Portable golf club carrier and support

A portable, collapsible device for supporting and retaining a plurality of golf clubs and capable of being stored in a conventional golf bag, comprising:

• a) a pair of downwardly extending, planar leg support members, each having a top and bottom portion, pivotally engaged with each other to form an axis along the top portions thereof, the bottom portion of each leg support member having contoured means for resting upon a ground surface when said device is deployed thereon;
• b) a handle pivotally and operatively engaged with said leg support members along the axis of the top portions of said leg support members;
• c) a pair of retention clips joined to the outer surface of each leg support member for detachably receiving and securing the shaft of a golf club to said device;
• d) means for removably retaining a golf ball;
• and
• e) means for removably retaining a golf tee;
• whereby
• i) said leg support members are movable between a collapsed position wherein they are adjacent to each other, and a predetermined deployed position wherein they are in a triangular relationship with said ground surface;
• ii) said handle comprises means for maintaining said leg support members at said predetermined deployed position when said device is rested on said ground surface;
• and
• iii) said leg support members and the shaft of said golf club form a tripod.

A portable, collapsible device for supporting and retaining a plurality of golf clubs and capable of being stored in a conventional golf bag, comprising:

• a) a pair of downwardly extending, planar leg support members, each having a top and bottom portion, pivotally engaged with each other by means of a vertically extending hinge disposed along the top portions thereof, said hinge having an opening therein and adapted to receive a pin therethrough about which said leg support members pivot to and from a collapsed position, wherein they are adjacent to each other, and a predetermined deployed position, wherein they are in a triangular relationship with a ground surface when rested thereon, the bottom portion of each leg support member comprising contoured means for resting upon said ground surface when said device is deployed thereon;
• b) a handle comprising transverse upper and lower parallel members connected by side members, said lower member being pivotally and operatively engaged with and along the axis of said pin by means of an opening that is transversely disposed through a solid core portion within said lower member for receiving said pin, said solid core portion having a bottom surface for butting against said top portion of each leg support member to maintain said leg support members at their predetermined deployed position;
• c) a pair of retention clips joined to the outer surface of each leg support member for detachably receiving and securing the shaft of a golf club to said device;
• d) means for removably retaining a plurality of golf balls comprising an open ended cylindrical housing comprising a pair of opposing and inwardly turned flexible flanges at each open end of said housing for permitting insertion and retention of said golf balls within said housing;
• and
• e) means for removably retaining a plurality of golf tees comprising a rectangular plate having a plurality of openings therethrough that is adapted in size and shape to receive said golf tees, a longitudinal edge of said plate being horizontally disposed and fixed to the outer surface of said cylindrical housing of said means for retaining a plurality of golf balls;
• whereby said leg support members and the shaft of said golf club form a tripod.