Belt-Mounted Retractable Golf Putting Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf putting practice devices are cumbersome, difficult to assemble, and uncomfortable to use, leading to discouragement among players, as they require multiple pieces and restrictive wear, which hinders effective practice and improvement in putting strokes.
Innovation Solution
A portable, lightweight, and adaptable guiding device with a fastening module attached to the user's belt, featuring a retractable extendible arm and objective module, allowing for adjustable angle and length, providing both visual and tactile guidance for maintaining proper putting stroke technique without assembly or restrictive wear.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional mechanical guiding devices are used to teach proper putting stroke technique, then guiding function is provided, but the device becomes heavy and hard to assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two separate modules: a fastening module that attaches to the belt and an objective module that attaches to the putter. This segmentation allows each module to be simple and lightweight individually, while together they provide the complete guiding function. The fastening module contains the belt attachment and adjustable arm mechanism, while the objective module contains the target indicator, separating functions to reduce complexity of each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding function is transferred from a ground-based external guide to a body-worn portable system. The adjustable arm extends from the belt fastening module to position the objective module in three-dimensional space near the putting stroke path, allowing the guiding function to move with the player rather than requiring assembly on the ground.
2Measurement precision
If external guides with multiple pieces are used to provide stroke guidance, then guiding accuracy is improved, but the device complexity increases requiring assembly in situ
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening module and objective module are designed to connect through a simple interface that aligns automatically. The adjustable arm incorporates telescopic sections with snap-fit or bayonet connections, allowing the entire device to be assembled in seconds without tools. The belt clip mechanism provides immediate attachment security, merging multiple connection functions into a single intuitive assembly sequence.
3Reliability
If restrictive wear devices are used to limit player movements for learning correct stroke, then technique correction is achieved, but comfort is reduced making devices non-user-friendly
Solution Approach 1:
The arm connecting the fastening module to the objective module is designed with telescopic sections that allow dynamic adjustment of length and angle during the putting stroke. This dynamic structure adapts to the player's natural movement range rather than restricting it, maintaining technique correction while preserving comfort and freedom of motion.
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AI summary
Portable guiding device for the practice of golf comprising a first fastening module, rigid or semi-rigid, with an inverted U shape, which is attached to the user's belt. Said first fastening module comprises attachment methods to a second arm module, which in turn comprises a retractable extendible system that is placed in a mouth of said second arm module. Said retractable arm, in turn, comprises a series of telescopic sub-arms that may be manually extended or retracted, depending on the user's needs, and concludes in a distal end which is placed in the mouth of an objective module, which is made of a soft material. The second arm module allows for different adjustment and angle degree variations.