Golf Training Aid Shoulder Strap Alignment Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current golfing aids do not effectively address the challenge of maintaining consistent body alignment during putting and chipping strokes, which is crucial for developing reliable golf strokes and can take years to cultivate.
Innovation Solution
A golfing aid comprising a club holder and a flexible shoulder strap with adjustable length, designed to loop behind the shoulders and press against the upper arms, providing tactile feedback and maintaining a triangular frame between the shoulders, arms, and hands to promote a consistent swing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional golfing aids (elastic loops, neck pads) are used to maintain body alignment, then some control is provided, but they do not effectively address consistent body alignment during putting and chipping strokes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible shoulder strap as the primary training aid component, which loops around the golfer's shoulders and provides tactile feedback during putting and chipping strokes. This flexible strap design is simpler than rigid structures while effectively maintaining body alignment consistency through its ability to conform to the golfer's movements and provide continuous tactile guidance.
2Ease of operation
If a flexible shoulder strap with arm engaging portions is used, then tactile feedback and body alignment are improved, but the device requires adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The shoulder strap incorporates an adjustment mechanism that allows the strap length to be dynamically modified to fit different golfers and their preferred stroke styles. This dynamic adjustability enhances ease of operation by enabling custom fitting, while the mechanism itself remains relatively simple, involving basic buckles or sliding adjusters rather than complex systems.
3Reliability
If the shoulder strap presses against upper arms with arm engaging portions, then swing consistency is promoted, but the strap must be customized for different golfers
Solution Approach 1:
The shoulder strap is designed with universal adaptability through its adjustment mechanism, allowing a single device design to serve multiple golfers with different body types and swing characteristics. The strap maintains reliable swing consistency promotion through its arm-engaging portions while accommodating individual variations via length adjustment, eliminating the need for multiple customized devices.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a golfing aid that includes a club holder for realisably holding a golf club shaft, and a flexible shoulder strap coupled to a club holder.The flexible shoulder strap is sized and shaped to loop over the shoulders of a golfer and press against upper arms of the golfer. The shoulder strap includes arm engaging portions for engaging outer sides of the upper arms. The golfing aid includes strap adjustment cam locking mechanisms coupled to the club holder for clamping and adjusting strap length to accommodate various size golfers. The training aid produces the perfect one piece connected triangular pendulum putting/chipping motion of the shoulders, arms, hands and club. There is no movement of the club shaft relative to the hands and arms. The training aid provides immediate feedback if the golfer is not using their shoulders to perform the correct putting or chipping stroke.