Patent ID: 7213705

Claim:
An ergonomic golf bag top and club separator comprising: a perimeter support member having a profile and periphery so as to provide optimal wood and iron separation as well as optimal ergonomic club access; a wood complex for housing wood-type golf clubs, said wood complex being vertically segregated and oriented within said perimeter support member so as to allow similar vertical segregation of wood-type golf clubs received and housed therein, said wood complex contouring to said profile and comprising a plurality of wood dividers therein to define a plurality of wood compartments along one side of the bag; an iron complex positioned within said perimeter support member for housing iron-type golf clubs, said iron complex providing a plurality of iron dividers therein to define a plurality of iron compartments; an elevated wood/iron partition separating a portion of said wood complex from a portion of said iron complex in an offset manner, said wood/iron partition comprising an elevated ridge extending from said wood complex to said iron complex, said wood/iron partition reducing contact between any iron-type golf clubs housed within said iron complex and any wood-type golf clubs housed within said wood complex, wherein an uppermost portion of said elevated wood/iron partition is positioned higher than uppermost portions of said perimeter support member located adjacent said wood complex and said iron complex and wherein said iron dividers and said wood dividers extend from said perimeter support member to said elevated wood/iron partition in an upward manner; and an elevated outer wood complex boundary located along said periphery of said wood complex and formed from a portion of said perimeter support member adjacent said wood complex, wherein a portion of said elevated outer wood complex boundary is higher than a portion of said perimeter support member adjacent said iron complex.