IP Grab of the Week – Golf Cart with Lightening Protection

A golf cart with lightening protection; that is an invention that every golfer should want to see at the course (whether or not in the end the invention is patentable or not).

This week an application titled “Lightning Protected Golf Cart” published as US Publication No. 20070075562. The abstract of the patent application describes the invention as:

A golf cart altered such that the occupants are protected against the effect of lightning strikes by an electrically conductive grid (23 & 23a) on the roof, preferably star shaped, connected electrically to electrically conductive down-conductors, preferably at least 6 in number, four of which may be the roof supports (16 & 24) and the other two (18) moveable to allow ease of access to the golf cart and each to be connected to a plurality of flexible electrically conductive members (26) to, preferably via a metal chassis, touch the ground The movable electrically conductive members are connected to at least one of said roof or said base construction by a bearing; The whole defines a protective surrounding electrically conductive cage enclosing the golf cart and its occupants with improved rigidity, safety and practicality.

A beautifully simple invention.

David Dawsey – The Golf Cart Patent Attorney