Adjustable Wrist Stabilizer for Golf Swing Consistency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Amateur golfers often bend their wrists at impact, leading to inconsistent clubface contact and erratic ball flight due to a lack of compression, which is difficult to correct without extensive practice or private instruction.

Innovation Solution

An adjustable wrist support stabilizer that wraps around the wrist, featuring a stabilizer that moves between retracted and extended positions to prevent anterior bending, ensuring the wrist remains straight during the golf swing, thereby maintaining clubhead compression and square clubface impact.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If amateur golfers practice extensively or receive private instruction to correct wrist bending, then swing consistency and compression improve, but time and money requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveswing consistencyVSAvoidpractice time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a wrist support device as an intermediary tool between the golfer and the golf club. This device provides physical guidance and feedback to maintain proper wrist alignment during the swing, eliminating the need for extensive practice or instruction while ensuring consistent swing mechanics and proper compression at impact

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If devices are designed to help overcome flipping, then wrist alignment improves, but the devices are only suitable for practice range use and not for competitive play

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewrist alignment controlVSAvoidusage context

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The wrist support device incorporates dynamic elements that allow it to adapt to different swing phases and intensities. The device remains flexible enough for competitive play while providing necessary guidance, transitioning from rigid practice aids to versatile equipment suitable for both practice and tournament conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If the stabilizer extends to prevent wrist hinging, then wrist alignment is maintained, but the device complexity increases with multiple components

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewrist alignmentVSAvoiddevice structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wrist support device is divided into functional segments: a stabilizer component for alignment, a pocket for housing, and connection mechanisms. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall simplicity and ease of assembly

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11577138B1Adjustable wrist support stabilizer that keeps the wrist straight at impact during the golf-swing

Publication Date: 2023.02.14 RACE ERICK H

AI summary

A golf aid for preventing improper wrist bending during a golf stroke. The golf aid provides a wrist wrap with a stabilizer the moves between a retracted position and an extended position spanning the carpal bones, preventing anterior bending of the wrist of a wearer. In the retracted position, the stabilizer is housed in a pocket of the wrist wrap and does not impinge or obstruct the freedom of movement of the wrist.