US2610072A - Golf cart seat - Google Patents

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P 9, 1952 R. 8. HEAD 2,610,072

GOLFXCART SEAT Filed Sept. 24, 1951 3nnentot RALPH B. HEAD attorney:

the players ball may happen to be. parent, therefore, that a suitable seat, available Patented Sept. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE Y 2,610,072 r i.

' GOLF CART SEAT Ralph B. Head, Denver, 0010. Application September 24, 1951, Serial No. 248,001

and more particularly to seats for same.

In the sport of golfing, the golfer must often wait at or between tees to permit the players ahead to advance a suiiicient safe distance along the golf course before he drives his golf ball foreward. Benchesor the like are sometimes provided at the tees upon which a player may sit and rest during his wait to tee off, but between tees such equipment is seldom available and especially at the precise position on the course where It is apto the golfer at all points along the course, would be highly desirable and afford him a means upon which to rest during the delays encountered in the game. Caddies have been replaced to a great extent by wheel supported carts for the golfers bag, clubs, and sundry articles incidental to the game, the golfer moving the cart between points of play. It becomes further apparent that if such a cart were provided with a seat, the seat would always be readily available to the golfer no matter where he might be on the course.

An object of the invention is to provide a golf bag cart equipped with a seat.

Another object is to provide a seat attachment for golf bag carts which may be readily attached to existing carts or readily detached therefrom.

Another object is to render the seat foldable so that the cart and seat will occupy a minimum space when'the seat is not in use.

A further object is to provide a cart of the foldable wheel type with a foldable seat.

Still further objects, advantages, and salient features will become more apparent from the description to follow, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conventional golf bag cart with the seat of the invention attached thereto in its position of use by the golfer;

Figure 2 is an elevation as viewed in the direction of arrowfi, of Figure l, the upper portion of bottom of the seat with a portion of the seat 4 Claims. (01. 280-42) supporting leg broken away." l

Figure 6 is a fragmentary section taken on'line 66, Figure 3; l 5

Figure '7 is an enlarged fragmentary. section taken on line l--l, Figure 3, with theseat disposed in its position of use;

Figure 7a is a similar section with the seat folded upwardly to its position of non-use; and

Figure 8 isa central transverse section through an alternative form of seat.

Referring in detail to the drawing and particularly Figures 1 and 2, thejgolf bag cart is illustrated as a popular type disclosed'in the patent to Williamson, 2,443,847, with the seat attachment ll secured thereto.

' of the tube, the bag I! being disposed between suitable manner.

the legs of the brackets and secured thereto in As best shown in Figure 2, a bracket i8 is secured to the tube which pivotally carries the upper ends of a pair of arms 19, [9a the latter being" pivotally connected at their lower ends, respectively, to wheel spindles 2i], Zfia which rotatably carry Wheels 21, Zia. Rods 22, ZZaare pivotally connected at their lower ends to spindles 20, 20a, respectively, and pivotally'connected at their upper ends to brackets 13 with a suitable latching device (not shown), whereby. the arms [9, [9a and rods22, 22a may be lockedin the position shown in" Figure 2. When rodsfZZ, 22a are unlatched at their upper ends, arms [9, 19a and rods 22, 22amay be swung upwardly to a position wherein the wheels are disposed adjacent opposite sides of the bag. o A

Attachment H comprises in general, a bracket 23, a seat 24, and a foldableleg 25. j

As best shown in Figures 3, '7 and 7a, bracket 23 is formed of strap like material, bent to extend around tube l2 and secured thereto bypinch bolt 26. A pivot pin 21 extends between1egs 28,'29. Leg 29 is provided with a portion 36 disposed parallel with the pivot pin to which is secured a leaf spring 3|, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

Seat 24 is a circular disk having a laterally projecting tongue 32 secured thereto in any desired manner, such as by bolts 33. The free end of the tongue is provided with a curled portion 34, as shown in Figure 7, which pivotally engages pivot pin 21. When the seat is swung upwardly to its position shown in Figures 2 and 5, the curled portion disengages from the pivot pin and the tongue drops through the space between the pivot pin and. leg portion 30, until the edges of the seat, adjacent the tongue, abut the top surface of legs 28, 29 of bracket 23, as best shown in Figure 5. Spring 3| engages the tongue and prevents any retrograde swinging movement of the seat toward the lowered position of use. It will be apparent that the foregoing construction isexemplary of meansfor. holding the seat in its position of nonuse and that other devices serving the same purpose may be employed.

