Golf Club Setting Rack Recesses Prevent Head Collision
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golf clubs, especially irons, are prone to damage due to vibration and collision during movement of the golf bag, which can lead to costly repairs and reduced performance.
Innovation Solution
A golf club setting rack for a golf bag that includes a first and second cross structure with recesses to securely hold the heads of the clubs, preventing them from swaying and colliding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If golf clubs are carried in a golf bag without a setting rack, then the golf bag is simple in structure and easy to manufacture, but the clubs are prone to vibration and collision during movement causing damage
Solution Approach 1:
The setting rack is divided into multiple independent compartments (first row with first compartments, second row with second compartments) that separately hold different clubs. Each compartment acts as an independent constraint zone, preventing clubs from moving and colliding with each other while maintaining an overall simple rack structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The cross structure with recesses serves as an intermediary component between the clubs and the golf bag body. The recesses in the cross structure receive and constrain the club heads, acting as a mediating mechanism that prevents direct contact and collision between clubs during bag movement.
2Reliability
If a setting rack with multiple compartments is provided, then club sway is constrained and collision is prevented, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cross structure combines multiple functions into a single component: it provides structural support for the rack, creates the compartment boundaries through its geometry, and forms the recesses that directly constrain club heads. This merging of functions reduces the number of separate parts needed while achieving effective collision prevention.
Solution Approach 2:
The cross structure extends in multiple dimensions (vertically above the rows and horizontally across the compartments) to create a three-dimensional constraint system. The recesses are formed by combining vertical and horizontal dimensions, allowing the single cross structure to constrain clubs from multiple directions simultaneously, thereby preventing collision without requiring complex multi-component systems.
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AI summary
A golf club setting rack has a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion, a first cross structure, and a second cross structure. The first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are mounted on the opening frame of the golf bag. The first cross structure and the second cross structure are securely mounted on the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. Each one of the first cross structure and the second cross structure has multiple recesses. The recesses of the first cross structure correspond to the first row compartments of the opening frame in location; the recesses of the second cross structure correspond to the second row compartments of the opening frame in location. Therefore, when multiple clubs are stored in the compartments of the golf bag, heads of the clubs may be received and constrained in the recesses of the golf club setting rack.