Instant Golf Tent with Collapsible Frame and Trajectory Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collapsible golf practice nets are difficult to set up and take down, require significant muscular strength, and lack features for ensuring accuracy and safety, leading to potential injuries and property damage, while also being limited in functionality and not suitable for outdoor or camping use.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional instant golf practicing tent with a collapsible frame structure and receiving nets that attenuate the ball's kinetic energy, allowing for quick setup and takedown with minimal effort, providing safety features like trajectory monitoring and dual-functionality as a camping tent.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a collapsible frame structure is used to make the practice net portable, then portability is improved, but assembly and disassembly become complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The practice net is divided into modular components including collapsible frame segments, detachable net panels, and separable support structures. This segmentation allows each part to be independently managed, stored, and assembled, reducing the overall complexity of the assembly process while maintaining portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The collapsible frame structure employs nested tubing where smaller diameter tubes fit inside larger diameter tubes. This nesting arrangement minimizes the storage volume and simplifies the folding process, allowing the entire frame to be compacted into a small package for easy transport without requiring complex assembly mechanisms.
2Device complexity
If a single net is used to stop the golf ball, then the structure is simple, but the net may rupture causing property damage and injuries
Solution Approach 1:
A thick cushioning pad is positioned behind the net to absorb the impact of golf balls. This pre-positioned cushioning layer prevents the net from rupturing under ball impact by providing a compliant backing that dissipates the force, thereby eliminating the hazard of net failure and associated injuries or property damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The net assembly combines multiple materials with complementary properties: a high-tensile net fabric for ball interception, a dense foam cushioning layer for impact absorption, and a protective outer covering. This composite structure maintains simplicity while significantly enhancing safety by distributing and absorbing impact forces across different material layers.
3Device complexity
If mesh panels are used in the practice tent, then the structure is simple, but it lacks means of measuring the accuracy of the hit ball
Solution Approach 1:
A trajectory indicator system acts as an intermediary between the golf ball impact and the measurement function. When a ball hits the net, the indicator (such as a movable marker or digital sensor) records the impact position and translates it into accuracy information. This intermediary mechanism adds measurement capability without fundamentally complicating the basic mesh panel structure.
4Ease of operation
If instruction manuals are provided for assembly, then assembly can be guided, but it still takes time and may cause frustration if not well written
Solution Approach 1:
The collapsible frame structure incorporates self-aligning features and intuitive connection mechanisms that allow the practice net to be assembled without detailed instruction manuals. The design enables users to assemble the structure through natural manipulation and self-correction, eliminating the time loss and frustration associated with following complex written instructions while maintaining ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The instant tent enables easy and safe golf practice with reduced physical effort, accurate trajectory monitoring, and dual-functionality, overcoming the limitations of existing nets by providing a cost-effective, user-friendly solution for indoor and outdoor use.
Implementation Method 1
one or more receiving nets for accepting golf balls that are launched into the instant tent
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for an instant multifunctional tent having a tent for accepting golf balls that are launched into the tent, a collapsible frame structure for providing structural support for the instant tent, one or more receiving net(s) coupled to the tent ceiling, and extending loosely towards the floor, and a quick set-up and take-down (instant) hub for quickly launching the tent from the folded position into a fully built or expanded position and for quickly collapsing the fully built or expanded instant tent into the fully folded position so that the instant tent may be easily stored and transported. The receiving nets increase golf practicing safety by ensuring the golf ball never penetrating the back panel and causing damages. Additional receiving nets not only further ensure that but also add advanced features like tracking and simulating the trajectory of the golf ball if shot on a real golf court.