Interchangeable Golf Putter With Convex Face, Variable Loft And Weight

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Solution Overview

Problem

Golfers face challenges in achieving accuracy during putting due to errors in determining the correct line of travel, ensuring the putter face is perpendicular, and striking the ball with the right force, leading to increased scores.

Innovation Solution

An interchangeable golf putter system with variable loft and weighting, featuring a removable hosel, convex and flat face options, and adjustable weight, allowing golfers to customize their putter to their unique stroke and preferences, including blade, mallet, and wing configurations, and providing on-demand adaptability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a golfer carries only one putter in the golf bag, then the simplicity and compliance with USGA Rules is maintained, but the adaptability to different putting styles and conditions is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveputter configuration adaptabilityVSAvoidputter system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The putter is divided into separable components including the head, hosel, shaft, and grip, allowing individual elements to be interchanged while maintaining a single putter base structure. This enables multiple configurations without requiring multiple complete putters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The putter system is designed with universal interfaces and standardized connection points that allow a single base putter to accommodate multiple head designs, hosel angles, and weight configurations, making one putter serve multiple functions and playing styles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Manufacturing precision

If the putter face is fixed in a single orientation, then the manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but the ability to correct face angle errors is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveface angle precisionVSAvoidface adjustment mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The putter hosel is designed with the ability to rotate and adjust between multiple fixed orientations (e.g., 0 degrees, 5 degrees, 10 degrees), transforming a static face angle into a dynamically adjustable parameter that can be optimized for different putting styles and error corrections.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The hosel angle is changed as a discrete parameter with specific predetermined values, allowing the golfer to select the optimal face angle without requiring continuous adjustment mechanisms, thus maintaining manufacturing simplicity while providing precision correction options.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the putter head weight is fixed, then the manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but the ability to optimize for different stroke types is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestroke type adaptabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Weight is added or removed from specific locations within the putter head (such as the back cavity or perimeter areas) to create localized mass changes that affect the center of gravity and moment of inertia, allowing optimization for different stroke types without redesigning the entire head.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Weight ports or removable weight inserts are provided in the putter head, allowing the golfer to add or remove weights as needed for different conditions, and to recover and reuse the weights with different putter heads or configurations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

4Manufacturing precision

If the convex face radius is fixed, then the manufacturing precision is maintained, but the ability to minimize face angle errors for different stroke paths is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveface radius precisionVSAvoidstroke path adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The convex face radius is provided in discrete predetermined values (e.g., 6 inches, 8 inches, 10 inches), allowing the golfer to select the optimal radius for their stroke path while maintaining precise manufacturing for each specific radius option without requiring a continuous adjustment mechanism.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250222325A1Interchangeable golf putter system comprised of a convex face, variable loft, removable hosel and a vertical weighting system

Publication Date: 2025.07.10 CONVEX GOLF LLC

AI summary

An interchangeable golf putting system with variable loft, convex face, and vertical weighting system, including a removeable hosel to permit the on-demand interchangeability of the head balance. An interchangeable head to permits the on-demand interchangeability between one or more radiuses of a convex head face, or to a flat face. An interchangeable weight allows the on-demand interchangeability of the weight of the putter. The putter also allows for interchangeability between the blade, mallet, and wing styles.