Dual-Use Beverage Container Neck for Golf Ball Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face challenges in conveniently carrying both golf tees and beverages during their rounds, leading to space and organization issues in their bags.
Innovation Solution
A combination beverage container and golf tee device that can be used as both a container for holding substances and a golf tee, featuring a container body with a neck portion for supporting a golf ball and protrusions for stability, allowing it to function as a tee by being placed upright on a surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If golfers carry separate beverage containers and golf tees, then they have dedicated tools for each function, but they experience space consumption and organization complexity in their golf bags
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a beverage container and a golf tee into a single integrated device. The container body serves as both the beverage holder and the golf tee structure, with the rim of the container forming the tee surface for holding golf balls. This merging eliminates the need for separate golf tees and reduces bag organization complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The beverage container is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as a beverage storage container, a golf tee (when placed upright on its rim), and potentially a ball marker when set down. This multi-functionality directly addresses the contradiction by providing adaptability while reducing the number of separate items needed.
2Ease of operation
If golfers use traditional golf tees, then they have dedicated tee functionality, but they require additional space and organization in their golf bags
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the beverage container and golf tee functions into one object, the patent eliminates the need to carry separate golf tees. The container's rim is designed to function as the tee surface, so golfers only need to carry the container itself, reducing space consumption in the golf bag.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the beverage container is designed with protrusions for stability, then it achieves stable upright positioning for golf tee function, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adding protrusions only to the base of the container where needed for stability during golf tee operation. The rest of the container maintains its simple beverage holder structure. This localized modification provides stability without significantly increasing overall structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage container and golf tee device includes a container body having an interior cavity configured to house a beverage. The container body includes a neck portion ending in an edge, the edge defining an opening arranged in spatial communication with the interior space. The beverage container and golf tee device may adopt a first or beverage container configuration, and a second or golf tee configuration. In the first configuration, a beverage is contained within the interior space of the container body. In the second configuration, the container body is placed in an upright position with respect to a ground, edge of the neck portion is arranged in an elevated and spaced-apart relationship with respect to the ground, and a standard golf ball is stably rested on the edge of the neck portion.