Golf bag cooler kit

Claim 2

A golf bag cooler kit for carrying and cooling canned beverages; said kit comprising a belt and mounting plate assembly, and a cooler, said belt and mounting plate assembly having belt straps for training around a golf bag and means for adjustably tightening together said belt straps on said gold bag and securing same together, said cooler having compartments for receiving therein beverage cans, said belt and mounting plate assembly having a mounting plate, said cooler having a spring-clip assembly in fixed relationship therewith, said spring-clip assembly being engageable with said mounting plate to releasably lock together said spring-clip assembly and mounting plate, and to thereby releasably mount said cooler on the golf bag.

Claim 3

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said cooler has a bottom section and a top section, and wherein said bottom and top cooler sections have a cooperating hinge means for hinging together said bottom and top cooler sections.

Claim 4

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said cooler has bottom and top sections, wherein said spring-clip assembly has detent means, wherein said top cooler section has a recess, and wherein said detent means is operatively engageable with said recess to releasably lock together said top and bottom cooler sections.

Claim 5

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said spring-clip assembly comprises a bracket plate and a spring-clip, said cooler fixedly carrying said bracket plate, said bracket plate and spring clip being in pivotal mounting relationship, and said bracket plate and spring-clip having cooperating interdigitation means to releasably lock same together.

Claim 6

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 4, wherein said bracket plate and spring clip have projecting ears in operative engagement to establish such pivotal mounting relationship of said bracket plate and spring clip.

Claim 7

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said belt and mounting plate assembly has L-shaped elements, said L-shaped elements being offset from said mounting plate, said L-shaped elements having slots, said slots cooperating to receive therethrough and secure therewith said belt straps.

Claim 8

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means for adjusting and tightening together said belt straps on said golf bag comprises a belt buckle carried on one belt strap and holes in the other belt strap, said belt buckle having a tongue whose distal end is engageable with one of said holes in said other belt strap.

Claim 9

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 2, wherein said spring-clip assembly has detent means, wherein said top cooler section has a recess, and wherein said detent means is operatively engageable with said recess to releasably lock together said top and bottom cooler sections.

Claim 10

A golf bag cooler kit in accordance with claim 4, wherein said spring clip has a thumb tab upwardly and outwardly angled therefrom, said thumb tab being manipulatable to release and unlock said interdigitation means.

Claim 11

A golf bag and cooler kit in accordance with claim 1, wherein said cooler has a bottom section and a top section, said bottom and top sections have cooperating hinge means hinging together said bottom and top cooler sections, wherein said spring-clip assembly has detent means, wherein said top cooler section has a recess, said detent means being operatively engageable with said recess to releasably lock together said top and bottom cooler sections, wherein said spring-clip assembly has a bracket plate and a spring clip, said bottom cooler section fixedly carrying said bracket plate, said bracket plate and spring clip having projecting ears in operative engagement establishing pivotal mounting relationship therebetween, said bracket plate and spring clip having cooperating interdigitation means to releasably lock same together.