Golf Cleat Cleaning Tool for Traction and Bracing Recovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional golf shoe spikes fail to provide adequate bracing and traction during rotational movements in golf swings, often 'roll over' on various surfaces, and are difficult to maintain clean, especially in adverse weather conditions.

Innovation Solution

A multipurpose golf tool with cleaning fingers and a design that includes concave and inclined surfaces, traverse projections, and a flexible cleaning cylinder to simultaneously clean multiple cleats, allowing for improved bracing and traction while being retrofittable to most golf shoes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If conventional soft spike-type cleats are used, then the golf shoe provides some bracing capability, but the cleats roll over during rotational movements and provide minimal bracing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebracing capabilityVSAvoidstability during rotational movement

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The golf tool is divided into multiple functional segments including cleaning fingers with different geometries (pointed, flat, curved), telescoping sections for length adjustment, and a flexible cleaning cylinder. Each segment serves a specific cleaning function to comprehensively maintain multiple cleats simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by providing specialized structures for different cleaning needs while maintaining overall system stability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The golf tool incorporates telescoping sections that allow dynamic adjustment of the distance between cleaning fingers to match different cleat configurations. The flexible cleaning cylinder provides dynamic adaptation to various surface conditions. This dynamic adjustability enables the tool to maintain effective cleaning contact while accommodating the rotational and positional variations of cleats during use

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Strength

If metal spikes are used, then adequate bracing is provided, but excessive damage is caused to the golf course and many courses ban their use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebracing capabilityVSAvoiddamage to golf course

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The golf tool enables self-service maintenance by allowing golfers to clean their own cleats on the course. The cleaning fingers with various geometries effectively remove embedded debris, mud, and grass from cleats, restoring their bracing capability without requiring metal spikes. This self-maintenance approach resolves the contradiction by keeping soft spikes functional through regular cleaning, eliminating the need for harmful metal alternatives

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Object-affected harmful factors

If soft spike-type cleats are used, then green-friendly operation is achieved, but the cleats are difficult to maintain clean especially in adverse weather conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenvironmental impactVSAvoidease of maintenance

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The golf tool merges multiple cleaning functions into a single integrated device. It combines pointed cleaning fingers for embedded debris, flat cleaning fingers for surface mud, curved cleaning fingers for grass removal, a flexible cleaning cylinder for tread patterns, and a ball marker removal feature. This consolidation of multiple cleaning mechanisms into one tool resolves the contradiction by making soft spike maintenance easy and comprehensive, addressing all types of debris accumulation in adverse weather conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The golf tool is designed as a universal cleaning device that handles various cleat configurations and debris types. The telescoping sections allow adjustment for different cleat positions, while the multiple finger types address different contamination scenarios. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing a single tool that effectively maintains soft spikes across all adverse weather conditions and course surfaces

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If multiple cleaning functions are integrated into one tool, then comprehensive cleat maintenance is achieved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleaning capabilityVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The golf tool employs a nested structure where the flexible cleaning cylinder is positioned within the framework formed by the cleaning fingers. The telescoping sections are nested within each other, allowing compact storage while maintaining full functionality. This nesting approach resolves the contradiction by packing multiple cleaning functions into a compact, manageable form factor, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive cleaning capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS20120324670A1Cat's claw golf tool with tread cleaning

Publication Date: 2012.12.27 COHENS CLARENCE K

AI summary

A golf tool for cleaning a cleat or spike may include a top surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to the top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and a back surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces. The bottom surface may be connected to at least three cleaning fingers to simultaneously clean three cleats of a golf shoe. The front surface may be connected to a finger projection having a flexible cleaning cylinder.