Adjustable Telescoping Golf Training Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf training devices lack mobility, compactness, and cost-effectiveness, making them difficult for golfers to practice and improve their stance, alignment, and body turn at various locations.
Innovation Solution
A planar quadrilateral-shaped adjustable frame with vertically extendable sway bars that can be easily set up, broken down, and transported, allowing golfers to establish a proper stance and prevent sway during a golf swing, while being easy to manufacture and affordable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional golf training devices are used, then alignment and stance guidance is provided, but mobility and compactness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The training device is divided into multiple telescoping linear members that can be independently adjusted and collapsed. Each member can be extended to provide alignment guidance or collapsed to reduce overall device size for easy transport and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates telescoping linear members with adjustable lengths that can dynamically change configuration. The members extend to provide proper stance and alignment guidance during training, then collapse to a compact form for mobility and portability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If fixed-frame training devices are used, then stable reference structure is provided, but adaptability to different stances and locations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure uses telescoping linear members that can be adjusted to different lengths and configurations. This allows the device to maintain a stable reference structure when extended for training, while adapting to various golfer stances and practice locations through dynamic reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable frame design provides universal applicability across different golfers and practice scenarios. The same device can adapt to various stance widths, alignment requirements, and location constraints through its telescoping and reconfigurable linear members.
3Measurement precision
If complex training devices are used, then comprehensive swing analysis is provided, but ease of manufacture and cost-effectiveness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses simple segmented telescoping linear members rather than complex integrated mechanisms. Each member is a straightforward mechanical component that can be manufactured independently using standard fabrication processes, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while maintaining positioning precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescoping linear members provide self-aligning and self-supporting functionality. The mechanical design allows the structure to maintain its shape and provide reference guidance without requiring complex active control systems or sophisticated manufacturing processes.
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AI summary
A golf training device comprised of a planar quadrilateral-shaped adjustable frame having vertically extendable sway bars that assists a golfer to establish a proper stance and “body turn” during a golf swing is disclosed. The device can be easily setup and transported to permit repetitive use, is relatively easy to manufacture, and cost-effective. The adjustable frame, designed to be placed on the ground, consists of a first pair of linear telescoping members coupled at each end by a second pair of linear telescoping members, thereby allowing the user to expand the adjustable frame to increase or decrease the total square area of the frame according to the preferences and stance of the golfer. Furthermore, each top side of the first pair of linear members include vertically extendable sway bars to alert the golfer if he/she is “swaying” rather than turning on the back swing or follow-through.