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A powered golf bag cart (10) including a frame assembly (20), a free wheel assembly (22), a drive wheel assembly (24), a power delivery assembly (26), a steering assembly (28), and a control assembly (30). For compact storage, the frame assembly (20) of the cart (10) has nestably collapsible base po

A powered golf bag cart (10) including a frame assembly (20), a free wheel assembly (22), a drive wheel assembly (24), a power delivery assembly (26), a steering assembly (28), and a control assembly (30). For compact storage, the frame assembly (20) of the cart (10) has nestably collapsible base portion (32), central portion (34), and handle portion (36). The power delivery assembly (26) includes a drive motor (128) and a power train assembly (138) for rotatably motivating the drive wheel assembly (24). In this manner all control and motive force is applied via a single ground contacting surface in the drive wheel assembly (24). The free wheel assembly (22) includes a pair of parallelogram positioners (70) which permit a left front wheel (72) and a right front wheel (74) to be selectably collapsed inward against the frame assembly (20), for even more compact storage, yet to be orientationally motivated by the steering assembly (28) under control of a user operating the control assembly (30) to steer the cart (10) during use.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A powered golf bag cart for use in conjunction with a golf bag, comprising:a collapsible frame assembly including a base portion, a central portion, and a handle portion;a power delivery assembly mounted on said frame assembly;a drive wheel assembly, depending from said frame assem

[ We claim:] [1.] A powered golf bag cart for use in conjunction with a golf bag, comprising:a collapsible frame assembly including a base portion, a central portion, and a handle portion;a power delivery assembly mounted on said frame assembly;a drive wheel assembly, depending from said frame assembly and actively coupled with said power delivery assembly so as to be turned thereby;a free wheel assembly including two opposed free wheels;a steering assembly for adjusting the orientation of said free wheel assembly with respect to said frame assembly; anduser operable control assembly means for controlling said power delivery assembly and said steering assembly, whereinsaid frame assembly is formed such that it may be folded into a compact storage mode wherein the central portion and the handle portion nest adjacent to the base portion of the frame assembly, and said free wheel assembly is formed such that it may be horizontally folded, and the golf bag cart may be expanded into a use mode wherein the portions of said frame assembly and said free wheel assembly fold outward and are secured in place.