Golf club bag support mechanisms and related methods

A golf bag support mechanism comprising:

• 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;
• and
• a first hinge member configured for hinged coupling with the first dock;
• wherein:
• the first hinge member
• comprises:
• a first top end;
• a first bottom end opposite the first top end;
• a first sidewall extended between the first top end and the first bottom end;
• a first protrusion protruding from the first top end and comprising a stop portion;
• and a first bore bounded by the first sidewall;
• a first axis extends between the first top end and the first bottom end of the first hinge member;
• the first bore is centered about the first axis;
• the first dock comprises a first notch extending into the outer bracket side of the bracket wall;
• the first dock comprises:
• a first back wall comprising the first notch;
• and
• a plurality of reinforcing ribs, wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs are integral with the first dock;
• first and second ears coupled substantially perpendicular to, and at opposite ends of, the first back wall;
• the first ear comprises a first ear aperture;
• the second ear comprises a second ear aperture;
• a first clevis pin configured to hinge the first hinge member to the first dock;
• the first clevis pin comprises:
• a head end portion comprising a clevis head;
• and
• an insertion end portion configured to protrude out of the second ear aperture when the clevis pin is in a hinge position;
• the insertion end portion is devoid of a retention mechanism;
• and a maximum thickness of the insertion end portion is complementary to aperture dimensions of each of the first and second ear apertures and a first and second hinge apertures;
• wherein:
• the plurality of reinforcing ribs are substantially parallel with the top wall;
• and
• the first hinge member comprises:
• a first sidewall end of the first sidewall, the first sidewall end comprising the first hinge aperture;
• and
• a second sidewall end of the first sidewall and opposite the first sidewall end, the second sidewall end comprising the second hinge aperture;
• and
• the first clevis pin is insertable along a hinge axis of the first hinge member into the 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,
• wherein an inner end of the first bore of the first hinge member comprises a first and second fingers protruding therefrom;
• and
• the first clevis pin comprises a first groove between the head end portion and the insertion end portion and at least partially circumscribing the first clevis pin;
• a distance between the first and second fingers is:
• complementary with a thickness of the first clevis pin at the first groove;
• and less than a thickness of the first clevis pin adjacent to either side of the first groove;
• and
• the first and second fingers are configured to straddle the first groove when the first clevis pin is in the hinge position to restrict the clevis pin from sliding out of the hinge position;
• and
• the first and second fingers comprise a flexible material;
• and
• the golf bag support mechanism is configurable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration;
• and
• when the golf bag support mechanism is in the extended configuration:
• an extended angle exists between the first axis and the bracket wall;
• and
• the stop portion of the first protrusion is received at least partially within the first notch.