Improved golf club carrier

Abstract

A kit is provided for carrying golf clubs. The kit comprises a golf club carrier and a user interface. The golf club carrier includes two receptacles each for receiving a golf club. The golf club carrier further includes a club selection aid comprising a highlighting means, wherein the highlighting means is controlled to highlight the golf club stowed within either the first receptacle or the second receptacle. The club selection aid highlights the club by drawing a user's attention to the club. The club selection aid includes a receiver for receiving a control signal. The receiver controls the highlighting means to highlight the desired club.

1 . A kit for carrying golf clubs wherein the kit comprises:
 a golf club carrier and a club selection aid; wherein   the golf club carrier has two or more receptacles each for receiving a golf club by relative movement along a golf club's axial direction, and a rigid cover having an openable door wherein relative movement between the receptacles and openable door causes the golf club carrier to be arranged in at least two arrangements, in each arrangement access of a golf club through the openable door is provided to a different receptacle and access of a golf club to the other receptacles is prevented by the cover; and   the club selection aid is operable to cause the golf club carrier to be arranged so that a desired receptacle is accessible through the openable door and to subsequently highlight the desired golf club.   
     
     
         2 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein the club selection aid comprises a user interface having at least two selectors, wherein, each selector corresponds to one of the receptacles where a golf club will, in use, be stowed in the golf club carrier and operation of a selector is arranged to cause the club selection aid to re-arrange the golf club carrier and to highlight the corresponding club when the receptacle is ready to be accessed through the openable door. 
     
     
         3 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein the club selection aid visually alerts the user to the desired club. 
     
     
         4 . The kit of  claim 3 , wherein the club selection aid comprises an ejector that is arranged, in use, to eject a club stowed in the receptacle determined by the user interface to protrude higher than the un-selected clubs. 
     
     
         5 . The kit of  claim 4 , wherein the ejected club is raised through the openable door and abutment between the ejected club and openable door causes the openable door to open. 
     
     
         6 . The kit of  claim 5 , wherein an ejector is provided under each receptacle. 
     
     
         7 . The kit of  claim 5 , wherein two-or-more receptacles share a common ejector and relative movement between the ejector and each common receptacle enables the club within the receptacle determined by the user interface to be ejected. 
     
     
         8 . The kit of  claim 7  wherein each receptacle is arranged so that a club stowed therein is positioned on a circumferential location, the club selection aid including a rotation means to rotate either the ejector or the receptacles relative to the other in order to align the club within the receptacle determined by the user interface with the ejector. 
     
     
         9 . The kit of  claim 8 , wherein the receptacles are rotated relative to the ejector so that the desired receptacle is in a predefined location prior to ejection. 
     
     
         10 . The kit of  claim 9 , wherein the club selection aid additionally or alternatively to the ejector comprises an illumination means to alert the user to the correct club's receptacle being aligned at the predefined location. 
     
     
         11 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein each openable door is arranged to be moved from a position in which the club beneath is at least partially obscured to a position in which the club can be removed from the receptacle. 
     
     
         12 . The kit as claimed in  claim 11  in which ejection of the club is arranged to cause the movement of the cover. 
     
     
         13 . The kit of  claim 1 , wherein the golf club carrier and club selection aid are housed within a flexible bag and the flexible bag resembles known golf bags. 
     
     
         14 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A method for carrying golf clubs and comprising the steps of:
 providing a golf club carrier and a club selection aid, wherein the golf club carrier has two or more receptacles each for receiving a golf club by relative movement along a golf club's axial direction, and a rigid cover having an openable door wherein relative movement between the receptacles and openable door causes the golf club carrier to be arranged in at least two arrangements, in each arrangement access of a golf club through the openable door is provided to a different receptacle and access of a golf club to the other receptacles is prevented by the cover, the club selection aid being operable to cause the golf club carrier to be arranged so that a desired receptacle is accessible through the openable door and to subsequently highlight the desired golf club;   rearranging the golf club carrier so that a desired receptacle of the golf club carrier is accessible through the openable door;   indicating when a golf club is accessible through a desired receptacle; and   placing a golf club into or removing a golf club from the desired receptacle.   
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein the method comprising using a user interface to automatically rearrange and highlight the golf club upon operation of the user interface.