US20100314270A1

US20100314270A1 - Top frame for a golf bag

Info

Publication number: US20100314270A1
Application number: US12/485,279
Authority: US
Inventors: Kun-lin Shiao
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-06-16
Filing date: 2009-06-16
Publication date: 2010-12-16

Abstract

A top frame is mounted on a golf bag to hold heads of golf clubs and has a base, a support and transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces. The support is formed on the base and has multiple crossbeams transversely formed on the support at different levels. The transverse rows of the dividing spaces are defined through the support, correspond to the crossbeams, are located different levels and respectively hold the golf clubs. The dividing spaces in different levels appropriately classify the golf clubs with different lengths so that a user may quickly access to a desired golf club without seeking and consideration.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a top frame, and more particularly to a top frame mounted on a golf bag and separately holding heads of golf bags in different levels to facilitate access to the golf clubs.
2. Description of Related Art
Golf clubs such as woods, irons and putters are generally longer than conventional golf bags so a head protrudes from the golf bag to facilitate removal. Many competition rules dictate that a maximum of fourteen clubs may be carried and used and are selected from woods, hybrids, irons, putters. The clubs have a shaft having a length and angle. Shaft length varies, with longer shaft woods between about 106-117 cm to about 89-99 cm for irons. However, putters, hybrids and specialist clubs may vary beyond these limits. The conventional golf bag stands at about 86-89 cm and has a top frame, so some golf club heads are exposed beyond the top frame or suspended from the top frame. Therefore, when carrying or moving the golf bag the heads and shafts of the golf clubs may collide and wear or damage one another.
To prevent the collision between golf clubs, a conventional top frame is thickened to and has multiple recesses respectively holding the club heads in a fixed orientation to obviate collision and wear problems.
However, the conventional top frame does not arrange golf clubs in different level according to different club types with different lengths so that accessing to a desired golf club is inconvenient and wastes time.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a top frame for a golf bag to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main objective of the invention is to provide a top frame mounted on a golf bag and separately holding heads of golf bags in different levels to facilitate access to the golf clubs.
A top frame in accordance with the present invention is mounted on a golf bag to hold heads of golf clubs and has a base, a support and transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces. The support is formed on the base and has multiple crossbeams transversely formed on the support at different levels. The transverse rows of the dividing spaces are defined through the support, correspond to the crossbeams, are located different levels and respectively hold the golf clubs. The dividing spaces in different levels appropriately classify the golf clubs with different lengths so that a user may quickly access to a desired golf club without seeking and consideration.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a top frame for a golf bag in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the top frame in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an operational perspective view of the top frame in FIG. 1 holding heads of golf clubs;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the top frame in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional side view of the top frame in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an operational side view of the top frame in FIG. 1 mounted on a golf bag and holding the heads of the golf clubs;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a top frame for a golf bag in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 8 is another perspective view of the top frame in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an operational perspective view of the top frame in FIG. 7 holding heads of golf clubs; and

