Front-folding golf cart

• US 10,577,003 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2018
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Wang
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Walters, John D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Triggs, James J
• Application Number:
  US16/131,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20190315383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/404 Golf articles, e.g. golfbags
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/20 Catches; Locking or releasing an articulation
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/02 involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/022 folding down the body to the wheel carriage or by retracting projecting parts collapsible containers B65D, e.g. B65D7/24, B65D9/12, B65D11/18
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/12 characterised by three-wheeled construction

Abstract

A front-folding golf cart may include a main rod, a handle, and a front wheel assembly rotatably attached to an end of the main rod. The rotation of the front wheel assembly, from an extended to retracted position, may occur in a forward-and-upward direction. The front wheel assembly may include a front wheel fork having a front wheel mounted thereto, a support chassis extending from the end of the main rod to a connecting portion of the front wheel fork, and a locking mechanism positioned therebetween at the connecting portion. The front wheel fork may fixedly attach to the support chassis, while the connection between the main rod and the supporting chassis may be capable of adjusting in situ. A lower bracket may attach to the support chassis. The front-folding golf cart may further include two rear wheels respectively connected to the main rod through two foldable rear wheel frames.

Claims

1. A front-folding golf cart comprising:

a main rod having a first end and a second end;

a handle rotatably attached to the first end of the main rod;

a front wheel assembly rotatably attached to the second end of the main rod, the front wheel assembly further comprising a front wheel fork having a front wheel mounted thereto;

a support chassis extending from the second end of the main rod to the front wheel fork; and

a locking mechanism positioned therebetween;

a lower bracket connected to the support chassis, the lower bracket being configured to secure a bottom portion of a golf bag; and

two rear wheels respectively connected to the main rod through two rear wheel frames;

wherein rotation of the front wheel assembly, from an extended position to a retracted position, occurs in a clockwise direction.

2. The front-folding golf cart of claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises:

a support insert slidably receivable within a frame of the support chassis, the support insert having one end thereof fixed to the front wheel fork;

at least one mounting groove formed on a surface of the support insert;

an elastic member positioned within the mounting groove; and

a lever operatively connected to the support insert.

3. The front-folding golf cart of claim 1, wherein the front wheel fork is substantially U-shaped.

4. The front-folding golf cart of claim 1, wherein the handle rotates in a direction toward the rear wheels.

5. The front-folding golf cart of claim 2, wherein the elastic member comprises a spring.