Golf Glove Alignment Markings with Straight-Edged Putter Grip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers struggle to maintain consistent putting strokes due to difficulties in aligning the putter face with the ball, leading to inaccurate and inconsistent shots, as traditional putting methods and equipment lack features that aid in precise grip and alignment, especially during tournaments where aids are prohibited.
Innovation Solution
A combination of a golf glove with visual alignment markings and a putter grip featuring a straight edge that aligns with the glove's markings, allowing golfers to consistently position their hands for a proper grip without visible aids, ensuring the putter face remains square throughout the stroke.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional putting methods are used without alignment aids, then the golfer maintains a simple grip, but the alignment precision and consistency of the putter face with the ball deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary alignment system consisting of visual markings on the glove and corresponding tactile features on the putter grip. This intermediary system mediates between the golfer's hand and the putter, providing precise alignment guidance without requiring complex mechanical devices. The visual markings serve as a reference framework that translates abstract alignment concepts into concrete, actionable guidance for the golfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment system is segmented into distinct components: visual markings on the glove (such as lines or patterns) and corresponding tactile features on the putter grip (such as ridges or contours). This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently - the visual markings provide directional guidance while the tactile features provide positional confirmation - thereby achieving high alignment precision without overall system complexity.
2Stability of the object's composition
If visual alignment aids are incorporated into the putting system, then the alignment consistency improves, but the device becomes more complex and may violate tournament rules
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the golfer's existing glove as an intermediary carrier for alignment markings, rather than adding markings directly to the putter or creating a separate alignment device. This approach maintains alignment consistency while avoiding the appearance of modifying the putter itself, thereby reducing perceived equipment complexity and potential tournament rule violations.
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment system uses visual markings that replicate or copy the essential alignment information onto the glove surface. These markings are simple two-dimensional patterns that convey three-dimensional spatial relationships, providing consistent alignment guidance without requiring complex physical structures or mechanical components.
3Measurement precision
If the golfer removes the glove to improve feel, then the tactile sensitivity increases, but the alignment consistency and grip stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing alignment markings only in specific locations on the glove where they are most needed - typically on the back of the hand or fingers where the golfer can visually check alignment without compromising the tactile contact between the palm and the putter grip. This allows the golfer to maintain both tactile sensitivity and alignment consistency simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment markings on the glove provide preliminary visual guidance before the golfer makes contact with the putter. The golfer can pre-align their hand position using the visual markings, then proceed with the putt using natural tactile feedback. This preliminary alignment action ensures consistency without interfering with the tactile sensitivity needed during the actual putting motion.
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AI summary
A method and system for improving the accuracy of putting a golf ball that includes a golf glove for use with a putter grip that has a straight edge, with the golf glove having a visual line alignment feature/illustration that allows a golfer to place his or her hand in a repeatable, proper position on the grip of the putter. The golf glove employed is devoid of any putter attachment feature, such as hook-and-loop fastener material on the glove or the golf grip and is further devoid of any indicia affixed to the back-hand portion of a glove that could be viewed as an alignment indicia, as it only complicates and confuses a golfer when putting. Preferred embodiments include a golf glove that includes a marking forming a straight line that diagonally crosses the palm portion of the glove such that, when worn by a wearer, provides the wearer with a visual indication of the proper gripping position of a golf putter, such putter having a grip that has at least one flat surface and an edge extending down the axial length of the grip that can be aligned with the visual indicator markings/line on the golf glove.