FIG. 10 is a top view of the top frame in FIG. 7.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, a first embodiment of a top frame in accordance with the present invention is mounted on a golf bag (90) and holds heads (96) of golf clubs (95) in the golf bag (90) separately to prevent the heads (96) from colliding or wearing one another. The golf bag (90) and has a vertical axis (V), a horizontal axis (H), a body and a bottom cuff mounted on the body.
The top frame has a base (10), a support (20), transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces (33, 34, 35), a putter space (50), a longitudinal partition (40) and a longitudinal column of multiple spaces (60) for woods.
The base (10) is inclined relative to the horizontal axis (H) of the golf bag (90), is mounted on the body of the golf bag (90) and has a front (11), a rear (12) and a top (13) and a bottom.
The rear (12) is higher than front (11) of the base (10) relative to the vertical axis (V) of the golf bag (90).
The support (20) is formed on the top of the base (10) and has a front (21), a rear (22) and multiple crossbeams (23, 24).
The rear (22) is higher than the front (21) of the support (20) relative to the vertical axis (V) of the golf bag (90).
The crossbeams (23, 24, 25) are formed transversely on the support (20) and are located at different levels relative to vertical axis (V) of the golf bag so that the heads (96) of the golf clubs (95) may rest on the crossbeams (23, 24, 25). At least two of the crossbeams (24, 25) are positioning crossbeams and each positioning crossbeam has multiple positioning recesses (241, 251). The positioning recesses (24, 25) are defined in the positioning crossbeams.
Furthermore, one crossbeam (25) is a protruding crossbeam formed on and protruding backwards from the rear (12) of the base (10) so that the positioning recesses (251) of the protruding crossbeam may respectively hold iron heads that have about four inches of width, as shown in FIG. 9. Because each iron head has four inches of width, a conventional top frame without the backward protruding crossbeam would cannot hold two or more rows of iron heads and other golf club heads and prevent the rows from ribbing against each other. With the protruding crossbeam, a distance between adjacent rows of the positioning recesses (241, 251) is sufficiently increased so that the top frame of the present invention successfully and conveniently holds two or more rows of irons and other golf clubs without rubbing and collision.
The transverse rows of the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35) are defined through the base (10) and the support (20) by longitudinal and transverse dividers, are located at different levels and correspond to the crossbeams (23, 24, 25) to allow the golf clubs to respectively extend through the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35). The dividing spaces (34, 35) of at least two of the transverse rows are positioning holes and correspond to the positioning recesses (241, 251) of the positioning crossbeams. Therefore, each golf club (95) may extend through one positioning hole with the head (96) thereof resting and positioned on a corresponding positioning recess (241, 251) to prevent heads (96) of different golf clubs (95) such as irons from inadvertently colliding with each other.
Furthermore, the dividing spaces (33) of a lowest one of the transverse rows may be spaces for wedges.
Furthermore, the dividing spaces (33) of a highest one of the transverse rows respectively cooperate with the positioning recesses (251) of the protruding crossbeam (25) to respectively hold heads and shaft of the irons.
The putter space (50) is defined through the base (10) and the support (20) at the front (21) of the support (20). The putter space (50) may hold a putter so that a golfer or a caddy may quickly access to the putter by his/her reflex without thinking. The putter in the putter space (50) is also in front of other golf clubs (95) and would not be blocked by other golf clubs (95).
The longitudinal partition (40) is formed longitudinally on the support (20) adjacent to the crossbeams (23, 24, 25) and the transverse rows of the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35).
The longitudinal column of the spaces (60) for woods is defined through the base (10) and the support (20) adjacent to the longitudinal partition (40) opposite to the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35) and is therefore separated from the dividing spaces (35) by the longitudinal partition (40). The longitudinal column of the spaces (60) for woods holds wood clubs so that the golfer or caddy may quickly access to the wood club set without seeking and consideration.
With reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, a second embodiment of a top frame in accordance with the present invention is similar to the first embodiment and has the base (10 a) and the support (20 a). However, the second embodiment omits the longitudinal partition and the spaces (60) for woods so that the arrangement of the positioning recesses (241, 251), the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35) and the putter space (50) are substantially symmetrical relative to a longitudinal axis of the top frame.
Because the crossbeams (23, 24, 25) and the dividing spaces (33, 34, 35) are located at the different levels relative to the golf bag (90), the heads (96) of different golf clubs (95) with different lengths may be classified appropriately to rest respectively in corresponding dividing spaces (33, 34, 35) and positioning recesses (241, 251) without colliding with one another. The golfer and caddy may quickly and easily identify the heads (96) orderly arranged in differently levels for instant and reflex access. Thus, the top frame of the present invention prevents the golfer and caddy from blindly seeking and consideration due to disorder arrangement of golf clubs in a conventional top frame.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.

Claims

1. A top frame for a golf bag comprising:

a base being inclined and having

a front;

a rear being higher than the front;

a top; and

a bottom;

a support formed on the top of the base and having

a front;

a rear being higher than the front of the support; and

multiple crossbeams formed transversely on the support and located at different levels, at least two of the crossbeam being positioning crossbeams and each positioning crossbeam having multiple positioning recesses defined in the positioning crossbeams; and

transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces defined through the base and the support, located at different levels and corresponding to the crossbeam, the dividing spaces of at least two of the transverse rows being positioning holes and corresponding to the positioning recesses of the positioning crossbeams.

2. The top frame as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a putter space defined through the base and the support at the front of the support.

3. The top frame as claimed in claim 1 further comprising

a longitudinal partition formed on longitudinally on the support adjacent to the crossbeams and the transverse rows of the dividing spaces; and

a longitudinal column of the spaces for woods defined through the base and the support adjacent to the longitudinal partition opposite to the dividing spaces and separated from the dividing spaces by the longitudinal partition.

4. The top frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dividing spaces of one of the transverse rows are spaces for wedges.

5. The top frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dividing spaces of a lowest one of the transverse rows are spaces for wedges.

6. The top frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein

one crossbeam is a protruding crossbeam formed on and protruding backwards from the rear of the base; and

the dividing spaces of a highest one of the transverse rows respectively cooperate with the positioning recesses of the protruding crossbeam.

7. A top frame for a golf bag comprising:

a base being inclined and having

a front;

a rear being higher than the front;

a top; and

a bottom;

a support formed on the top of the base and having

a front;

a rear being higher than the front of the support; and

multiple crossbeams formed transversely on the support and located at different levels; and

transverse rows of multiple dividing spaces defined through the base and the support, located at different levels and corresponding to the crossbeam.