Golf Practice Board with Pivotable Multi-Colored Discs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf practice boards fail to clearly indicate the golf club head's impact point and path on the ground surface while maintaining a simplified structural design, as they either rely on complex and costly constructions or struggle with distinguishing flattened and non-flattened artificial grass.
Innovation Solution
A golf practice board featuring a frame with a mat secured within, comprising multi-colored discs that pivot to show different colors upon impact, allowing for a visual representation of the club head's path, and anchored to the ground for stability, with optional cushioning and replaceable mat designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If artificial grass is used to indicate club path, then the path indication is provided, but it is difficult to distinguish between flattened and non-flattened grass quickly and easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by using multi-colored discs with different colors on opposite sides. When the club head strikes the disc, it pivots to reveal a different color, providing immediate and clear visual feedback about the impact location and club path. This resolves the contradiction by making the indication both clear and easily detectable through color contrast rather than subtle grass flattening.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state of the indicator from a static grass blade to a pivotable disc that changes its rotational position upon impact. This parameter change allows the disc to flip between two distinct color states, making the impact detection both clear and immediately visible, thus resolving the detection difficulty while maintaining clear path indication.
2Loss of information
If complex construction with two colored membrane and stiffener is used, then the impact indication is provided, but the device is costly to produce and has complex structure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the indicator into simple, discrete multi-colored discs that are independently pivotable. Each disc is a simple component with a pivot attachment, eliminating the need for complex membrane-stiffener assemblies. This segmentation provides clear impact indication while dramatically reducing construction complexity and production cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential function of impact indication from the complex membrane-stiffener mechanism and implements it through a simpler pivotable disc system. By taking out only the necessary color-change function and implementing it through a simpler mechanism, the patent reduces complexity while maintaining the impact indication capability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If artificial grass blade is kept upright with clicking membrane, then the structure is stable, but the grass blade cannot bend over to indicate impact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the disc pivotable rather than fixed upright. The disc can dynamically change its rotational position from one face to the other upon impact, providing clear visual indication while maintaining structural stability through its pivot attachment. This resolves the contradiction by allowing movement for indication while maintaining overall structural integrity.
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 solution provides a clear and durable visual indication of the golf club's impact point and path, improving swing technique without the complexity and cost of prior designs, enabling repeated use and effective training without damaging the board.
Implementation Method 1
The disc may then be reset by placing a hand, or other object, on top of the disc and pushing down while simultaneously rotating the disc back to its initial position
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AI summary
A golf practice board to indicate a club head's path along a ground surface to improve a golfer's swing may include a frame with a bottom surface; a mat secured within the frame; and a plurality of multi-colored discs pivotably attached to a top surface of the mat, wherein an obverse surface of the multi-colored discs has a different color than a reverse surface of the multi-colored discs. The board may also include a cushioning material positioned between the frame and the mat.