Halloween Costume or Innovative Golf Bag Design?

A recently published patent application reveals a pretty cool golf bag design. Check this out!








The drawings come from a patent application that recently published as US Pub. No. 20100176012 titled “Dual Golf Bag System.” The application describes the invention as:

[0004] Generally, there have been a variety of approaches to making golf bags which can be worn on a golfers lower back or buttock. More commonly, a plethora of golf bags have been seen that are made up of a simple mono compartment, which are generally worn in an asymmetrical fashion and situated on the arch of the lower back and buttock. These constructions of golf bags are commonly a contributing factor for strains on a golfer's back as well as cumbersome to carry for long distances over time during play. Moreover the construction and carrying format of these mono chamber golf back prove to be a hindrance when ambulating; they bounce or jerk with each stride, thereby promoting a counter force on the lower back, resulting in a nuisance-undesirable experience.

[0005] Further all golf bags to date feature a mono chamber (with the exception of Richardson U.S. Pat. No. 6,422,444) that holds all the clubs in one chamber as well as a featuring a dual stand mechanism for ground support in all examples of prior art, including Richardson. This construction is severely flawed and promotes the stress of carrying and well as the cumbersome nature of retrieving various clubs from the bag in all the examples here again, including as seen with Richardson.

[0006] The new invention disclosed here addresses the problem of relieving stress on the user's back, as well as providing a new method of construction and design to allow for the easy retrieval of various golf clubs from a golf bag using a combination of at least a dual chamber compartment and a mono stand technology.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] It is an object of the invention to provide a golf bag which retains the general overall aesthetics of a conventional golf bag while incorporating advancements in the structure. It is a further object of the invention to provide a new configuration of a golf bag with two or more distinct chambers, suspended by a spring-loaded axle to allow movement in an opened "X" formation or a closed formation like the letter "I."

[0008] It is another object of the invention to provide a golf bag which maybe carried with general ease and symmetry on a golfer's back or worn like a conventional golf bag optionally.

[0009] Further, the golf bag may have an adjustable cushioned bag harness which maybe secured onto one or more of the bag compartment by a spring loaded geared axle.

[0010] Yet still a further object of the invention is to provide for a new arrangement of using a mono stand to display the golf bag on a surface in an "X" configuration while in the so called, opened position.

[0011] It is a further objective of the invention to provide a simplified approach to packing and retrieving different kinds of golf clubs in two or more separate and distinct compartments. Additionally, a new approach of inverting the golf clubs into the bag, thereby allowing the retrieval of same by the handle, instead of the club head. Numerical or alphabetical markers are provided to easily identify the clubs within the golf bags.

[0012] It is another object of the invention to redistribute the weight of a set of golf clubs about a golfer's back to promote greater symmetrical weight distribution. Rearranging clubs achieves this objective by separating clubs by weight, size or height according to a desirable preference into two or more bag compartments.

[0013] These objects and others are achieved in accordance with the invention with generally two distinct chambers golf bag compartments; a back harness spring loaded adjustable unit, mounted on a geared axle mechanism, which is further secured to a set of golf bags which are mounted and secured onto each other by a similar geared axle mechanism.

[0014] The geared mechanism may comprise of a fixed magnet as well as a compressible spring, along with a geared teeth mechanism, apposing the opposite ring to provide for greater friction to resist movement when the bag is in an opened or closed position. An external force such as pulling on designated handles will overcome the resistance of the geared mechanism to move the bags or back harness from a closed to an opened position or vice versa.

I like the individual sections, but I am not convinced that it looks comfortable to carry.

Dave Dawsey   - Watching Golf Bag Patents

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