Improvements in and relating to Combined Golf Club Carrier and Rest.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Combined Golf Club Carrier
and Rest.
JOHN WARDEN BAIRD, 9 Union Street Edinburgh, Engineer and ALEXANDER
ECKFORD 14 Great Junction Street Leith, Cashier, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
To a rod of wood, metal or other suitable material, we attach two straps or belts
made of leather, canvass or other suitable material, one of the aforesaid straps being
attached say 12 inches more or less from the top of the rod, the other strap being
fixed at a suitable distance from the lower end of rod.
To the strap attached to the top of rod we fix or attach a bag of canvass, cloth,
rubber or other suitable material. To the two straps attached to the rod, we fasten
a strap or belt made of leather, canvass or other suitable material. At the lower
end of rod is fastened a shod for fixing rod into the ground. When using the
foregoing as a rest we fix the rod by means of the shod into the ground, the handles
of the golf clubs being inserted inside of the bag attached to the strap, or belt near
top of rod, the clubs being on the ground. When used as a carrier the straps are
buckled tight, and the strap fixed between them the clubs placed over the shoulder
or held by the hand.
Instead of using a canvass bag, we may if found necessary use an inverted cup
made of rubber or other material.
Dated this 22nd dow of Fahnuary 1900
JOHN WARDEN BAIRD.
ALEXANDER ECKFORD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Combined Golf Club Carrier
and Rest.
JOHN WARDEN BAIRD 9 Union Street, Edinburgh Engineer ALEXANDER
ECKFORD 14 Great Junction Street, Leith Cashier 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:-
By this invention the ordinary golfer's club bag is so contrived, that it will stand
upright during play, and in that position forms a convenient rest for the clubs, and
so saves stooping down to the ground, each time a club is required. The caddies'
services with this golf club carrier, can either be dispensed with altogether, or be
retained as desired.
This invention is performed, as follows. To a golfer's club bag is inserted a rod
of wood, iron, or other suitable material preferably in the centre of bag, or other
suitable position, at the end of this rod, next the ground is affixed a shod or spike of
iron, or other suitable material. When this shod or spike is pushed into the ground
the bag with the clubs has sufficient support to stand upright of itself. To the end
of the shod or spike next the bag is attached a flange, or plate, this flange or plate
can either be cast in one piece, with the shod or spike, or can be screwed, or
otherwise affixed to the upright, or it may be made separate from the rod or
upright, with a hole through it and the leather, at bottom of golf bag, so that the
shod or spike, is free to move, through the flange or plate.
When the flange or plate, is cast in one piece, with the shod or spike, the shod
or spike is permanently outside the bag. The ring at the mouth of the golf bag,
to which the canvas is sewn to, has a bridge which crosses it.
This bridge has a space preferably annular or other suitable form-in its centre,

page_text: JOHN WARDEN BAIRD.
ALEXANDER ECKFORD.