Improvements in or relating to Golf Club Cases or Bags.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Golf Club Cases or Bags.
I, HENRY JAMES CHISHOLM of 56 Stanley Street, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Tea Agent, 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:-
Hitherto, no provision has been made for holding golf bags in a suitable position
for withdrawing any given club for use, and the consequence was that an attendant
was employed to hold the bag, or else the bag had to be thrown flat on the ground
and this involved the player stooping to pick up the bag every time he withdrew or
replaced a club.
Now my invention has for its object a golf bag or case having means for holding
one end in a raised or elevated position above the ground, whereby each club can
be withdrawn or replaced without the player having to stoop.
The invention may be understood from the following description, reference being
had to accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved golf bag:
Figure 2, an end elevation; and
Figures 3 and 4, detail views.
In these figures-
A, is the golf bag or case containing an assortment of clubs; B the handle for
carrying the bag, and C a leg or upright for supporting the bag in the position
depicted. This leg C is hinged or pivotted to the metal frame D which surrounds
the mouth of the bag, so that it can be raised into the position indicated by dotted
lines, Figure 1, and held in that position by a strap E or by a catch. F is a
sliding socket, which, when slipped over the top of the hinge (Figure 3), holds the
leg rigid in an upright position, but, when raised (Figure 4), releases the leg and
enables it to be moved upwards.
I have described one way in which the leg may be applied to the bag, but it is
obvious that, once given the general idea, other ways of hinging or fixing the leg
may be designed for the purpose. A snap hinge, for example, may be employed
instead of the socket F, the spring of the said snap binge being adapted to hold the
leg in an upright or horizontal position, or the leg may be simply socketed or fixed
to the metal frame D, also two or more legs may be employed instead of only one,
in order to give even greater stability.
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 :-
1. Forming golf club bags with one or more supporting uprights or legs hinged,
socketted or fixed thereto at or near one end thereof, whereby the mouth of the
bag can be raised and supported above the ground to facilitate the clubs being
withdrawn or replaced.
2. The use,
in combination with golf club bags or cases, of hinged uprights or
legs C, and means for holding the said legs rigid in a vertical position or folded up
against the bag, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 27th day of May 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.