Patent Application
20240058668
The present invention relates to a golf club setting rack, especially to a golf club setting rack that is applied to a golf bag.
According to the rules of golf game, each golfer is allowed to carry maximum fourteen clubs which may include woods, irons, putters, etc. There are usually three woods including driver and fairway woods. The woods are usually used for a long distance shoot or a tee shoot. The hybrids and the irons are usually used for fairway or approach shoot. The putter is used for putting on the green. Besides, the clubs are further categorized into various numbers, e.g., the irons are categorized into long iron, mid iron, short iron (PW, SW, etc.).
When playing golf, the player may confront various situations and thus need different clubs, so that the maximum fourteen clubs should be carried in the golf bag. During golfing, the player may move and carry the golf bag and move from hole to hole via golf cart buggy or personal carry, and there will be vibration during the movement, which causes the irons to be collided and damaged.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a golf club setting rack for a golf bag to obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a golf club setting rack of a golf bag that can constrain the sway of the clubs, which avoids the clubs being damaged by collision. The golf bag may comprise an opening frame, the opening frame comprises an enclosing portion and a grille portion, and the grille portion forms a first row and a second row. The second row and the first row are located adjacently and side by side, the first row includes multiple first compartments, and the second row includes multiple second compartments.
The golf club setting rack of the present invention has a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion, a first cross structure, and a second cross structure. The first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are mounted on the opening frame. Two ends of the first cross structure are respectively and securely mounted on the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The first cross structure is located right above the first row and comprises a plurality of recesses. Each one of the recesses corresponds to a respective one of the multiple first compartments in location. Two ends of the second cross structure are respectively and securely mounted on the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The second cross structure is located right above the second row and comprises a plurality of recesses. Each one of the recesses corresponds to a respective one of the multiple second compartments in location.
With the aforesaid structures, when the clubs are stored in the compartments of the opening frame of the golf bag, the heads of the clubs can be received in the recesses of the golf club setting rack, which prevents the clubs from swaying and thus avoids the clubs being damaged by collision.
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.
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The golf bag may be a conventional golf bag which has an opening frame A mounted on a top opening of the golf bag. Normally, the opening frame A of the golf bag comprises an enclosing portion and a grille portion. The grille portion forms a first row A1 and a second row A2 which are parallel with each other and are located adjacently and side by side. The first row A1 includes multiple first compartments A10 and the second row A2 also includes multiple second compartments A20. An iron club may be inserted into any one of the first compartments A10 and the second compartments A20. For example, the shorter iron club number 9 and the three wedge clubs may be inserted into the first compartments A10 in the first row A1, and the iron clubs number 4 to 8 may be inserted into the second compartments A20 in the second row A2.
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Both the first fixing portion 11 and the second fixing portion 12 are mounted on the opening frame A and, precisely, mounted on two opposite sides of the enclosing portion of the opening frame A. The first fixing portion 11, the second fixing portion 12, and the first row A1 of the grille portion are located in a straight line. In this embodiment, an imaginary extending line of the second row A2 of the grille portion passes through the first fixing portion 11 and the second fixing portion 12, but it is not limited thereto.
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Similarly, two ends of the second cross structure 22 are respectively and securely mounted on the first fixing portion 11 and the second fixing portion 12, and the second cross structure 22 is located right above the second row A2. In this embodiment, the first cross structure 21 is not only located right above the first row A1, but also away from the second row A2 of the grille portion; the second cross structure 22 is not only located right above the second row A2, but also away from the first row A1 of the grille portion. Each one of the first cross structure 21 and the second cross structure 22 comprises a plurality of recesses. Each one of recesses of the first cross structure 21 corresponds to a respective one of the first compartments A10 of the grille portion in location, and each one of the recesses of the second cross structure 22 corresponds to a respective one of the second compartments A20 of the grille portion. Therefore, if a club is placed in any one of the compartments of the grille portion, the head of the club can be located in the corresponding recess, which restricts the head of the club and avoids the collision between the heads of the clubs.
