Abstract:
The attachment is for use in an assembly for handless pulling of a golf cart, said attachment and comprises a short piece of tubing for placement on a belt and located on the belt between two loops on a pair of pants or shorts at the back or backside of the pair of pants or shorts, the loop being in position to receive a generally horizontally extending handle at the upper outer end of a golf cart frame member.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to handless pulling of a golf cart by an individual with an assembly including a belt and an attachment on the belt in the form of a short section of tubing which is mounted on the belt between two belt loops on a pair of pants or shorts and which is adapted to receive a generally horizontally extending handle at an upper outer end of a golf cart frame. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   Heretofore it has been proposed to provide a golf cart towing device which surrounds the waist of the user and includes a belt, a buckle at one end of the belt, a buckle mating portion at the other end of the belt, a tubing and an elastic strap mounting the tubing and fixed to the belt. The tubing is fixed on and horizontally positioned on the belt outer surface between distal ends of the belt. The tube removably receives the handle of the golf cart. The tubing is mounted on the elastic strip which is stitched to the belt. 
   This golf cart pulling device is illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,294. 
   BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   According to the invention there is provided an attachment for use in an assembly for handless pulling of a golf cart, said attachment comprising: a short piece of tubing for placement on a belt and located on the belt between two loops on a pair of pants or shorts at the back or backside of the pair of pants or shorts, the loop being in position to receive a generally horizontally extending handle at the upper outer end of a golf cart frame member 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is a side lavational view of an individual (in phantom) pulling a golf cart and shows an attachment in the form of a tubing with a sleeve a padding thereon of the present invention mounted on a belt of the individual wearing a pair of pants or shorts and shows the tubing receiving a handle of a golf cart. 
       FIG. 2  is a back elevational view of the individual and golf cart shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 3  is a perspective view of a belt, the tubing attachment comprising a simple tube, two belt loops on a portion of a pair of pants or shorts and a handle for a golf cart and is similar to the view shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 4  is a longitudinal sectional view through the tubing and handle shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 .  1  and  2  and shows a sleeve of padding on the tubing. 
       FIG. 5  is a sectional view through the tube shown in  FIG. 4   
       FIG. 6  is a having two lumens, one for receiving the belt and the other for receiving the handle. 
       FIG. 6   a  is a transverse sectional view through another modified tubing having two lumens, one for receiving the belt and the other for receiving the handle. 
       FIG. 7  is a transverse sectional view through the simple tube of  FIG. 3 . 
       FIG. 8  is a transverse sectional view through a thicker rubber or plastic tube forming the tubing attachment. 
       FIG. 9  is transverse sectional view through another modified tubing comprising a larger plastic tube with four, equally spaced, cushion segments within the plastic tube. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
   Referring now to  FIG. 1  in greater detail, there is illustrated therein a golf cart  10  having a frame work  12  that includes a tubular frame member  14  that extends upwardly from the golf cart and then in a generally L-shape to form a distal end portion  16  of the tubing which forms a handle  16  for the golf cart  10 . 
   According to the teachings of the present invention the handle  16  at the upper end tubular frame member  14  of the golf cart  10  is received in a short piece of padded tubing  20  which forms an attachment  20  in a tubing attachment assembly  22  for the handless pulling of a golf cart. The assembly  22  includes the short piece of padded tubing  20  and a belt  24  which is received through the padded  20  tubing for supporting the tubing  22  on a pair of pants or shorts  25  at the back of or on the backside of the pair of pants or shorts  25  between two belt loops  26  and  28  ( FIG. 2 ) of the pair of pants or shorts  25 . 
   A cross section of the tubing  20  is shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5  and preferably includes an inner tubing  32  made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or other plastic material and an outer pad, felt or cushion sleeve  34  for cushioning forces that are placed on the inner tubing  32  transmitted through the sleeve  34  to the body of the wearer of the short piece of tubing  20 . 
   The sleeve  34  is fixed to the inner plastic tubing  32 , such as with an adhesive. 
   The sleeve  34  can be made of sponge, soft plastic, soft rubber, felt, cloth or fiber and sufficiently thick to provide a cushion or padding effect. 
   The short piece of padded tubing  20  is preferably between 1 and 3 inches in length and preferably has a diameter between 1 and 2 inches. 
   The method for using the attachment/tubing  20  and the assembly  22  including same includes the steps of placing a conventional belt  24  through several loops  26 ,  28  in a pair or pants or shorts  25 , placing the attachment/tubing  20  over one distal end of the belt  24  and locating it between two belt loops on the pair of pants or shorts  25 ; extending the belt  24  through the other belt loop or loops remaining and fastening the free distal end of the belt  24  to a belt buckle fixed to the other distal end of the belt so as to locate the attachment/tubing  20  between two belt loops  26 ,  28  on the pair of pants or shorts  25  on the back or at the backside of the pair of pants or shorts  25 . 
   If desired a simple tube  40  can be used as the tubing attachment as shown in  FIGS. 3 and 7 . 
   Further a modified bifurcated tubing attachment  50  including an inner, tubing  53  having a central wall  54  and an outer sleeve of padding  56  can be used as shown in  FIG. 6 . 
   Another form of bifurcated tubing attachment  60  is shown in  FIG. 6   a  where a bifurcated, inner plastic tube  62  is partially circular and has a generally rectangular belt receiving, slot or lumen  64  and a semi-cylindrical, handle receiving, slot or lumen  66 . The tube  64  is surrounded by an outer sleeve of padding  68 . 
   A thicker solid tube  70 , as shown in  FIG. 8 , can be used as the tubing attachment and is made of rubber or resilient plastic or foam material. 
   In  FIG. 9  is shown a modified tubing attachment  80  comprising a larger plastic tube  82  and four, equally spaced, cushion segments  84 ,  85 ,  86  and  87  fixed within the plastic tube  82  and form a central cylinder lumen or envelope  88 , of smaller diameter than the diameter of the handle  16 , and are separated from each other so that the handle  16  can be pushed into the central lumen. In this way the handle  16  is secured on insertion into the tubing attachment  80 . If desired, a sleeve of padding can be mounted on the outer surface of the plastic tube  82 . Also, in this embodiment, the belt is first place in the slot formed between the upper two and lower two of the cushion segments  84 ,  85 ,  86  and  87  and the handle is forced into part of the lumen  88 . 
   It is to be understood that the tubing attachment can be made of one or several materials including plastic, rubber, cloth, gauze, canvass, metals, aluminum etc. 
   Further cross section of the tube of the tubing attachment can be circular, square, partially circular or multisided or any shape that can receive the handle  16 . Also the tube can have structure such as a ridge on the interior thereof, padding material on the inside or outside and indicia on the outer surface of the tube. 
   From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the assembly for handless pulling of a golf cart and particularly the tubing  20  or the other described tubing attachments and tubes forming a part thereof have a number of advantages some of which have been described above and others of which are adherent in the invention. 
   Also, the exact size, shape, length and diameter of the tubing  20  or the other described tubing attachments and tubes can be altered as desired by the user to provide an appropriate keeper for a handle  16  at the upper end of a tubular frame member  14  of a golf cart. 
   Accordingly the scope of the invention is only to be limited as necessitated by the accompanying claims.