Improved Portable Supports for Golf Clubs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Portable Supports for Golf Clubs.
I, ROBERT ANDERSON of 67 Princes Street, Edinburgh in the County of
Midlothian, North Britain, Fishing Tackle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improved portable supports for golf clubs and consists
in the employment of an ordinary walking stick or umbrella with my improvements
attached thereto so that when the stick is stuck into the ground the clubs can lean
against the stick.
The invention consists in pivoting an arm to the side of the stick in such a
manner that it can be opened out at right angles to the length of the stick, the
position of the arm also being such that when opened out it is also at right angles
with the crook or handle of the stick and thus there is formed between the handle
and the said opened out arm a guard portion for the clubs to rest against when
the stick is stuck into the ground. When not in use the arm is turned down
against the side of the stick and thus does not interfere with the use of the stick
for ordinary purposes.
In order to support the arm when extended out I fix a stud or catch in the stick
in a position close to the pin or stud upon which the arm is pivoted so that the
arm is supported. I may make the whole of the caddie portion in one combined
piece so that it can be sold separate and be readily applied to any existing stick or
umbrella. I may effect this by pivoting the arm upon a small plate which can be
nailed or riveted onto the stick, the support piece for the blade being a projecting
or hook portion, stamped for example, out of the plate.
In the case of a stick or umbrella without a crook or similar handle portion i
may employ two pivoted arms at right angles to each other. The arm or arms
may be of any suitable metal or material, such as brass or steel and the arm may
be a flat round or other shaped rod.
Dated this 27th day of May 1899
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Portable Supports for Golf Clubs.
1, ROBERT ANDERSON of 67 Princes Street, Edinburgh, in the County of
Midlothian, North Britain, Fishing Tackle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved portable support for golf clubs and consists
in the employment of an ordinary walking stick or umbrella with my improvements
attached thereto so that when the stick is stuck into the ground the clubs can lean
or rest against the stick.
The invention consists in pivoting an arm to the side of the stick in such a
manner that it can be opened out at right angles to the length of the stick, the
position of the arm also being such that when opened out it is also at right angles
with the crook or handle of the stick and thus there is formed between the handle
and the said opened out arm a guard portion for the clubs to rest against when the
stick is stuck into the ground. "When not in use the arm is turned down against

page_text: the side of the stick and thus does not interfere with the use of the stick for
ordinary purposes.
Figure 1 is a view of an ordinary walking stick with the attachment opened out.
Figure 2 shows the attachment closed when not in use.
A is the arm which is pivoted upon the fixed plate B by the pin ; the said
plate B being attached to the stick by the rivets c. D is a flat hook formed upon
the plate B in which hook the arm rests when extended out for use.
plate B I may have a band completely round the stick.
In lieu of the
I. may also dispense with the plate B, or a band, and drive the pin 6 directly into
the stick and forming D as a bent hook also driven into the stick.
In the case of a stick without a crook or similar shaped handle I may employ
two pivoted arms at right angles to each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The attachment to walking sticks and the like for use as a support for golf clubs
and such like, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of November 1802
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.