Patent ID: 6428422
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club holder ad ably supporting a golf club above a ground surface in such manner that the club has a head which contacts the surface and the club has a shaft which extends above the surface, said holder comprising:a coil spring having a horizontal axis, the spring having first and second opposite ends, each end being integrally secured to a corresponding one of first and second elongated supporting legs, said spring having a wound position at which the two legs are disposed in closely spaced vertically downwardly extending orientation and having an unwound position at which the legs extend downwardly and outwardly away from each other and define two legs of a triangle; a first vertically elongated member having a vertical slot; means manually slidable in said slot and secured to the spring, said means having a raised position in said slot at which the means places the spring in wound position and has a lowered position at which the means places the spring in unwound position, the axis of the spring being disposed at right angles to the slot; and a second elongated member having an upper end pivotally secured to the upper end of the first member and having an axially extending channel in which the club shaft can be removably snap fitted.