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Power driven golf cart

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-08
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Granted: 1965-01-26
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Expires: 1983-05-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Rome R Rudolph

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 06:38
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B5/00; B62B5/0026; B60; B60K; B60K1/00; A; A63; A63B; A63B55/00; A63B55/60; A63B55/61; A63B2055/615; B62B2202/00; B62B2202/40; B62B2202/404; B62B5/0033; B62B5/0036; B62B5/005; B62B5/0069; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S280/00; Y10S280/05; Y10S280/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 309 words
IN A GOLF CART OF THE COLLAPSIBLE TYPE HAVING A CENTRAL GOLF BAG SUPPORTING MEMBER, STRUT MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL MEMBER, A PAIR OF GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXLES ON SAID STRUT MEANS, CART WHEELS EACH OF WHICH IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID AXLES FOR MOVEMENT OVER GROUND SURFACES, EACH SAID STRUT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY SECURED AT THE OTHER OF ITS ENDS TO ONE OF SAID AXLES WHEREBY SAID CART WHEELS ARE MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID STRUT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CART WHEELS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS CARRIED ON SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LAST-MENTIONED MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID CART WHEELS IN AN EXTENDED, GROUND ENGAGING POSITION: THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING PIVOT MEANS NON-ROTATABLY SECURED TO ONE OF SAID AXLES AND HAVING A PIVOT AXIS CLOSELY ADJACENT TO AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID AXLES; MOTOR MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOT MEANS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE INBOARD FACE OF THE WHEEL WHICH IS TO BE DRIVEN AND FORWARD OF SAID STRUT MEANS; A FRICTION WHEEL ENGAGED WITH THE PERIPHERY OF ONE OF SAID WHEELS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR MEANS; SPRING MEANS URGING SAID MOTOR MEANS TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT AXIS WHEREBY SAID FRICTION WHEEL IS CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGED WITH SAID ONE OF THE CART WHEELS; AND MEANS FOR STARTING AND STOPPING SAID MOTOR MEANS WHEN DESIRED; SAID PIVOT MEANS, SAID MOTOR MEANS AND SAID FRICTION WHEEL BEING MOVABLE WITH SAID ONE AXLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER; SAID PIVOT MEANS, AND MOTOR MEANS, SAID FRICTION WHEEL AND SAID SPRING MEANS RESIDING WITHIN THE SPACE BOUNDED BY THE OUTBOARD FACES OF SAID CART WHEELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 309 words
IN A GOLF CART OF THE COLLAPSIBLE TYPE HAVING A CENTRAL GOLF BAG SUPPORTING MEMBER, STRUT MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM EACH SIDE OF SAID CENTRAL MEMBER, A PAIR OF GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXLES ON SAID STRUT MEANS, CART WHEELS EACH OF WHICH IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID AXLES FOR MOVEMENT OVER GROUND SURFACES, EACH SAID STRUT MEANS BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND PIVOTALLY SECURED AT THE OTHER OF ITS ENDS TO ONE OF SAID AXLES WHEREBY SAID CART WHEELS ARE MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID STRUT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CART WHEELS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS CARRIED ON SAID CENTRAL MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LAST-MENTIONED MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID CART WHEELS IN AN EXTENDED, GROUND ENGAGING POSITION: THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING PIVOT MEANS NON-ROTATABLY SECURED TO ONE OF SAID AXLES AND HAVING A PIVOT AXIS CLOSELY ADJACENT TO AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID AXLES; MOTOR MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOT MEANS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE INBOARD FACE OF THE WHEEL WHICH IS TO BE DRIVEN AND FORWARD OF SAID STRUT MEANS; A FRICTION WHEEL ENGAGED WITH THE PERIPHERY OF ONE OF SAID WHEELS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR MEANS; SPRING MEANS URGING SAID MOTOR MEANS TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT AXIS WHEREBY SAID FRICTION WHEEL IS CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGED WITH SAID ONE OF THE CART WHEELS; AND MEANS FOR STARTING AND STOPPING SAID MOTOR MEANS WHEN DESIRED; SAID PIVOT MEANS, SAID MOTOR MEANS AND SAID FRICTION WHEEL BEING MOVABLE WITH SAID ONE AXLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CENTRAL MEMBER; SAID PIVOT MEANS, AND MOTOR MEANS, SAID FRICTION WHEEL AND SAID SPRING MEANS RESIDING WITHIN THE SPACE BOUNDED BY THE OUTBOARD FACES OF SAID CART WHEELS.

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