Besides, when multiple clubs are placed on the golf club setting rack of the present invention, the heads of the clubs that are inserted in the first row A1 of the grille portion extend in a direction away from the second row A2, and the heads of the clubs that are inserted in the second row A2 of the grille portion extend in a direction away from the first row A1. Therefore, when the user retrieves or puts in any one of the clubs, the head of the club will not be obstructed by the head of other clubs. In other words, each club can be retrieved and stored smoothly.
The height of the first cross structure 21 is gradually decreased in the first direction D1, which corresponds to the lengths of the clubs. The first cross structure 21 may comprise a first cross rod portion 211 and a plurality of first partition portions 212. The first partition portions 212 are spaced apart from each other and mounted on the first cross rod portion 211, and the first partition portions 212 and the first cross rod portion 211 form the recess of the first cross structure 21 together. Each one of the first partition portions 212 may be aligned to a respective one of the partitions of the first compartments A10 of the grille portion. Therefore, when the clubs are inserted in the first compartments A10, the head of each club may be located between two adjacent ones of the first partition portions 212, i.e. restricted in the recess, such that the head will not sway. Each one of the first partition portions 212 forms a first inclined surface 2120 and each first inclined surface 2120 faces the first direction D1. Conventionally, each club has a respective number and is stored in a specific compartment of the grille portion. Therefore, the first inclined surface 2120 of each one of the first partition portions 212 may be inclined at a specific angle which corresponds to the club of a specific number, such that the head of the club may fit the shape of the first partition portions 212, which further avoids sway.
Similarly, the second cross structure 22 comprises a second cross rod portion 221 and a plurality of second partition portions 222. The height of the second cross rod portion 221, corresponding to the lengths of the clubs, is also gradually decreased in the first direction D1. The second partition portions 222 are spaced apart from each other and mounted in the second cross rod portion 221, and the second partition portions 222 and the second cross rod portion 221 form the recess of the second cross structure 22 together. Each one of the second partition portions 222 forms a second inclined surface 2220 and each second inclined surface 2220 faces the second direction D2. Therefore, an extending direction of the heads of the clubs that are stored in the second row A2 of the grille portion the second row A2 is inverse to an extending direction of the heads of the clubs that are stored in the first row A1 of the grille portion, and the heads of the clubs still fit the second inclined surfaces 2220 of the second partition portions 222. Similarly, the angles of the second inclined surfaces 2220 correspond to the club of a corresponding number.
In this embodiment, the golf club setting rack comprises both the first cross structure 21 and the second cross structure 22. However, in another embodiment, the golf club setting rack may comprise a detachable first cross structure 21 and a detachable second cross structure 22, or only comprise one of the first cross structure 21 and the second cross structure 22. Thus, in another embodiment (not shown in the drawing), the golf club setting rack may comprise the aforesaid first fixing portion 11, the aforesaid second fixing portion 12, and the aforesaid first cross structure 21, the first cross structure 21 has the first cross rod portion 211 with the height gradually decreased in the first direction D1 and multiple first partition portions 212 with the first inclined surfaces 2120. Distinguished from the previous embodiment, the first inclined surfaces 2120 face the second direction D2.
Consequently, the golf club setting rack of the present invention may be mounted on the opening frame A of the golf bag and can be detached and stored when not in use. With the present golf club setting rack, when multiple clubs are stored in the compartments of the opening frame A of the golf bag, the head of the clubs are received in the recesses of the golf club setting rack, which prevents the clubs from swaying and thus avoids the clubs being damaged by collision. Besides, the golf club setting rack of the present invention comprises the first cross structure 21 and the second cross structure 22 which correspond to the first compartments A10 of the first row A1 and the second compartments A20 of the second row A2 respectively. The first cross structure 21 and the second cross structure 22 are away from each other, such that when the clubs are stored in the golf bag, an extending direction of the heads of the clubs that are inserted in the first row A1 and an extending direction of the heads of the clubs that are inserted in the second row A2 are inversed and outward such that the head of the clubs extend away from each other (as shown in
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 features 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.
