Golf equipment carrier with rotating club reducing frame

Claim 1

A golf equipment carrier comprising: a circular bottom member having a plurality of upwardly directed socket means distributed thereabout for receiving the handle ends of inverted club shafts; a circular top member having a corresponding plurality of outwardly opening club engaging means for receiving and retaining shank portions of the club shafts; a tubular member centrally interconnecting said top and bottom members and spacing said top and bottom members from one another and aligning said engaging means and said socket means thereby forming a vertically elongated club receiving frame, said tubular member extending above said top member and having an open upper end for receiving a ball retriever, additional club, umbrella or other elongated piece of golf equipment; ball holder means spaced above the top member and attached to and surrounding the tubular member, so that a ball may be accessed therefrom at a plurality of circumferential positions on the tubular member; ball holder means spaced above the top member and attached to and surrounding the tubular member, so that a ball may be accessed therefrom at a plurality of circumferential positions on the tubular member; base means for supporting said club receiving frame for rotation thereon about a generally vertical axis; and outer frame means including a plurality of vertical ribs extending upwardly from said base means at least to said top member, a platform member attached to said vertical ribs and cooperating with a portion of said top member to restrain lateral movement of said club receiving frame within said outer frame means, said outer frame means including cover means for protecting clubs supported on said club receiving frame, said outer frame means having an opening therein extending from the top thereof downwardly a substantial distance toward said bottom member whereby clubs can be inserted into and withdrawn from said club receiving frame laterally through said outer frame means.