Adjustable Golf Tee With Elastic Height Retention Under Impact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional height-adjustable golf tees suffer from complex structures and unstable height adjustments during tee shots, leading to increased manufacturing costs and user dissatisfaction.
Innovation Solution
A height-adjustable golf tee with a fixing member, main body member, and height maintenance member, allowing simple manipulation for height adjustment and maintaining the adjusted height through an elastic material that buffers impacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the golf tee structure is made complex to maintain height adjustment, then height stability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases and ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The golf tee is divided into three functional segments: a fixing member inserted into the ground, a main body member that slides to adjust height, and a height maintenance member with elastic material. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function simply, avoiding complex integrated designs while achieving stable height adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The main body member is designed to slide dynamically along the fixing member, allowing the height to be adjusted by user manipulation. The elastic height maintenance member provides dynamic response to impacts, automatically returning the main body member to its adjusted position without complex locking mechanisms.
2Reliability
If the golf tee structure is made complex to maintain height adjustment, then height stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the height adjustment function (main body member sliding) from the height maintenance function (elastic material), the structure achieves reliability through functional division rather than mechanical complexity. Each segment is simple in form but effective in its specific role.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic height maintenance member automatically responds to impacts and maintains the adjusted height without requiring additional complex mechanisms. The system serves itself by using the elastic deformation of the material to counteract external forces, eliminating the need for complex locking or adjustment mechanisms.
3Reliability
If a long golf tee is used to prevent flying during tee shot, then stability is improved, but insertion depth increases and may cause psychological adverse effects
Solution Approach 1:
The main body member can slide dynamically to adjust the effective length of the golf tee. Users can extend the main body member to increase stability for tee shots, or retract it to reduce insertion depth when appropriate, providing adaptive control over the tee's effective length based on ground conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The height of the main body member relative to the fixing member can be changed to adjust the effective length of the golf tee. This parameter change allows the same physical structure to provide different levels of stability and insertion depth as needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The tee allows easy height adjustment and maintains the adjusted position even under impact, improving user satisfaction and reducing manufacturing complexity.
Implementation Method 1
a height maintenance member provided at an end portion of the main body member, formed of an elastic material, and configured to maintain an adjusted height of the main body member in a state where a height of the main body member with respect to the fixing member is adjusted
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a height-adjustable golf tee. According to the height-adjustable golf tee disclosed herein, a fixing member, a main body member, and a height-maintaining member are provided, and accordingly, the height of the main body member may be adjusted only with a simple manipulation of varying the height of the main body member with respect to the fixing member by transferring an external force. Even when the impact of a tee shot is transferred to the main body member, as well as a case in which the external force is removed, the impact can be buffered via the height-maintaining member and the adjusted height of the main body member can be maintained.