Improvements in and relating to Golf Bags.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Golf Bags.
1, JOHN FISHER of Newlande, Dunfermline in the County of Fife, Manufacturei,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to the bags in which the clubs are carried in the game of
golf, and its principal object is to enable the bags to stand erect when placed
upon the ground and thus to enable the player, if he desues, to dispense with the
services of a caddie
For the purpose of my invention, I secure upon the outside of the ordinary or
any suitable bag, preferably at about inid height, a ring or short light tube con-
centric with the bag Upon this ring or tube I pivot or hinge three or more struts
which extend below the bottom of the bag whilst it is being carried. At about
the bottom of the bag I arrange another similar ring or short tube, preferably
fixed upon a cage which protects the bottom of the bag, and to this also I hinge oi
pivot as many stretchers as there are struts pivoted to the upper ing. The other
ends of these stretchers are also hinged or pivoted to the struts. Thus, the
arrangement resembles that of the bs, stretchers, and runner of an umbrella, the
11bs being substituted by the struts and the runner by the lower ring and cage
which may have any suitable construction and may indeed consist of a cage or
plate only, to the periphery of which the stretchers are pivoted.
When the bag is placed upon the ground, the lower ring cago or plate first
comes to rest, then the bag descends and causes the approach of the fixed ung or
tube, and consequently, the opening out of the struts precisely as the ribs of an
umbrella are opened out when the runner is pushed along the stick. The bag is
then supported by the struts. When the bag is lifted, the struts automatically
fold in, close to the bag and out of the way.
Dated this 22nd day of December A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Golf Bags.
I, JOHN FISHER of The Newlands, Dunfermline, in the County of Fife,
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 the bags in which the clubs are carried in the game of
golf, and its principal object 18 to enable the bag to stand erect when placed
on the ground, and thus to enable the player, if be desues, to dispense with the
services of a "caddie."
To achieve this object three or more struts, legs, or supports are pivoted or
hinged to the bag at about the middle of its height. These struts are capable of
extending from or of being folded upon the bag and when in their folded or

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collapsed condition they project slightly below the bottom of the bag
convenient parts of then lengths the struts or legs are connected by pivoted links
stretchers or the like to a movable frame or ring which surrounds the bottom of
the bag and which also extends below the bottom when in its lowest position.
The whole arrangement thus resembles the ribs stretchers and runnet of an
umbrella, the ribs being substituted by the struts, the stretchers by the pivoted
links and the runner by the movable frame.
When the bag is being carried the struts fall in by their own weight against the
eides of the bag aud their ends as well as the movable frame or ring to which they
are attached project below the bottom of the bag. When the bag is placed upon
the ground the frame or ring moves upwards relatively to the bag and the struts
are caused, by the connecting links, to move outwards and assume a position in
which they act as legs and support the bag in an upright position
club may then be easily withdrawn from or placed within the bag.
Any desired
In order that my invention may be more readily understood 1 have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings to which make teference hereinafter. Similar
letters of reference are used to indiente the sunlar parts in the two figures.
Figure 1 shews in elevation a golf bag constructed according to this invention
the operative parts being in the positions assumed by them when the bag is being
carried:
Figure 2 similarly illustrates the same bag placed upon the ground and supported
by the struts.
The bag A which may be of the ordinary or of any suitable construction has
three or more struts or legs B pivoted or hinged to about the middle of its height:
The preferred way of attaching the strute to the bag is to mount them upon or
within a light ug C which is secured to the bag The emls of the struts extond,
when in their closed or collapsed condition, below the bottom of the bag as
illustrated by Figure 1. Luke or arms D councet the struts B with a ring or
frame E which is movable in the direction of the length of the bag and surounds
its bottom This ring E inay if desired be provided with a cage or its equivalent
to protect the bottom of the bag.
When the bag is lifted the struts B by their own weight, fold against the bag,
and their ends together with the fiamme É oxtend below the bag When the bag
is placed upon the ground the frame E comes to rest and the further downward
movement of the bag itself before it reaches the ground causes the struts B to
move outwards, through the medium of the links D, and assume the position shown
in Figure 2 and thus support the bag.
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 15:-
1. The combination with a golf bag of legs supports or the like constructed
arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A selt supporting golf bag constructed and arranged substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of Sentember A.D. 1895.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.