Abstract: Golf bag and locking club organizer in which a cover plate having openings for receiving the shafts of clubs and holding the clubs in a predetermined order is mounted to the top of the bag, with lock pieces pivotally suspended beneath the cover plate for swinging movement toward and away from the axes of the openings for blocking and permitting removal of the clubs from the bag, a lock plate engagable with the lock pieces and movable between first and second positions for selectively blocking or permitting movement of the lock pieces away from the axes of the openings, a lever connected to the lock plate and extending through an opening the cover plate for moving the lock plate between the first and second positions, and a lock bar movable into and out of engagement with the lock plate for retaining the lock plate in the position in which movement of the lock pieces away from the axes is blocked and the clubs cannot be removed from the bag.

Abstract: An orthogonal latch assembly includes a latching member 300 and a catch 400 having a first wedge shaped section 202 and a second wedge shaped section 204. The first wedge shaped section 202 enables engagement of the catch 400 with latching member 300. The second wedge shaped section 204 enables disengagement of the latching member 300 from the catch 400.