US1498910A - Golf bag - Google Patents

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Patented' irme sa, reza JAMES H. HARPHAM, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

GOLF BAG.

Application filed June 1-2, 1922. Serial No. 567,803.

17 call whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns II. HARPHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and. State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Bags, of which the following is a specification.

'Ihis invention relates to improvements in golf bags.

lThe ordinary drical body which is provided with a bottom held in place in a more orless insecure man.- ner and usually not protected against wear. As a consequence if the bag is dragged over the ground, which is usually done through carelessness7 the bottom soon becomes mutilated and the bag is rendered unfit for use long before the body thereof has become appreciably worn. Therefore, it is one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide a novel construction and arrangement of the bottom of such a bag and also means forrprotecting the same from wear so that even should the bag be carelessly dragged over the ground the bottom thereof will remain intact, in all probability, until the body of the bag has become worn to suoli an citent as to substantially render the entire bag unfit for further use. Y c

Also in the ordinary construction of `golf bags stay rods are arranged within the walls of the bag n to stien and strengthen the walls, butl the ends of said rods are ordinarily left free or, in other words, are not secured or anchored to the wall and as a consequence they'soon work through the bottom of the bag thereby necessitating repairs. Itis therefore a further object of the present invention to provide for the anchorage of the ends of the stayrods in such a manner as to insure against the displacev ment of the rods and prevent them working through the ends of the bag. In theaccompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a golf bag constructed in accordance with the ,pres` ent invention Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view in detail illustrating the construction of the ba 'f IFig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view through the bag taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2 looking in a downward direction;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the stays;

golf bag comprises a cylin-l Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the protecting rim for the bottom of the bag;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective View K illustrating a modification of the stay.

The bag embodying the invention comprises a body which is indicatedin general by the numeral i and which is of the usual cylindrical form, the wall of the body being indicated by the numeral 2 and the bottom thereof by the numeral 3. In the preferred form of the Yinvention illustrated in the drawings the wall 2 is preferably formed from leather, a sheet of this material being rolled to the required form and its edges being overlapped and united by a lacing 4: extending longitudinally of the wall. The wall is preferably provided, 'in this forni of the invention, with a lining 5 of canvas, duck, or any other material suitable for thepurpose, and the upper edge portion of the sheet of leather comprising the wall 2 is overturned in an inward direction to form a hem 6 embracing and securing the upper edge of the lining 5, the hem being permanently established preferably by a line ofstitching 7 extending Acircumferentially of the upper end of the wall. The hem thus formed encloses a reinforcing and anchoring band 8V which is of metal and annular in shape andv preferably formed from a strip of metal, the upper and lower edge portions of which vare overturned upon themselves as indicated by the numeral 9 so as to reinforce the band. i While this band.

serves asa means for retaining the upper end of the body of the bag in proper shape. it performs another function, which will presently be pointed out. The lower end of the body of the bag is reinforced by a number of sections l1 in the form of pieces of leather arranged in an annular series about-the inner surface of the wallV 2, their lower edges being in registration with theV lower edge of said wall, and 'their upper edges being preferably skived, as indicated bythe numeral 12, s0 as to prevent them being torn loose when the golf sticks are inserted into the bag. These reinforcing pieces l1 are united along their upper skived edges to the wall 2 of the bag by lines of stitching 13, and at their lower edges by lines of stitching 14. rIhe relatively adjacent perpendicular edges of the reinforcing pieces 1l are likewise preferably skived as indicated by the numeral 15 and are united to the wall 2 by lines of stitching 16, which lines of stitching also secure the longitudinal edges of strips 17 of leather or other suitable material, which strips between their secured longitudinal or vertical edges are disconnected from the wall of the body and form stay pockets extending longitudinally of the inner surface of the body. At their lower ends the strips span the spaces between the edges 15 of the reinforcing pieces 11 so as to provide well defined pockets 18 for the lower ends of the stays. Before proceeding to a description of the stays, the constructionand arrangement of the bottom will be pointed out. The bottom 3 is preferably formed from a circular blank of. stiff leather as. for example, sole leather and its peripheral portion is overturned in ado'wnward direction as indicated by the numeral 19. The said bottom is y snugly fitted into the lowerr end of the body 2 of the bag and is united to the wall of said body by the line of stitching 14C heretofore referred to, this stitching passing through the overturned peripheral portion 19 of the said bottom. By overturning the peripheral portion of the bottom 3 as described, the central or body portion of the bottom is spaced above the lower edge of the wall of the body 2 of the bag so that its undersurface will not come into direct contact with the ground and will thus, to a certain extent, be protected from wear.

