Golf Club Head Cover With Elastic Liner For Size Adaptation

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional golf club head covers lack an effective combination of ease of use, durability, and cost efficiency while providing adequate protection for golf club heads, particularly in accommodating various club sizes and materials.

Innovation Solution

A golf club head cover design featuring an outer shell with a flexible liner that is fixedly coupled at specific points, allowing the liner to move and stretch to fit different club sizes, while the outer shell remains non-elastic, providing protection and resistance without the need for extensive material stretching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the outer shell is made elastic to accommodate various club sizes, then adaptability is improved, but durability and structural integrity deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to various club sizesVSAvoidstructural integrity of outer shell

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The head cover is divided into two distinct components: an outer shell made of durable non-elastic material and an inner flexible liner made of elastic material. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specialized function - the outer shell provides structural integrity while the inner liner provides adaptability to various club sizes through elastic stretching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the head cover have different material properties tailored to their specific functions. The outer shell uses non-elastic material for durability and protection, while the inner liner uses elastic material for adaptability and ease of installation. This local differentiation of material qualities resolves the contradiction between strength and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Strength

If the outer shell is made non-elastic to maintain durability, then strength is improved, but adaptability to various club sizes deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedurability of outer shellVSAvoidfitting for various club sizes

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The head cover is divided into two distinct components: an outer shell made of durable non-elastic material and an inner flexible liner made of elastic material. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specialized function - the outer shell provides structural integrity while the inner liner provides adaptability to various club sizes through elastic stretching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the head cover have different material properties tailored to their specific functions. The outer shell uses non-elastic material for durability and protection, while the inner liner uses elastic material for adaptability and ease of installation. This local differentiation of material qualities resolves the contradiction between strength and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If extensive material stretching is used to fit different clubs, then adaptability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefitting for different club dimensionsVSAvoidproduction complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The head cover is divided into two distinct components: an outer shell made of durable non-elastic material and an inner flexible liner made of elastic material. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specialized function - the outer shell provides structural integrity while the inner liner provides adaptability to various club sizes through elastic stretching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the head cover have different material properties tailored to their specific functions. The outer shell uses non-elastic material for durability and protection, while the inner liner uses elastic material for adaptability and ease of installation. This local differentiation of material qualities resolves the contradiction between strength and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design ensures secure fitting and protection for golf club heads of various sizes, with the flexible liner accommodating different dimensions and materials, offering ease of use and durability without increasing production costs.

Implementation Method 1

a flexible liner included substantially within the internal cavity of the outer shell, the flexible liner fixedly coupled with the outer shell around the second open end and at two or more tabs

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS10086247B1Golf club head cover with liner

Publication Date: 2018.10.02 GAFFNEY JOHN TRAVIS

AI summary

A golf club head cover includes an outer shell having a first closed end and a second open end providing access to an internal cavity. A flexible liner is included substantially within the internal cavity of the outer shell, the flexible liner fixedly coupled with the outer shell around the second open end and at two or more tabs extending from an outer surface of the flexible liner to an inner surface of the outer shell.