Pivoting Golf Bag Platform to Prevent Club Tangle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golf bags with deployable leg assemblies cause club tangle due to shifting of golf clubs towards the leg assembly side, reducing available volume and leading to uneven club head heights and difficulty in accessing individual clubs.
Innovation Solution
A golf bag with a pivoting support base and full-length divider sleeves that maintain consistent distance between the platform and the bag top, using a pivoting platform assembly to prevent club shifting and entanglement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the legs are deployed to allow the bag to stand upright, then the bag remains stable and upright when not being carried, but the body of the bag bends causing the top to tilt and clubs to shift toward the leg assembly side
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the platform movable relative to the bag body through a pivot mechanism. When the bag transitions from carried to upright position, the platform rotates to maintain its orientation, preventing club shifting. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by allowing the platform to adapt its position based on the bag's state, maintaining both stability and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the bag into distinct components: a fixed bag body and a movable platform that can rotate independently. This segmentation allows the platform to move separately from the bag body when the legs are deployed, preventing the clubs from shifting toward the leg assembly side while maintaining bag stability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the bag body bends when legs are deployed, then the support base remains stationary on the ground, but the distance between the top of the bag is shortened on the side nearest the legs, reducing available volume
Solution Approach 1:
The movable platform dynamically adjusts its position relative to the bag body when legs are deployed. By rotating on a pivot, the platform maintains its distance from the top of the bag, preventing volume reduction on the leg assembly side while keeping the support base stationary and stable on the ground.
3Adaptability or versatility
If clubs shift toward the leg assembly side, then the cross-sectional area is reduced, but this leads to uneven heights of club heads and encourages grips to slide, causing club tangle
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic platform rotation prevents clubs from shifting toward the leg assembly side by maintaining the platform's orientation. This keeps club heads at even heights and prevents grips from sliding, thereby maintaining club arrangement stability while allowing the bag to adapt between carried and upright configurations.
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AI summary
Described herein is a golf bag movable between an upright position and a deployed position, comprising a flat defining a bag interior space. The golf bag further comprises a divider top, a support base, and a stand assembly that moves the bag from an upright configuration to a deployed configuration. A pivoting platform assembly is configured to be at least partially disposed in the support base and includes a first pin and a second pin. The first and second pins are aligned along a pivot axis. The pivoting platform assembly comprises a platform pivotably supported by the first and second pins. The platform comprises a platform floor defining a club support surface. The platform pivotably rotates about the pivot axis as the bag is moved between the upright and the deployed positions.