US 12,083,398 B2
Golf bag having base made of composite sheet material
Ian Burgess, Tiverton, RI (US); Stephanie L Howard, Boston, MA (US); Benjamin J. Beck, Boston, MA (US); and Ryan Donovan, Newton, MA (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,026, filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,003, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105400 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 55/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 55/408 (2015.10) [A63B 2209/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf bag, comprising:
an elongated tubular body for storing golf clubs, the tubular body having a top opening and a closed bottom base, the base having (i) a front base section comprising a front bottom surface and a front sidewall being formed of a plurality of composite sheets and (ii) a rear base section comprising a rear bottom surface and a rear sidewall being formed of a plurality of composite sheets, the rear base section being pivotally connected to the front base section to form a hinged connection for moving the golf bag between an upright position and a tilted position, wherein the rear base section includes an angled tab that extends across the hinged connection when the bag is in the upright position, wherein the angled tab extends along an inner surface portion of the front sidewall, and wherein the inner surface portion of the front sidewall surrounds an outer surface portion of the angled tab, wherein the angled tab is configured to move downwardly towards the front bottom surface and wherein the rear bottom surface is configured to pivot upwardly relative to the front bottom surface as the golf bag moves to the tilted position, wherein the angled tab is configured to contact the front bottom surface of the front base section to stop the rear base section from pivoting beyond a predetermined angle ranging from about 20 degrees to about 60 degrees relative to the front bottom surface, wherein the angled tab comprises an upper edge, a lower edge opposite the upper edge, and a side edge extending between the upper edge and the lower edge, wherein the lower edge is configured to extend across and over the front bottom surface of the front base section when the bag is in the upright position, and wherein an entirety of the lower edge is parallel to the front bottom surface of the front base section when the bag is in the tilted position;
a first leg and a second leg pivotally attached to the tubular body;
a first actuator rod having a proximal end that is coupled to an upper region of the first leg and a distal end that is coupled to the front base section; and
a second actuator rod having a proximal end that is coupled to an upper region of the second leg and a distal end that is coupled to the front base section so that as the rear base section pivots relative to the front base section, the first and second actuator rods move the first leg and the second leg outwardly and into an extended position to support the bag.