Golf club bag support mechanisms and related methods

A method for providing a golf bag support mechanism, the method comprising:

• providing a bracket comprising:
• a bracket wall comprising an outer bracket side and an inner bracket side opposite the outer bracket side;
• and
• a first dock adjacent to the outer bracket side of the bracket wall, the first dock comprising a first notch extending into the outer bracket side of the bracket wall;
• and
• providing a first hinge member configured to be hingedly coupled to the first dock;
• wherein:
• providing the first hinge member comprises:
• providing a first top end;
• providing a first bottom end opposite the first top end;
• providing a first sidewall extended between the first top end and the first bottom end;
• providing a first protrusion at the first top end and comprising a stop portion;
• and
• providing a first bore bounded by the first sidewall;
• a first axis extends through a centerpoint of the first protrusion and between the first top end and the first bottom end;
• the golf bag support mechanism is configurable for a retracted configuration where:
• a retracted angle exists between the first axis and the bracket wall;
• and
• the first protrusion is decoupled from the first notch;
• and
• the golf bag support mechanism is configurable for an extended configuration where:
• an extended angle greater than the retracted angle exists between the first axis and the bracket wall;
• and
• the stop portion of the first protrusion is received at the first notch.

A golf bag comprising:

• a bag sidewall;
• first and second support legs;
• a bracket comprising:
• a bracket wall having an outer bracket side and an inner bracket side opposite the outer bracket side, the bracket wall configured to be coupled with, and substantially parallel to, the bag sidewall;
• a first dock at the outer bracket side of the bracket wall, the first dock comprising a first notch extending into the outer bracket side of the bracket wall;
• and
• a second dock at the outer bracket side of the bracket wall, the second dock comprising a second notch extending into the outer bracket side of the bracket wall;
• first and second clevis pins;
• a first hinge member configured to be hingedly coupled to the first dock by the first clevis pin;
• and
• a second hinge member configured to be hingedly coupled to the second dock by the second clevis pin;
• wherein:
• the first hinge member comprises:
• a first top end;
• a first bottom end opposite the first top end;
• a first protrusion centered at the first top end and comprising a stop portion, the stop portion being rounded and comprising one of:
• a first protrusion end of the first protrusion;
• or
• a second protrusion end of the first protrusion, the second protrusion end being opposite the first protrusion end;
• a first sidewall extended between the first top end and the first bottom end, the first sidewall comprising:
• a first sidewall end comprising a first hinge aperture;
• a second sidewall end opposite the first sidewall end, the second sidewall end comprising a second hinge aperture;
• a third sidewall end located between the first and second sidewall ends and towards the first protrusion end of the first protrusion;
• and
• a fourth sidewall end located between the first and second sidewall ends and towards the second protrusion end of the first protrusion;
• a first axis extended through a centerpoint of the first protrusion and between the first top end and the first bottom end;
• and
• a first bore bounded by the first sidewall, extended into the first bottom end towards the first top end, and centered about the first axis;
• the first dock comprises:
• a first back wall comprising the first notch;
• and
• first and second ears coupled substantially perpendicular to, and at opposite ends of, the first back wall,
• the first ear comprising a first ear aperture,
• the second ear comprising a second ear aperture;
• the first clevis pin is insertable along a hinge axis of the first hinge member into a hinge position to hinge the first hinge member with the first dock,
• the hinge position comprising the first clevis pin in the first ear aperture, the first hinge aperture, the first bore, the second hinge aperture, and the second ear aperture;
• a bottom portion of the first notch is rounded complementarily with the stop portion of the first protrusion;
• the golf bag is configurable for a retracted configuration where:
• a retracted angle exists between the first axis and the bracket wall;
• and
• the first protrusion is decoupled from the first notch;
• the golf bag is configurable for an extended configuration where:
• an extended angle greater than the retracted angle exists between the first axis and the bracket wall;
• and
• the stop portion of the first protrusion is received at the first notch;
• and
• the first hinge member is attachable to the first dock in either of:
• a first orientation wherein the third sidewall end faces the first back wall of the first dock when the golf bag is in the retracted configuration and the first protrusion end engages the first notch when the golf bag is in the extended configuration;
• or
• a second orientation wherein the fourth sidewall end faces the first back wall of the first dock when the golf bag is in the retracted configuration and the second protrusion end engages the first notch when the golf bag is in the extended configuration.