US Patent Issued to Acushnet on Dec. 30 for "Golf bag having lightweight top frame with three-dimensional printed structures" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,482, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Golf bag having lightweight top frame with three-dimensional printed structures" was invented by Ian Burgess (Tiverton, R.I.), Stephanie L. Howard (Boston), Duane Marshall (East Greenwich, R.I.), Brian R. Poirier (Portsmouth, R.I.), Benjamin J. Beck (Boston), Ryan Donovan (Newton, Mass.), Jonathan Mark Liston (Somerville, Mass.) and Michael T. McDuffee (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to golf bags having a lightweight and durable top frame assembly. The lightweight top frame assembly can have handle and leg s...