Adjustable Golf Tee With Flexible Stop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf tees lack mechanisms for consistent height adjustment and orthogonal insertion, leading to inconsistent performance and durability issues, resulting in waste and increased golfing costs.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable golf tee with a body and radially extending bulbous portions, featuring a flexible stop that can be securely positioned along the length to maintain consistent height and prevent the tee from being inserted too far into the ground, made from flexible materials to absorb impact without breaking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a flexible stop is added to the tee body, then manufacturing precision and consistent height are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tee body is segmented into multiple functional zones with bulbous portions at specific intervals, and the stop is as a separate removable component rather than integrated, allowing independent positioning and adjustment to achieve precise height control
Solution Approach 2:
The stop is pre-positioned on the tee body at desired height locations before use, allowing the user to set the insertion depth in advance. This preliminary positioning ensures consistent height without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms during play
2Reliability
If the tee is made from flexible materials to absorb impact, then durability is improved, but the tee may launch out of the ground when hit
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible stop acts as a cushioning element positioned before the impact zone. When the club strikes the tee, the flexible stop absorbs and dampens the impact force, preventing the rigid tee from launching out of the ground while protecting the tee body from breaking
Solution Approach 2:
The tee combines flexible material for the stop component with a more rigid material for the main body. This composite construction allows the stop to absorb impact while the body maintains structural integrity and resists launching
3Stability of the object's composition
If the stop is made rigid to prevent launching, then stability is improved, but the stop breaks when struck by the club
Solution Approach 1:
The stop is made from flexible material with specific elastic properties rather than rigid material. This parameter change allows the stop to deform elastically under impact, absorbing energy without breaking, while still providing sufficient rigidity to prevent tee launching
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The adjustable golf tee ensures consistent ball height across different clubs, prevents the tee from launching out of the ground upon impact, and reduces waste by maintaining durability and stability during repeated use.
Implementation Method 1
The flexible stop comprises a disc with a central hole passing through the disc
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable golf tee comprises a body extending from a head, a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body and spaced apart along a length of the body, and a flexible stop adjustably secured to the body between an adjacent pair of the plurality of bulbous portions. The flexible stop comprises a disc defining a central hole through which the body is configured to pass to releasably connect the flexible stop to the body.