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A device and method for converting a golf bag to a golf cart. The device has a hardside rectangular shaped main portion. The bottom is canted with a plate having a connector for a removable axle. The axle is locked but can be attached or removed as desired. The top has tubing for receiving the clubs

A device and method for converting a golf bag to a golf cart. The device has a hardside rectangular shaped main portion. The bottom is canted with a plate having a connector for a removable axle. The axle is locked but can be attached or removed as desired. The top has tubing for receiving the clubs, accessories, and the axle when detached from the connector. Wheels can be joined to the axle or else stored in internal storage compartments within the device. A cover having zippered access to the clubs extends above the device. When opened, the cover falls to the side, out of the way.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A convertible golf bag comprising:a housing having a bottom wall (28), back wall (24), front wall (26), and two spaced-apart side walls (22, 22') extending between said back wall and said front wall;plural golf club storage compartments (34, 34') located within said housing along sa

[ I claim:] [1.] A convertible golf bag comprising:a housing having a bottom wall (28), back wall (24), front wall (26), and two spaced-apart side walls (22, 22') extending between said back wall and said front wall;plural golf club storage compartments (34, 34') located within said housing along said back wall and both side walls;a zippered access opening in said housing front wall;an axle support tube (48) secured to said housing at the juncture between said bottom wall and said back wall; said support tube extending normal to said side walls;an externally accessible set screw (54) threaded into said axle support tube;an axle (38) adapted for insertion into said support tube to have an operating position wherein said axle has two exposed end portions of equal length;said axle having an abutment (40) for limiting insertional movement of the axle to its operating position, whereby said set screw can then be manually tightened to lock said axle to said support tube; andground wheels detachably mounted on the exposed end portions of said axle; andsaid ground wheels being adapted for manual insertion through said zippered access opening into stored positions within said housing; said axle being removable from said support tube for storage in said housing.