Golf Ball Line-of-Sight Marking for Alignment Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face difficulty in achieving accurate alignment with the golf ball during putting, despite the use of golf balls marked with equatorial lines, as they often fail to position their eyes directly over the ball, leading to inconsistent strokes.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for marking a golf ball with 'line-of-sight' indicia, comprising two marks placed on opposing sides of the equatorial line, positioned at a near 90-degree angle, allowing golfers to align their eyes directly over the ball, ensuring correct alignment and consistent strokes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If golf balls are marked with equatorial lines to assist alignment, then alignment guidance is provided, but golfers still fail to position their eyes directly over the ball, resulting in inconsistent alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The equatorial line is segmented into multiple discrete alignment marks (first mark and second mark) positioned at specific intervals around the sphere. This segmentation provides multiple reference points that guide the golfer's eye positioning, making it easier to achieve correct alignment while maintaining measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment marks serve as intermediary reference elements between the golfer and the target line. These marks mediate the alignment process by providing visual cues that indicate when the golfer's eyes are correctly positioned directly over the ball, thereby improving both ease of operation and alignment accuracy.
2Ease of operation
If alignment marks are added to help golfers position their eyes, then ease of alignment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment marks serve multiple functions: they indicate correct eye positioning, verify proper ball placement on the tee, and confirm alignment with the target line. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation without requiring additional separate devices or complex marking systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment marks are integrated directly into the golf ball itself, allowing the ball to provide its own alignment guidance without requiring external devices or complex marking equipment. The sphere's rotation and positioning naturally bring the marks into view, enabling self-service alignment assistance.
Data Source
AI summary
Sight alignment indicia on a sphere being indicia made on opposing sides of a sphere, the indicia positioned from about 0 degrees to 23 degrees north of the equator of the sphere, and visible at the same time to one standing over the ball. A sphere surface template marking device comprising a shell having an outer-surface and inner-surface generally defining a hemi-spherical portion of a sphere adapted for receiving a portion of the sphere so that the inner-surface substantially conforms thereto, the shell having an edge portion approximating the equator of the sphere, at least two grooves disposed there through, with the grooves positioned on opposing sides of said shell from about 0 degrees to 23 degrees north of the edge portions of the sphere, serving to receive and guide a marker imprinting indicia on said surface of said sphere.