Collapsible Golf Trolley with Modular Base and Telescopic Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf trolleys are often bulky, heavy, and difficult to assemble, leading to golfer inconvenience and the need for rental options, as they do not provide a simple, lightweight, and effective solution for transporting golf bags across the course.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible golf trolley system that includes a base with wheels and an optional handle, designed to be easily attached to a golf bag, with components that can be stored in a standard pocket, allowing for easy deployment and use, featuring screw attachment to the bag's bottom and a telescopic spine with handle for balanced rolling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing golf trolleys are designed to provide adequate wheel support and handling capability, then transport effectiveness is improved, but weight and bulk increase to excessive levels
Solution Approach 1:
The golf trolley is divided into separate modular components including a base unit with wheels, a collapsible frame, and a bag attachment mechanism. Each component can be independently assembled and disassembled, allowing the golfer to carry only essential parts while maintaining full transport functionality when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The collapsible frame and handle components are designed to nest within the golf bag or base unit when not in use. The telescopic handle collapses into the frame structure, and the entire assembly fits within standard golf bag dimensions, eliminating the need to carry separate bulky trolley components.
2Reliability
If existing golf trolleys are constructed with sufficient structural integrity for rolling, then transport reliability is improved, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The trolley structure is segmented into pre-fabricated modular components with standardized connection interfaces. The base unit, frame, and handle are separate modules that connect through simple mechanical interfaces requiring minimal assembly steps and no specialized tools.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple structural functions are combined into integrated components. The base unit simultaneously provides wheel mounting, bag attachment, and structural support functions. The collapsible frame integrates both structural support and handle mounting functions, reducing the total number of separate parts and assembly operations.
3Ease of operation
If existing golf trolleys are designed for easy attachment to golf bags, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism is integrated into the base unit structure, combining bag attachment, wheel mounting, and structural support functions into a single unified component. This eliminates the need for separate attachment devices and reduces the number of assembly steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism is designed to be self-aligning and self-securing. The base unit features pre-positioned attachment points that automatically align with corresponding points on the golf bag, and the connection mechanism self-locks through simple pressure or snap-fit action without requiring tools or complex adjustment procedures.
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AI summary
A golf trolley that is easily attached to a golf bag or integrated into a golf bag, thus permitting the effective transport of a golf bag across a golf course. The golf trolley is collapsible and consists of several components that all fit within a pocket of a standard golf bag. The components of the golf trolley are compact, lightweight, and easily assembled and once assembled, a golfer can push or pull his golf trolley around a course.