Modular Golf Club Cover Retainer Using Reeled Lanyards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf club covers are prone to being lost when dismounted from a club, leading to replacement difficulties or high costs, especially if they hold sentimental value or are specific to a particular golf course.
Innovation Solution
A modular reeled golf club cover retainment system that uses flexible members or lanyards wound on internal reels, with secure fasteners such as spring-loaded clips and rotating barrel connectors to attach the covers to the golf bag, allowing for easy retraction and prevention of loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional golf club covers are used without retainment, then the covers can be easily attached and detached from clubs, but they are prone to being lost when dismounted
Solution Approach 1:
The retainment system is divided into separate functional components: a reel mechanism for winding the flexible member, a flexible member itself, and a fastener assembly. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system reliability without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A flexible member (lanyard) serves as an intermediary element between the reel mechanism and the fastener. This intermediary component provides flexibility and reliability in connecting the retainment system to the club cover, preventing loss while allowing easy attachment and detachment.
2Reliability
If a reeled retainment system with flexible member is used, then cover loss is prevented, but the flexible member may twist or snag during retraction
Solution Approach 1:
A rotating barrel connector is introduced as an intermediary component between the flexible member and the fastener. This rotating barrel prevents twisting of the flexible member during retraction by allowing rotational movement, thereby eliminating the harmful effect of twisting and snagging while maintaining retention reliability.
3Strength
If a secure fastener like spring-loaded clip is used, then connection strength is improved, but the fastener may slip or allow cover removal
Solution Approach 1:
The fastener employs coaxial circular connector portions with a curved engagement geometry. This curved design provides a secure connection that resists slipping while allowing controlled attachment and detachment, balancing connection strength with reliable cover attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotating barrel connector acts as an intermediary between the flexible member and the spring-loaded clip. It provides a stable rotational connection that prevents the fastener from slipping while maintaining the security of the spring-loaded clip, thereby ensuring reliable cover attachment.
4Quantity of substance
If modular system with multiple housings is used, then capacity to hold multiple covers is increased, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into identical modular housings that can be connected in series. Each housing contains a reel and fastener assembly, allowing the system to accommodate multiple covers by simply adding more identical modules. This segmentation increases capacity while keeping individual module complexity low.
Solution Approach 2:
Each housing in the modular system is designed with universal connectors that allow them to function independently or be combined with other housings. This universality enables the system to accommodate varying numbers of covers by configuring the modular units in different arrangements, increasing capacity without proportionally increasing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A golf club cover retainment system for holding golf club covers proximate to a golf bag once the covers are removed from clubs in the golf bag. A clip positioned on a flexible member extending from a reel within a housing engages with a club cover. The housing is connected to the golf bag by a bag connector. A plurality of additional housings may be engaged to form a sequential engagement of multiple housings where each has a flexible member which may be connected to a different golf club cover.