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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Edwin Beck, Boston, MA (US);
Chuck Heidenreich, Westfield, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A golf bag with an associated stand comprising a bag bottom and a bag top formed of a generally rigid material with a separator of a generally rigid material and an enclosure and a guide bracket fixedly secured to the bag with a circular bore extending therethrough in a vertical orientation and a foot pivotally secured through a foot pivot point to the leg bottom; a first link formed as an elongated activating rod having a lower end secured to the foot and having an upper end with an intermediate portion slidably received within the guide bracket; a second link formed as a pair of legs having lower ends positionable in a retracted orientation adjacent to the lower end of the bag and positionable in a deployed orientation remote from the bag, the legs having upper ends; a third link formed as a link having an interior end pivotally secured to the activating rod adjacent its upper end and having an exterior end pivotally attached to the upper ends of the legs and having an intermediate pivot point fixedly secured with respect to the bag; and a fourth link formed as a wire link with a lower end pivotally secured with respect to the activating rod and having an upper end pivotally secured to the legs adjacent to the L-shaped link.