Golf bag stand

Claim 1

A GOLF BAG STAND FOR SUPPORTING A GOLF BAG HAVING A BEAD POSITIONED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE LOWER END THEREOF, WHICH COMPRISES A SPLIT BAND, ADJUSTABLE FASTENING MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE END PORTIONS OF SAID BAND FOR A SELECTED BAND CIRCUMFERENCE, A BRACE SPANNING SAID BAND TO SUPPORT THE BOTTOM OF SAID GOLF BAG, SAID BRACE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SLEEVES EXTENDING DIAMETRICALLY ACROSS SAID BAND, SAID SLEEVES EACH BEING CONNECTED TO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BANDS, SAID SLEEVES BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, THE ADJACENT INNER ENDS OF SAID SLEEVES BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO PERMIT LONGITUDINAL MOTION OF SAID SLEEVES TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, A BAR HAVING ITS INNER END SLIDABLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SLEEVES, THE OUTER END OF SAID BAR NORMALLY EXTENDING EXTERIORLY OF SAID BAND, SAID BAR NORING DISPOSED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BAND AND BEING APERTURED IN THE OUTER END THEREOF TO RECEIVE A SPIKE, A SPIKE RECEIVED IN THE APERTURE OF SAID BAR AND MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BAND FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT THROUGH SAID APERTURE, A GUIDE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BAND FOR GUIDING AXIAL MOTION OF SAID SPIKE IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BAR, A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY POSITIONED SPACED GROOVES IN THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SPIKE, A SPRING DETENT MOUNTED ON SAID BAND AND ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN SAID RESPECTIVE GROOVES, AND A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE CLIPS POSITIONED AROUND THE UPPER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID BAND, SAID CLIPS HAVING AN INWARDLY BENT PORTION AT THEIR UPPER ENDS AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ON SAID BEAD OF SAID GOLF BAG.