ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,483, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TUMI INC. (Edison, N.J.).

"Golf bag shoulder strap system" was invented by Peter Chang-Lin Wu (Great Neck, N.Y.) and Victor G. Sanz (Whitehouse Station, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf bag strap support system includes a central hub having a hub body and two articulated strap connectors secured to the hub body. The system further includes two support straps, with each support strap having a first end and a second end. The system further includes two shoulder straps, with each shoulder strap having a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends of the support strap and the shoul...