Golf bag with a top end with improved partitions

Abstract

A golf bag including an elongated body for receiving golf clubs and a top end member through which golf clubs are inserted into and removed from said elongated body, the golf bag being characterised by a tilting plane and a tilting direction along which said elongated body is generally tilted when the golf bag is being supported on its supporting stand or when said golf bag is being shoulder-carried in the ordinary course of usage, the top end member includes partitioning means and a collar portion surrounding said partitioning means, the partitioning means include a plurality of catch portions which are formed by a corresponding plurality of bifurcated catch members, said bifurcated catch member includes a first branch member and a second branch member which are convergent towards each other and form the catch portion between the convergent ends of said first branch member and the second branch member, said catch portions of the plurality of catch members being disposed so that, when said golf bag is being tilted generally along the tilting plane and along said tilting direction, the catch portions generally move along said tilting plane and the tilting direction in advance of the remaining portions of said bifurcated catch members and the shaft portion of a golf club received within a compartment defined by the bifurcated members will generally rest on said catch portions due to gravity.

1 . A golf bag including an elongated body for receiving golf clubs and a top end member through which golf clubs are inserted into and removed from said elongated body, said golf bag being characterised by a tilting plane and a tilting direction along which said elongated body is generally tilted when said golf bag is being supported on its supporting stand or when said golf bag is being shoulder-carried in the ordinary course of usage, said top end member includes partitioning means and a collar portion surrounding said partitioning means, said partitioning means include a plurality of catch portions which are formed by a corresponding plurality of bifurcated catch members, said bifurcated catch member includes a first branch member and a second branch member which are convergent towards each other and form said catch portion between the convergent ends of said first branch member and said second branch member, said catch portions of said plurality of catch members being disposed so that, when said golf bag is being tilted generally along said tilting plane and along said tilting direction, said catch portions generally move along said tilting plane and said tilting direction in advance of the remaining portions of said bifurcated catch members and the shaft portion of a golf club received within a compartment defined by said bifurcated members will generally rest on said catch portions due to gravity.  
     
     
         2 . A golf bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said first and second branch members of said plurality of said bifurcated catch members being generally convergent towards planes which are parallel to said tilting plane.  
     
     
         3 . A golf bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said catch portion of said bifurcated catch member being a generally V-shaped trough with said first and second bifurcated branch members forming the sides of said V-shaped trough.  
     
     
         4 . A golf bag according to  claim 3 , wherein said V-shaped troughs are generally aligned with their vertices pointing along said tilting direction.  
     
     
         5 . A golf bag according to  claim 3 , wherein all said V-shaped troughs on said partitioning means are generally disposed so that the bifurcated arms of said V-shaped troughs are convergent towards said titling plane and along said tilting direction.  
     
     
         6 . A golf bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of bifurcated catch members are integrally moulded together in an interlocking manner, said bifurcated catch members being disposed with their respective first and second branch members convergent towards said tilting plane and along said tilting direction.  
     
     
         7 . A golf bag according to  claim 6 , wherein a plurality of partitioning compartments are defined by said plurality of bifurcated catch members such that the first branch member and the second branch member of a bifurcated catch member form the partial periphery of two adjacent partitioning compartments.  
     
     
         8 . A golf bag according to  claim 6 , wherein said partitioning means include a plurality of partitioning compartments, said partitioning compartment being surrounded by at least four side walls, wherein two of said side walls being formed by the first and second branch members of a catch member and the remaining side walls being formed by the branch members of catch members immediately adjacent to said partitioning compartment.  
     
     
         9 . A golf bag according to  claim 8 , wherein said side walls of said partitioning compartment being generally being quadrilateral with one of the diagonal generally parallel to said tilting direction.  
     
     
         10 . A golf bag according to  claim 8 , wherein the side walls of said partitioning compartment being generally rhombic with one of the diagonals being generally parallel to said tilting direction.  
     
     
         11 . A golf bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said partitioning means include a plurality of partitioning compartments of generally rhombic shape such that one of the diagonals of said generally rhombic-shaped partitioning compartments being generally parallel to said tilting plane or said tilting direction.  
     
     
         12 . A golf bag according to  claim 11 , wherein said first branch member and said second branch member of a bifurcated catch member being adjacent to the diagonal of said generally rhombic-shaped partitioning compartment which is generally parallel to said tilting plane or said tilting direction.  
     
     
         13 . A golf bag according to  claim 1 , wherein said tilting plane and said titling direction being different when said golf bag is being rested on its supporting stand and when said golf bag is being shoulder-carried in the ordinary course of usage, said golf bag being characterised by a first set and a second set of tilting planes and titling directions corresponding respectively to the conditions when said golf bag is being rested on its supporting stand or when said golf bag is being shoulder-carried, said portioning means include a plurality of partitioning compartments including a plurality of bifurcated pairs of catch members, said bifurcated pairs of catch members defining a corresponding plurality of catch portions which are disposed so that when said golf bag is titled along any of said first or said second said of tilting planes or tilting directions, the shaft portion of a golf club received within a partitioning compartment will generally rest on one of said catch portions due to gravity.  
     
     
         14 . A top end member of a golf bag, said top end member includes partitioning means and a collar member surrounding said partitioning means, said collar member being generally oval-shaped with a major axis, said partitioning means include a plurality of catch portions which are formed by a corresponding plurality of bifurcated catch members, said bifurcated catch member includes a first branch member and a second branch member which are convergent towards each other and form said catch portion between the convergent ends of said first branch member and said second branch member, said first branch member and said second branch member being generally convergent towards a direction which is substantially parallel to said major axis.  
     
     
         15 . A top end member according to  claim 14 , wherein said catch portion of said bifurcated catch member being a generally V-shaped trough with said first and second bifurcated branch members forming the sides of said V-shaped trough.  
     
     
         16 . A top end member according to  claim 15 , wherein said V-shaped troughs are generally aligned with their vertices pointing along said major axis.  
     
     
         17 . A top end member according to  claim 15 , wherein all said V-shaped troughs on said partitioning means are disposed so that the bifurcated arms of said V-shaped troughs are generally convergent towards a direction parallel to said major axis.  
     
     
         18 . A golf bag including a top end member of  claim 14 .  
     
     
         19 . A golf bag including a top end member of  claim 15 .  
     
     
         20 . A golf bag including a top end member of  claim 16.