIG. 21). 
Other golfing items, e.g. ball dispensers, score cards, etc. may be 
similarly attached. For a heavier item to be attached to the end segment 
56 of strap 47c at the same location as the illustrated glove, a square 
swatch, for example, one about 3 times wider than the width of the strap, 
with a hook tape on the back side of the swatch and a loop tape on the 
front may be attached to the loop material of the strapping with the hooks 
of the hook tape on the back of the swatch, with or without the use of 
buckle-like slots in the swatch through which the strap is threaded to aid 
the hooks in supporting the swatch on the strap. Strap slots in such a 
swatch would have a length and width for closely receiving the strap. If 
the slots are used, the end segment 56 of the strap 47c would be released 
from its connection to the loop material 50 of the strap 47c and the end 
of the strap threaded through one of the slots from the hook side of the 
swatch to overlay the loop material between the slots and then threaded 
through the second slot back to the hook side of the swatch to provide a 
sliding connection between the swatch and the strap to position the swatch 
on the strap. When the swatch is in its desired position the return end 
length 47c is drawn taut and the hook and loop connection is remade 
between the end segment 56 and the intermediate length 48a of the strap 
and the hooks of the swatch are then pressed into the loop material of the 
end segment to complete the connection of the swatch to the end segment 56 
of strap 47c. The strap slots in the swatch would preferably be parallel 
slots in a centered arrangement on the swatch with each spaced preferably 
about one third the width of the swatch from a respective one of the 
vertical sides of the swatch. 
For increasing the resistance of the squared end segments 56 to peeling off 
the loop material in which the hooks of the end segment are embedded, 
particularly when an accessory mounted to the end segment with a hook and 
loop fastener connection is to be put on and taken off the end segment, 
the end segment is stitched to the loop tapes by a box stitch which is 
offset from the corresponding end of the strap 47c by about 1/4" as 
illustrated in FIGS. 5. 
Referring to FIG. 5, the end segment 56 of the strap 47a, corresponding to 
the strap 47c of FIG. 11, is sewn with the box stitch 59 having its box 
stitch cross stitch 59a adjacent the outer terminating end of the strap 
end length 48c, but offset inwardly of the terminating end a small 
distance, e.g. 1/4 inch, to increase the resistance to the hooks to 
peeling out of a hook and loop re-closeable connection made with the same 
strap or another strap. Also see the end segment 56 in FIG. 4, which 
illustrates the freedom and flexibility of the hook tape end segment 56 
from the loop tapes for that terminating portion of the hook tape 
outwardly of the cross stitch for the end segment. This technique for 
offsetting a box stitch to increase peeling, in and of itself, has been 
previously known and used in the prior art of manufacturing hook and loop 
re-closeable fasteners for other applications. It should be noted when the 
cross stitch 59a is offset from the end of the strap, the center stitching 
for the two loop tapes will release from the cross stitch 59a to the end 
of the strap. 
One aspect of the present invention provides a universal strapping kit for 
use with the various golf bags and carts. The kit is illustrated in FIG. 
22 in which a blister package having a transparent front 110 contains (1) 
two folded hook and loop re-closeable fastener straps 112, preferably of 
the construction of FIGS. 5-8, for use in strapping a golf bag to the 
upper cradle of a cart using the D-ring of a golf bag, (2) a buckle 62, 
for use as described in various embodiments of the present invention for 
strapping a golf bag to a cradle without using a D-ring, or to one without 
a D-ring, (3) a hook fastener button 114 of the construction of FIGS. 12 
and 13 having a base 66 with hooks thereon and a female snap fastener part 
64, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, (4) preferably a plurality of swatches 
116 of hook tape material for use on a bag or the cradle as previously 
described, and, preferably, (5) a strap of hook and loop material 120 
corresponding to the lower strap 92 described for the lower cradle of the 
cart 10. 
It will be appreciated that a kit with only two hook and loop fastener 
tapes, for example 21", as is the preferred length for the strapping 
systems shown using two straps, enables most bags to be strapped onto most 
cradles if the bag has a D-ring. To accommodate bags without D-rings, the 
provision of the buckle 64 and the hook and loop swatches 116 to make a 
connection between the bag and the strapping or the cart and the strapping 
enables essentially all the bags, whether having a D-ring or not, to 
strapped to the upper cradle of a cart or carrier. However, the preference 
is to also include the female snap fastener part since it adds more 
flexibility to the particular strapping system which may be used. With the 
inclusion of the lower strap 120 the kit is a complete strapping for both 
cradles of a golf bag carrier. With the lower strap, a swatch is needed to 
connect the strapping to the bag. So, in the preferred universal strapping 
kit, all five of the components listed are included, although a lesser two 
belt kit for the upper cradle with either a buckle or the swatches of hook 
and loop tape and/or the female snap fastener part will enable the 
strapping of a golf bag in the upper cradle of most all bag carriers, the 
most important cradle in preventing bag rotation. 
It will be understood that the novel double faced woven strap described 
provides a double faced strap of loop material with a woven base or 
backing which makes the strap suitable for use as a golf cart strap and as 
well as being usable in other applications which cannot use the knitted 
double faced strap which has no backing and which is otherwise unsuitable 
for many applications.