A Combined Carrier and Stand for Golf Clubs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Carrier and Stand for Golf Clubs.
I, EDWARD HENRIQUES ROBSON of 4 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham in the
County of Kent, Underwriter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of a combined carrier and stand which will enable a golf
player to conveniently carry his set of clubs from point to point and will also serve
as a stand or support to keep the spare clubs from the ground when he has to
make a stroke. The services of a " caddie " or attendant may thus without
inconvenience be dispensed with.
My combined carrier and stand consists of a rod which is pointed or formed at
its lower end so that it can be pushed into the ground. To this rod at two or three
inches more or less from the lower end I attach a socket trough or deep tray to
receive the handle ends of the clubs and I form the upper end of the rod into a ring
or frame or I attach a ring or frame thereto through which to pass the club shafts.
The distance of this ring or frame from the socket trough or tray should be equal
to about two-thirds of the length of the club shafts.
My combined carrier and stand should be fitted with a handle by which to carry
it, and also with a strap or sling to allow of its being slung over the shoulder if
desired.
For carrying the clubs they are inserted handle first through the ring or frame
until the handle ends rest in the socket trough or tray.. When on the other hand
the player wishes to make a stroke he pushes the pointed end of the rod into
the ground so that a vertical stand for the clubs which he is not going to use
is formed.
If thought desirable a receptacle for balls may be added to the carrier.
I further provide a base to receive the combined carrier and stand when the
player returns from play. This base is a block of any desired design with a flat
top having a central hole to receive the lower end of the rod.
Dated this 7th day of November 1892.
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Carrier and Stand for Golf Clubs.
I, EDWARD HENRIQUES ROBSON of 4 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham in the
County of Kent, Underwriter, 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 :-
My invention consists of a combined carrier and stand which will enable a golf
player to conveniently carry his set of clubs from point to point and will also
serve as a stand or support to keep the spare clubs from the ground when he has
to make a stroke. The services of a "caddie" or attendant may thus without
inconvenience be dispensed with.
My combined carrier and staud is shown in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a side view partly sectional and Figure 2 a top view. a is a rod or
stick which is preferably made of bamboo as indicated but may be of any other
suitably light and strong material. b is a spike fixed to the lower end of the rod
to allow it to be pushed into the ground. c, is a trough, basket or deep tray

page_text: attached to the rod a at one side about two or three inches more or less from the
lower end; it is preferably made of wicker work as shown and is intended
to receive the handle ends of the clubs. At the upper end of the rod is a frame d
which may either be a complete ring or as shown have an opening at e which will
allow the club shafts to be passed into the frame d sideways. The frame dis
preferably formed of a piece of cane twisted into the required shape, a straight or
untwisted part being pushed down into the upper part of the rod a as shown and
secured by one or more pins or rivets ff. The distance of the frame d from the
bottom of the trough c should be equal to about two-thirds of the length of the
club shafts. The trough has preferably a wicker bottom g, below this a bottom /
of wood and below this again a flange i of wicker. k is a strap or sling attached
at its ends to the rod a near the top and bottom of same to allow of the carrier
being slung over the shoulder if desired.
When it is desired to place a club in the carrier the handle end is inserted into
the trough c and the shank is then pushed sideways into the frame d through the
opening e; or if the frame d be a closed ring the club is passed handle first through
the ring until the handle end rests at the bottom of the trough. When the frame d
is made of twisted cane it will have sufficient elasticity at the opening e to allow
a club shank to pass and then to partly close so as to retain it.
When the player wishes to make a stroke and has no caddie or attendant he
pushes the pointed end of the rod a into the ground so that a vertical stand for the
clubs which he is not going to use for that stroke is formed.
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 combined carrier and stand for golf clubs hereinbefore described and
represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of August 1893.
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent.