Unitary club retainer for golf bags

Claim 1

A unitary golf bag head (25) for suspending playing clubs (43) in upright inverted predetermined arrangements, said clubs each having a shaft (41) with a blade (42) extending laterally from one end thereof, said head comprising: a body member (26) having front and back sides and adapted to fit into the upper open end of said bag; a plurality of ribs (35, 36, 37) integral with and subdividing the upper surface of said member (26) into a plurality of alternately spaced surface segment levels (44, 45, 46) each extending rearwardly from the base line of the adjacent rib; said ribs and segment levels each being stepped forwardly and downwardly relative to the head; said body member (26) having a row of passageways (33) extending downwardly therethrough from points disposed rearwardly adjacent the base line of each of said stepped levels, to thereby permit said club blades (42) to be vertically supported upon the ribs in substantially parallel forwardly projecting positions while the respective club shafts are laterally confined in said passageways, and means for releasably attaching said supported blades upon said ribs, wherein said ribs are made of resilient material, and wherein the attaching means for said blades includes V-shaped notches in the upper side of ribs, the angularity between the opposite faces of said blade being less than the angularity between the inner opposed faces of said notches to thereby cause the resilient walls of the notches to laterally clamp the opposite faces of said blade at the notch apices.