Patent ID: 8066119

Claim:
Auxiliary golf club holder comprising: a middle rigid tubular member; a right side rigid tube member; a left side rigid tube member; two side mounted pivot members; a rigid bag retaining finger; a rigid tube retaining top plate; a rigid bottom plate; a top plate to bottom plate hinge; a pivotable carry and locking handle; a compression spring; a spring guide post; a spring retainer member; said tubular members each having a lower end closure cap; said tubular members each capable of removably retaining a standard golf club shaft; said tubular members held together by side mounted pivot members so that when said right and left tubular members are pivoted, the three said tubular members form a stable tripod configuration; said tube retaining top plate attached to the front of said bottom plate by said top plate to bottom plate hinge; said bottom plate fixedly and perpendicularly attached to said middle tube member; said bag retaining finger fixedly and perpendicularly attached in a downward direction to said top plate; said spring guide fixedly attached to the underside of said top plate and penetrating through an aperture in said bottom plate; said spring captured between the underside of said bottom plate and said spring retainer member located at the distal end of said spring guide post; said bottom plate including a pivot shaft that engages the pivot portion of said locking handle; said locking handle including an integral top extension tip that can slidably engage the underside of said top plate so that when said locking handle is swung down, said extension tip causes said top plate to be pushed up and said attached locking finger to be pulled in; and said pulling in of said finger causing said auxiliary golf club holder to be frictionally attached to a standard golf club bag.