An Improved Case or Support for Golf-clubs, Fishing-rods, and other articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Case or Support for Golf-clubs, Fishing-rods, and
other articles.
I, LOUIS WILLIAM PAYNE of the Army and Navy Co-operative Society,
Limited, of 105 Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, Salesman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved case or support for golf-clubs, fishing-rods
and other articles.
The object of my invention is to provide a case or bag for holding golf clubs,
fishing-rods, or other articles which shall be convenient and handy to carry about,
and which may be easily and quickly arranged to stand on the ground in such a
position that the clubs or other articles are prevented from touching the same and
thus getting wet or soiled. Moreover the said case or bag when placed on the
ground presents the handles or other convenient portions of the clubs or other
articles at a sufficient height above the ground to render stooping for the same
unnecessary.
According to my invention I provide a bag of convenient shape, made of canvas,
bound with leather, or of other suitable materials; the said bag is furnished with
loops by which it may be secured to one leg of a tripod. The two other legs of the
said tripod are made as one piece which is pivoted or hinged to the third leg to
which I prefer to fasten the bag or case as aforesaid. I furnish moreover suitable
means for holding the two pivoted legs of the tripod away from the third leg of the
same. I prefer to do this by means of a simple flat spring which is secured to.
the said third leg by rivets or other suitable means. When the tripod is set up,
the spring is pressed downwards and away from the third leg by means of a bar
which is secured to the other two legs, or to one of the said two legs. The said
spring is bent up at its free end so as to limit the movement of the legs and prevent
the stand collapsing when set up. When the legs are folded together the said
spring moves back towards the third leg and keeps the other two legs pressed tight
against the same. I sometimes pivot cach of the two legs separately to the third
leg so as to ensure the folding up of the tripod into a smaller compass than would
otherwise be possible. The bag or case is provided with suitable straps for
securing the articles in the bag and with handles for conveniently carrying
the same.
Although I have herein described a convenient and suitable method of carrying
out my invention I may make slight modifications in the same and I may of course
construct the said bag and tripod of various other materials than those hereinabove
mentioned.
My improved case or support is more particularly suited for carrying golf clubs
but is also useful for various other purposes.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Oase or Support for Golf-clubs, Fishing-rods, and
other articles.
I, LOUIS WILLIAM PAYNE, of 105 Victoria Street, in the City of West-
minster, Salesman 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 relates to an improved case or support for golf-clubs, fishing-rods,
and other articles.
The object of my invention is to provide a case or bag for holding golf clubs,
fishing-rods, or other articles, which shall be convenient and handy to carry about,
and which may be easily and quickly arranged to stand on the ground in such a
position that the clubs or other articles are prevented from touching the same and
thus getting wet or soiled. Moreover the said case or bag when placed on the
ground presents the handles or other convenient portions of the clubs or other
articles at a sufficient height above the ground to render stooping for the same
unnecessary.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood, I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved case or bag and support, constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a front view of the support.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of an alternative arrangement of a detail of the
said apparatus.
Like reference letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
With reference first to Figures 1, and 2, A is a bag, of canvas bound with
leather, or of other suitable materials, and furnished with an elliptical ring A' or
any other suitable ring or rim at its upper and open end, and with a handle B and
a pouch or pocket C for purposes hereinafter specified.
The bag A is secured to and supported upon a tripod.
D is the rear leg of the said tripod. D' is a ring affixed thereto and adapted to
support the ring or rim A¹ of the bag. A2 are loops provided upon the bag A to
attach the said bag to the leg D as shown in Figure 1. E is a frame mounted
to turn in the bearing D2 upon the said rear leg and provided with a cross-bar E'.
F is a flat spring, fixed at one end to the leg D; the portion F1 of the other end of
the said spring bears upon the cross bar E³, and the portion F2 is turned up
purpose hereinafter explained.
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GG are the front legs of the tripod. They are pivoted at G¹ G' to the frame E.
The parts E of the frame in immediate proximity to the pivots G¹ are bent up or
otherwise formed to limit the movement of the front legs about the said pivots.
The pouch or pocket C is employed to hold golf balls, and a spare strap which
can be employed as an addition to the handle B to constitute a sling of sufficient
length to enable the apparatus to be slung from the shoulder in the usual and
well-known manner.
To set up the apparatus the frame E is turned in the bearing D³, and the
legs G G are turned about their pivots G' so that the said frame and legs occupy
the positions in which they are shown in Figures 1 and 2 which illustrate the
apparatus standing on the ground and presenting the contents of the bag at a
convenient height.
A is a strap by means of which the neck of the bag A may be "choked
retain the contents of the same therein.
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The spring Facts either to retain the frame E at the limit of its movement
away from the rear leg, that is to say, in contact with the turned-up end F3 of the
said spring, or to keep the frame E and front legs G close against the rear leg D

page_text: when they are folded for travelling. The compactness of the apparatus when the
legs are thus folded is clearly illustrated by Figure 2, in which the front legs are
shown folded, in dotted lines, and which shows that the space required by the
apparatus very little in excess of that which would be occupied by an ordinary
bag not possessing the very convenient adjuncts according to my invention. As
an alternative the construction of the device may be simplified by securing the
legs G rigidly to the frame, or forming them in one piece therewith instead of
pivoting them thereto.
To take the bag A away from the tripod, all that is necessary is to draw the
said bag upward through the ring D₁ for a short distance, then the ring or rim A¹
can be turned into such a position that it can be readily passed through the ring D',
and the loops A may then be removed from engagement with the rear leg by
sliding the bag along the leg and past the free end thereof.
In the modification illustrated in Figure 3 1 attach curved arms D³ to the rear
leg to form a support for the aforesaid ring or rim A¹ of the bag. The portion of
the bag below the said ring or rim may be passed with ease through the gap
between the said arms into the space within the same, when the bag is empty.
When the clubs or other articles are placed in the bag they distend it to a
sufficient extent to prevent it from passing through the opening between the
arms D³ until it is again emptied.
Instead of attaching a handle to the bag as illustrated in Figure 1, I may form
one on any suitable portion of the tripod. In Figure 3 I show a handle H attached
to one of the curved arms D³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination, with a bag or other receptacle, of a folding or hinged
support or holder for the same, substantially as hereinbefore described, for the
purposes specified.
2. The combination, with a bag or other receptacle, of a hinged support or holder
for the same provided with a spring, constructed arranged and operating substan-
tially as hereinbefore described, for the purpose specified.
3. The combination, with a bag or other receptacle, of a support for the same
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or to
Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The apparatus constructed substantially as described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2, and operating as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 19th day of November 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.