Leg 25 is pivotally connected to the lower face of the seat by means of a pivot pin 35' which extends between brackets 36, 31, secured in-any desired manner to the seat, the pin extending through flanges 38, 39 of the leg. The loweren'ds of these flanges are each provided with a,-'U shaped opening 40 which straddles wheel 2! at .angularly spacedpoints thereon and prevents movement of the lower ends of. the legs ina'direction perpendicular to the plane -of the'wheel.

"A'suitable stop member 4| may optionallyor additionally be provided on the upper'end of flange "3801 39; or on" both, engageable with the lower surface of the seat to similarly limit movement of the lower ends of the'leg. When so disposed,

the seat is supported at three points, one being .bypivot pin 21 engaging tongue32, and the other two being the'lower ends of flanges 38, 39 en-" gaging wheel 2|. When the seat is disposed in :its' upper position 'of non-use, as shown in Figures 2' and 5, theleg swings toward the seat and lies adjacent; thereto. w

The seat maybe made of any desired material such as metal, wood, plastic or a combination :thereof. Tongue 32 is preferably metal and-may "be made integral with the seat if the latter is also flmetalfi'The legmay also be made of any of the materials justmentioned, and, if desired, may be formedfrom bent'rod stock.

Figure 8 discloses an alternative form of seat The .concave shape comfort of the user.

"While only one embodiment of golf bag-cart has been disclosed, .it. will become-apparent to thoseskilled intheart that the invention may be fpractice'd with othertypes of golf bag carts, the

idetails of attachment ofthe seat merely varying in-detail'to' fitftheparticulartype of cart. While the attachment has also been disclosed as having portions engaging thecartframeand other portions engagingthe wheels, it will be apparent also, that a seat maybesecured toanydesired and convenient parts .of..a cart. The specific disclosure! is. .tov therefore .be regarded as exemplary I onlyv andfthe-invention not limitedthereto ex- '..cept as'required .by-piior. art and-the scope of the appended claims.

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

1. A wheel mounted ambulatory golf bag cart having an elongated upwardly ranging frame member supported on two spaced wheels, and in which the lower end of the frame and the wheels rest on a common supporting surface When the cart is not in use, in combination therewith an attachment comprising a seat, means comprising a hinge elementattached to .the frame and a cooperating hinge element attached to the seat for "effecting a tiltable connection of the seat relative to the frame, and a seat supporting leg pivotally connected with the seat in position to engage and crest on the top of one of the wheels when the seat is in operative position, the seat being movable 'from'-a"substantially horizontal operative posi- -tion:to a position substantially parallel with the frame member, and means for holding the seat in inoperative position.

'2. An attachment inaccordance with claim 1 in which'the hinge element attached'to the'frame comprises aforked member having spaced ends, a pivot: pin connecting. said spaced .ends and in which the hinge element attached to .the' seat consists of a fiat bar of a width slightly-less than the distance between said spaced ends, the end of the flat bar having a hook .for engaging'the pivot pin whenthe seat is in operative position, the. flat bar being sli-dable inlthe' space between said spaced ends .aridithe pivot pin when the seat is raised to inoperative position forming means "for holding the seatin inoperative position when the cart is .moved.

'3. A .seat atta'chmentfor use with anambulatory golf cant havinga wheel supported upwardly ranging frame'member, comprisinga hinge element for attachment tolthe frame .member,.said attachment havingltwo spacedlfingers connected ,at'their endsbya pivot. pin, a .seat havingan elongated .hinge element projecting therefrom, .said element being. a'fiatbarterminatingin a hook in engagement with the pivot pin,.and means comprising .a support .leg. pivoted to the .under side of the seatisaidlleg being .provided. at. its

bottom with .means for supporting .the l latter from the top of a wheel.

14. ,An attachment in. accordance with claim 3 in which-the.support-legl terminates in two spaced wheel engagingportionsfor contacting .the wheel periphery at angularlyspaced points.

1 RALPH- Br HEAD.

"REFERENCES .CITED The following references" are of :recordin the file of this-patent:

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