Nicholas P Gilbert

US Patent:

6415502, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

May 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/567923

Inventors:

Frank D. Gunshinan - Glendale AZ
Nicholas Gilbert - Glendale AZ

Assignee:

Karsten Manufacturing Corporation - Phoenix AZ

International Classification:

B23P 2100

US Classification:

29714, 29712, 2940701, 29271, 33508, 33645

Abstract:

An apparatus for receiving a golf club and positioning the head of the club and holding it in a predetermined position and providing a visual indication of that position at a location proximate the extending end of the golf club shaft so that an installer can properly align a grip that is to be installed on the shaft of the club. The apparatus includes a golf club holding mechanism, a club head positioning device, a club head position indicator, an aligner mechanism and a circuit by which the installer controls and monitors the operation of the apparatus.

US Patent:

63151162, Nov 13, 2001

Filed:

Aug 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/632101

Inventors:

Gregory M. Suggs - Phoenix AZ
Nicholas Gilbert - Glendale AZ
Gregory J. Schmidt - Glendale AZ

Assignee:

Karsten Manufacturing Corp. - Phoenix AZ

International Classification:

A63B 5500

US Classification:

2063155

Abstract:

A golf bag having a seat assembly upon which a golfer may sit to rest. When the golfer desires to sit down, a specially configured storage pocket is opened, and a generally U-shaped support rod is moved from a retracted position to an extended position so that a foldable seat, preferably made of fabric, is in a taut stretched condition adjacent a top end of the storage pocket. The foldable seat is attached to a bight portion of the generally U-shaped support rod and is in a folded condition when the support rod is in its retracted position.