In order to reinforce4 the lower end of the bag and protect the lower edges of the wall of the body 2, the reinforcing pieces 11, and the overturned peripheral portion 19 of the bot-tom 3, from wear when the bag is carelessly dragged over the ground surface, a metallic rim, indicated by the numeral 20. is provided. This rim is best illustrated in Eig. 5 of the drawings, and is, generally speaking, of annular form and comprises inner and outer walls 21 and 22 which are concentric to each other, and a connecting bottom wall 23 preferably rounded at its juncture with t-he lower edges of the walls 21 and 22. In other words, the rim may be saidkto consist of an annular channeled body. The rim is fitted to the lower edge portion of the body of the bag which p0rtion comprises the lower edges of the wall 2.v reinforcing pieces 11, and overturned peripheral portion 19 of the bottom 3, with this said edge portion seating within the channel of the rim, thewall 21 of the rim extending' along the inner surface of the overturned peripheral portion 19 of the bottom 3. and the wall 22 of the rim extending about the outer surface of the wall of the body 2 at the lower edge of said body. Rivets 24: are secured through the walls 21 and 220i"` the rim and through the parts received within -the channel of the rim and serve to permanently unite the rim with the body of the bag. At this point it will be understood that the rim constitutes not only a reinforcing and form retaining means for the lower end of the bag, but also serves as a most etlicicnt means for protecting the lower end of the bag from wear when the bag is carelessly dragged over the ground surface.

Stays are employed in stiffening and reinforcing the wall of the body of the bag and these stays are preferably of the forni shown in Fig. l and are indicated in general by the numeral 25. Each of the stays 25 comprises a rod 26 of a suitable length to the ends of which rod are applied tips 27 preferably clamped thereabout and frictionally held thereon and having flattened terminals 23 provided with openings 29. The rivets 24. which secure the rim 20 to the lower edge of the bag are secured through the openings 29 of the tips at the lower ends of the stays 25, and these stays are housed within the pockets provided by the strips 17. The upper ends of the stays extend between the wall of the body 2 and the overturned portion 6 of said wall, and the flattened portions 28 of the tips at the said upper ends of the stays are disposed against the band 8, and rivets 30 are secured through these parts and thus anchor the upper ends of the stays. By providing the tips 27 at the ends of the rods 26,

the stays are not weakened, as would be the case if they were formed as shown in Fig. 7 in which figure the ends of the rod 26 are il* lustrated as flattened out as at 31 and formed with openings 32 corresponding to the openings 29; however, the stays may be thus formed if desired.

The form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings is substantially identical with that shown in the other figures, except that in this instance the body of the bag is formed of canvas or duck or some other heavy cloth material. The bag will be provided witli the usual carrying strap 33, handle 34, and ball case 35, although these parts do not enter into the present invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

1. In a golf bag, a body, a bottom disposed within the lower end of the body and having an overturned peripheral portion extending about the inner side of the wall of the bodv at said end, reinforcng members arranged about the inner surface of the wall of the body at said end and having their adjacent edges relatively spaced, strips secured longitudinally to the inner surface of the bodv and at their lower ends spanning the spaces between the edges of adjacent reinforcing members to provide pockets, stays seated in said pockets and reinforcing the wall of the body, an annular channeled wear member fitted on to and enclosing the lower end` edge llO portion of the wall of the body, the overturned peripheral portion of the bottom, and the lower edge portons of the reinforcing members, and securing elements secured through the walls of the wear member and through the parts housed within the channel thereof and likewise anchoring the lower ends of the stays.

2. A golf bag comprising a cylindrical body, arcuate reinforcing pieces disposed against the inner surface of the wall of the body at the lower portion thereof, the relatively adjacent vertical edges of the reinforcing pieces being spaced, a bottom Within the lower end of the body having an overturned peripheral portion extending circumferentially about the inner side of the said reinforcing pieces, an annular channeled wear member litt/ed to the lower end of the body and the overturned peripheral portion of the bottom and likewise enclosing the lower end port-ions of the reinforcing pieces, pockets secured to the inner side of the wall of the body and extending vertically longitudinally thereof, the lower portions of the pockets having their opposite sides united to the said spaced vertical edge portions of the reinforcing pieces and to the wall of the body, and reinforcng rods seated within the pockets and extending vertically Vof the wall of the body.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JAMES H. HARPHAM. [L sfl

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