Patent ID: 7874425

Claim:
A golf bag comprising: a body having a generally tubular shape with a top end and a bottom end; and an automatically extensible stand mounted to the body, the automatically extensible stand comprising first and second legs; each of the first and second legs having an upper segment, an intermediate segment and a lower segment; each of the upper segments having an upper end pivotally mounted to the body proximal the top end of the body; each of the lower segments being positioned toward the bottom end of the body and offset laterally outward from a corresponding upper segment; each of the intermediate segments forming a rigid connection between the upper segment and the lower segment, each of the intermediate segments having at least two non-concentric bends; the first leg being pivotally mounted to the body by a first hinge defining a first rotational axis and a first rotational plane; the second leg being pivotally mounted to the body by a second hinge defining a second rotational axis and a second rotational plane, the first and second rotational planes being non-parallel; the automatically extensible stand further comprising an actuator rod for moving the first and second legs from a retracted position to a deployed position; the actuator rod having a lower end coupled to the bottom end of the body, a first upper end coupled to an intermediate portion of the first leg, and a second upper end coupled to an intermediate portion of the second leg, whereby the actuator operates to move the first and second legs from the retracted position to the deployed position as the body is tilted from a vertical position to a leaning position.