Golf Car Accessory Holder Mounted on Vertical Strut

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Solution Overview

Problem

Accessing frequently used golf accessories like golf balls, gloves, and tees in golf cars is cumbersome due to their storage in pockets or compartments, requiring time-consuming searches, especially in the glove compartment.

Innovation Solution

An accessory holder is mounted on a vertical strut of a golf car, featuring sections that wrap around the strut with gaps for easy installation and flexible holders for various accessories, including golf balls, gloves, tees, and phones, providing quick access from outside the vehicle.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If accessories are stored in the glove compartment or pockets of the golf car, then they are stored in a fixed location, but accessing them becomes time-consuming and cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAccessibility of accessoriesVSAvoidTime to locate and retrieve accessories

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The accessory holder is mounted on the vertical strut of the golf car, utilizing the vertical space and structural framework of the vehicle. This moves the storage location from horizontal compartments (glove box, pockets) to a vertically oriented position on the strut, making accessories immediately visible and accessible from outside the car without requiring the user to lean in or search through compartments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If accessories are stored in compartments inside the golf car, then they are protected from external elements, but the user must lean into the car and search through compartments to find them

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveEase of accessing accessoriesVSAvoidComplexity of accessing stored items

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The accessory holder extracts the frequently used accessories from the interior compartments of the golf car and relocates them to an external mounting position on the vertical strut. This extraction eliminates the need to lean into the car and search through compartments, as accessories are now accessible from outside the vehicle in a dedicated, visible location.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If accessories are kept in pockets or compartments, then they are stored together, but frequently used items like golf balls, gloves, and tees require repeated insertion and removal between shots

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveSpeed of accessing accessories during playVSAvoidTime spent repeatedly accessing accessories

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The accessory holder is pre-mounted on the vertical strut in a permanently accessible location before golf play begins. Frequently used accessories such as golf balls, gloves, and tees are stored in this pre-positioned holder, allowing immediate access without repeated insertion and removal from interior compartments during play between shots.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11123617B2Golf car accessory holder

Publication Date: 2021.09.21 CLUB CAR INC

AI summary

An accessory holder is provided for golf cars to store accessories like golf balls in an easy to access location from outside of the golf car. For example, the accessory holder may be mounted on a vertical strut supporting the canopy of the golf car. The accessory holder wraps around the strut and has gaps that allow the accessory holder to be mounted onto the strut.