Apparatus indicating an absent golf club

• US 4,042,918 A
• Filed: 05/04/1976
• Issued: 08/16/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles B. Klitzman
• Original Assignee: Charles B. Klitzman
• Inventors: Klitzman, Charles B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Application Number:
  US05/683,165
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 340/280, 150/1.5 R, 150/1.5 A, 150/1.5 B, 150/1.5 C, 273/32 E, 200/61.41, 200/61.59
• US Class Current: 340/568.6
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2055/402 Warning devices for indicating missing golf clubs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 55/30 Bags with wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 55/40 Bags with partitions or club holders
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

The described apparatus provides an alarm if a golf club is removed from a bag, and not replaced. The apparatus can be arranged to activate an alarm when a golf club is removed, and to de-activate the alarm when the club is returned. Alternatively, the apparatus can be arranged to condition the alarm when the golf club is removed, and to thereafter activate the alarm if the club is not returned and the bag subsequently moved.

Claims

1. Apparatus for a golf bag to indicate the absence of a golf club, comprising:

power supply means;

alarm means; and

switch means coupling said power supply means and said alarm means in series circuit;

and wherein said switch means includes a body section having a plurality of elongated passageways through which golf clubs are inserted into and removed from said bag and a control switch located within each of said passageways to be actuated to a first condition when a golf club is inserted into said bag and to be actuated to a second condition when a golf club is removed from said bag.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said control switches are operative to actuate said switch means to an open circuit condition when all golf clubs are inserted into the golf bag, and to actuate said switch means to a closed circuit condition when one or more golf clubs are removed from said bag.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said alarm means provides a visual indication when said switch means is actuated to a closed circuit condition.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said alarm means provides an audible indication when said switch means is actuated to a closed circuit condition.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 for use with a golf bag having an open end, wherein said switch means comprises a first adapter configured to seat within said open end to permit the insertion of golf clubs into said bag and the removal of golf clubs therefrom, and wherein said power supply means and alarm means are situated within a second adapter configured to be affixed to an outside section of said golf bag.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein there is also included a control switch in series circuit connection with said switch means and wherein said control switch is actuable to a first or second position, to respectively enable or inhibit said power supply means to activate said alarm when said switch means is in a closed circuit condition.

7. An adapter for holding clubs separate in a golf bag, comprising a plurality of elongated passageways through which golf clubs are inserted into and removed from said bag, and a plurality of control switches individually associated with respective ones of said elongated passageways, and within said passageways, to be actuated to a first switch condition when a golf club is inserted into said bag and to be actuated to a second switch condition when a golf club is removed from said bag.