Arrangement for transporting golf bags and the like within a motor vehicle

• US 6,276,583 B1
• Filed: 10/22/1999
• Issued: 08/21/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: FCA US LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Daimler Chrysler Corporation (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Tourneur, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brevard, Maerena W.
• Application Number:
  US09/426,166
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 224/542, 224/539, 224/925, 280/DIG.5, 280/DIG.6, 248/96
• US Class Current: 224/542
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

An arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags within a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a rear storage area partially defined by first and second laterally spaced apart sides. The arrangement includes a lower mounting member and an upper mounting member. The lower mounting member is removably attached to the motor vehicle. The lower mounting member includes a corresponding plurality of recesses. Each of the plurality of recesses is adapted for receiving a lower end of one of the plurality of golf bags and is defined by a generally planar surface and an arcuate surface. The generally planar surface is angled from the horizontal and generally perpendicular to the arcuate surface. The upper mounting member includes a first end and a second end. The arrangement further includes first and second attachment members secured to the first and second laterally spaced apart sides. The first and second attachment members both define a generally upwardly facing opening removably receiving the first and second ends of the upper mounting member, respectively. The upper mounting member is forwardly spaced from the lower mounting member.

Claims

1. In a motor vehicle having a rear storage area partially defined by first and second laterally spaced apart sides, an arrangement for transporting a golf bag therein, the arrangement comprising:

a lower mounting member disposed adjacent to a floor of the motor vehicle, said lower mounting member defining at least one recess sized to receive a lower end of the golf bag;

said recess defined by a generally planar surface and an arcuate surface, said generally planar surface being angled from the horizontal and generally perpendicular to the arcuate surface.

2. The arrangement for transporting a golf bag of claim 1, wherein said recess has a substantially half-circle shape.

3. The arrangement for transporting a golf bag of claim 2, wherein said lower mounting member is directly supported on the floor of the motor vehicle.

4. The arrangement for transporting a golf bag of claim 1, further comprising an upper mounting member defining at least one recess sized to receive an upper end of the golf bag.

5. The arrangement for transporting a golf bag of claim 4, wherein, said upper mounting member is forwardly spaced from said lower mounting member.

6. The arrangement for transporting a golf bag of claim 4, further comprising first and second attachment members secured to the first and second laterally spaced apart sides, respectively, said first and second attachment members both defining a generally upwardly facing opening removably receiving first and second ends of said upper mounting member, respectively.

7. In a motor vehicle having a rear storage area partially defined by first and second laterally spaced apart sides, an arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags therein, the arrangement comprising:

a lower mounting member disposed adjacent to a floor of the motor vehicle, said lower mounting member including a corresponding plurality of recesses each sized to receive a lower end of one of the plurality of golf bags;

wherein each recess of said plurality of recesses is defined by a generally planar surface and an arcuate surface, said generally planar surface being angled from the horizontal and generally perpendicular to the arcuate surface.

8. The arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags of claim 7, wherein each recess has a substantially half-circle shape.

9. The arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags of claim 7, wherein said lower mounting member is directly supported on the floor of the motor vehicle.

10. The arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags of claim 7, further comprising an upper mounting member defining at least one recess sized to receive an upper end of the golf bag.

11. The arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags of claim 10, wherein, said upper mounting member is forwardly spaced from said lower mounting member.

12. The arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags of claim 10, further comprising first and second attachment members secured to the first and second laterally spaced apart sides, respectively, said first and second attachment members both defining a generally upwardly facing opening removably receiving first and second ends of said upper mounting member, respectively.

13. In a motor vehicle having a rear storage area partially defined by first and second laterally spaced apart sides, an arrangement for transporting a plurality of golf bags therein, the arrangement comprising:

a lower mounting member removably attached to the motor vehicle, said lower mounting member including a corresponding plurality of recesses for receiving a lower end of each of the plurality of golf bags, each recess of said plurality of recesses defined by a generally planar surface and an arcuate surface, said generally planar surface being angled from the horizontal and generally perpendicular to the arcuate surface;

an upper mounting member including a first end and a second end; and

first and second attachment members secured to the first and second laterally spaced apart sides, respectively, said first and second attachment members both defining a generally upwardly facing opening removably receiving said first and second ends of said upper mounting member, respectively;

said upper mounting member being forwardly spaced from said lower mounting member.