Adjustable Golf Putting Training Device with Guide Pins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf putting training devices are often cumbersome, expensive, or limited in their ability to effectively train the golf putting swing due to their design and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A golf putting training device with a body comprising two elongate portions joined by a center arcuate recess, featuring guide pins and adjustable difficulty settings, allowing for customizable training by forming a channel that accommodates different skill levels and providing visual feedback and muscle memory training.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional putting training devices use electronics and lasers, then training precision and feedback are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential training function from complex electronic systems and implements it through simple mechanical guide pins and alignment features. The guide pins provide tactile feedback and visual alignment without requiring electronics, lasers, or power sources, thereby maintaining training precision while eliminating device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses inexpensive, simple materials such as plastic or metal guide pins, mounting brackets, and alignment features instead of expensive electronic components. These simple mechanical elements can be easily manufactured and replaced if needed, providing cost-effective training functionality without the high cost of electronic systems.
2Measurement precision
If conventional putting training devices use electronics and lasers, then training feedback is improved, but expense increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs low-cost mechanical components including guide pins, mounting brackets, and alignment features that can be manufactured from inexpensive materials like plastic or metal. These components provide effective training feedback through tactile and visual cues without requiring expensive electronic systems, lasers, or power sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The training device provides self-contained mechanical feedback through guide pins and alignment features that require no external power sources, electronics, or complex systems. The device serves itself through pure mechanical interaction, eliminating the need for batteries, motors, sensors, or electronic feedback systems.
3Device complexity
If conventional putting training devices use a short physical guide, then device simplicity is maintained, but training effectiveness is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements adjustability through multiple mounting brackets positioned at different locations and angles, allowing guide pins to be repositioned to match various putting stroke types and difficulty levels. This dynamic reconfigurability enables the simple mechanical device to adapt to different training needs, stroke styles, and skill levels without adding electronic complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into separate modular components including multiple mounting brackets, guide pins, and alignment features that can be independently positioned and configured. This segmentation allows flexible arrangement of training elements to accommodate different putting styles and difficulty levels while maintaining overall device simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A golf putting training device is described. In some implementations, the golf putting training device comprises a body having a first elongate portion and a second elongate portion that are joined by a center portion having an arcuate recess at a proximate end of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion, with the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion forming a channel that has the arcuate recess at a proximate end and an opening at a distal end. The golf putting training device further comprises two guide pins, with each of the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion including a first mounting aperture pair disposed near a proximate end and a second mounting aperture pair disposed near a distal end, as well as one or more guide aperture pairs, each pair constructed to receive the two guide pins.