Patent ID: 7775353

Claim:
A golf bag comprising: a main compartment including a plurality of sub-compartments, each sub-compartment being sized to receive at least one golf club; a base unit affixed at a bottom of the main compartment, the base unit including a plurality of club end receptacles sized to receive a grip end of at least one golf club; a stand mechanism cooperable with the main compartment and configured to extend when the base unit is set on a surface and to retract when the base unit is lifted from the surface; and a club lock mechanism cooperable with the stand mechanism and displaceable between a locked position and a released position, the club lock mechanism including an elastic member wound through each of the club end receptacles, wherein the club lock mechanism is displaced to the released position by action of the stand mechanism in which the elastic member is expanded when the stand mechanism is extended, and wherein the club lock mechanism is displaced to the locked position by contraction of the elastic member when the stand mechanism is retracted.