Detachable wheels for a golf bag

[0002] The present invention relates to a mechanism to easily attach and detach an axle holding wheels to a golf bag to permit easy movement of a golf bag for short distances.

[0003] While numerous prior inventions have taught lightweight and portable golfbags, such as Liao et al., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,112,068 and 6,139,047 which, although has removable wheels, requires a complex mechanism at attach and detach the wheels. Similarly, Barton, U.S. Pat. No. 6,186,520 also shows a complex collapsing means.

[0004] Several other patents, such as Berliner et al, U.S. Pat. No. 6,056,301 and Catalo, U.S. Pat. No. 4,835,565.

[0005] The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the above by allowing a lightweight and simple means of attaching and detaching the wheels.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention, therefore, to provide means of easily transporting a golf bag with clubs from a player's vehicle to a motorized golf cart. Another object is to allow the golfer to easily assemble and attach the wheels to the golf bag and then to store the assembly during golf play.

[0007] These and other features of the present invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf bag with attached wheels, showing the golf bag strap;

[0009] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the golf bag strap attaching to the axle;

[0010] FIG. 3 is a close up cross section of the golf bag strap;

[0011] FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the golf bag with attached wheels, showing the golfbag strap.

[0012] Referring to the drawings of the invention, as seen in FIG. 1, which shows many of the elements of the invention. As seen, a golf bag strap, 2, encircles the base, 11, of a golf bag, 1. A right and a left axle clip, 3 & 4, respectively, are affixed to the golf bag strap, 2. The axle clips, 3 & 4, respectively, made of a spring-like material, encircle a wheel axle, 5. A left axle stop, 6, and a right axle stop, 7, keeps the axle from moving laterally. Said wheel axle, 5, has a left wheel, 8, and a right wheel, 9, peripherally attached at each end. A convenient handle, 10, usually is affixed near the upper top of the golf bag.

[0013] FIG. 2 shows the golf bag strap, 20, detached from the axle assembly, 21. In use, the axle assembly is clipped, onto the left axle clip, 3, and the right axle clip, 4. The golf bag and clubs can be wheeled, typically from a player's automobile to a player's motor cart. Once the bag and clubs are mounted on the cart, the axle assembly can be removed and stored.

[0014] Similarly, at the end of a round of golf, the axle assembly can be clipped to the axle clips to be wheeled to the player's automobile, then unclipped for storage in the automobile, if necessary 2.

[0015] FIG. 3 is a close up of an axle clip, 7. As clearly seen, the clip, 7, is affixed to the golf bag strap, 2. The clip is in the form of a spiral. In other embodiments of the invention, the clip may be in the form of any arc. In practice, one clip has a cross section which is thicker at the end attached to the strap and progressively narrow to its end. The axle, 5, fits into the center of the clip.

[0016] FIG. 4 shows a golf bag, 1, containing golf clubs, 12, having the strap assembly, 20, attached to the base of the golf bag, 1, in a position such that it can be wheeled using an attached wheel, 8.