Golf bag stand

Claim 2

A golf bag stand adapted to be attached to a golf bag having a pan providing an outstanding upwardly facing shoulder adjacent to the bottom of the bag and an upper rim, said stand comprising a telescopic, hollow body having means at the upper end of the body engageable with said rim of said bag and a base engageable beneath the pan of said bag, said base including a flexible band adapted to encircle the pan of the bag and having releasable latch means for securing said band about the pan of said bag, said band having at its upper edge in-turned flange means engageable with said shoulder of said pan, reciprocable spike means shiftable in said body between a retracted position and a position which said spike means extends outwardly from said body for insertion into the ground to hold said stand in an upright position, and means for moving said spike means between said positions.

Claim 3

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said in-turned flange means comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced flange sections, adjacent flange sections being separated by notches whereby said band is adapted to encircle the pan of the bag.

Claim 4

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for actuating said spike means between said positions includes a foot pedal connected to said spike means within said body, said body having an elongated slot and said foot pedal means extending outwardly from said body through said slot, and a coil spring within said body and engaged between said foot pedal and said base.

Claim 5

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said base comprises a plate, said plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, and means connecting the lower end of said body to said boss.

Claim 6

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said base comprises a plate, said plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, and means connecting the lower end of said body to said boss, including an indentation in said boss and a deformed portion in said body engaged in said indentation.

Claim 7

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said base comprises a plate, said plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, and means connecting the lower end of said body to said boss, including an indentation in said boss and a deformed portion in said body engaged in said indentation, said body having a guide bushing therein spaced from said boss through which said spike means is reciprocable, said bushing having an indEntation, and said body having a portion deformed into said indentation.

Claim 8

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for actuating said spike means between said positions includes a foot pedal connected to said spike means within said body, said body having an elongated slot and said foot pedal means extending outwardly from said body through said slot, and a coil spring within said body and engaged between said foot pedal and said base, said base comprising a plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, said body and said boss having means connecting an end of said body to said boss, and said spring means comprising a coiled compression spring seating at one end on said boss and at the other end against said foot pedal.

Claim 9

A golf bag stand adapted to be attached to a golf bag having a pan and an upper rim, said stand comprising a telescopic, hollow body having means at the upper end of the body engageable with said rim of said bag and a base engageable beneath the pan of said bag, said base including a flexible band adapted to encircle the pan of the bag and having releasable latch means for securing said band about the pan of said bag, reciprocable spike means shiftable in said body between a retracted position and a position which said spike means extends outwardly from said body for insertion into the ground to hold said stand in an upright position, and means for moving said spike means between said positions, said base comprising a plate, said plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, means connecting the lower end of said body to said boss, and said means for actuating said spike means between said positions includes a foot pedal connected to said spike means in said body, said body having an elongated slot through which said foot pedal projects outwardly from said body, and a coil spring within said body and engaged between said foot pedal and said boss for retracting said spike means.

Claim 10

A golf bag stand adapted to be attached to a golf bag having a pan and an upper rim, said stand comprising a telescopic, hollow body having means at the upper end of the body engageable with said rim of said bag and a base engageable beneath the pan of said bag, said base including a flexible band adapted to encircle the pan of the bag and having releasable latch means for securing said band about the pan of said bag, reciprocable spike means shiftable in said body between a retracted position and a position which said spike means extends outwardly from said body for insertion into the ground to hold said stand in an upright position, and means for moving said spike means between said positions, said base comprising a plate, said plate having a boss upstanding thereon, said boss having an opening for movement of said spike means through said boss, means connecting the lower end of said body to said boss, and said means for actuating said spike means between said positions includes a foot pedal connected to said spike means in said body, said body having an elongated slot through which said foot pedal projects outwardly from said body, and a coil spring within said body and engaged between said foot pedal and said boss for retracting said spike means.

Claim 11

A golf bag stand as defined in claim 1, said boss having a bracket upstanding thereon and having vertical slots, said band extending through said slots, and said slots having a length greater than the height of said band to enable said inturned flange means to engage the upwardly facing shoulder of pans of different heights.