Modular Golf Glove Storage with Shape Retention and Airflow Drying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face difficulties in organizing and maintaining their equipment, particularly golf gloves, due to the lack of systematic storage solutions, leading to time-consuming searches, glove deterioration, and frequent replacements.
Innovation Solution
A modular storage apparatus with rotating members and a shaping member with tines to maintain the glove's shape, allowing airflow through apertures for drying, and elastic fasteners for organizing other golf items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If golfers store equipment in random pockets of a golf bag, then it is convenient to access items during play, but it becomes time-consuming and frustrating to find and organize items
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple compartments and sections within the golf bag, with dedicated spaces for different types of equipment. This segmentation allows items to be systematically organized rather than randomly scattered, enabling quick location and access without time-consuming searches through the entire bag.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-arranges designated storage locations for each piece of equipment before the golfer begins play. By having predetermined spots for tees, divot tools, ball markers, and other items, the golfer can quickly retrieve what is needed without having to search or reorganize during the game.
2Ease of operation
If golfers place gloves in pockets or attach them to the outside of the bag, then it is convenient for storage, but the glove deteriorates quickly due to bunching and exposure to elements
Solution Approach 1:
A dedicated glove compartment is created within the golf bag structure, providing a nested storage space specifically designed for gloves. This compartment keeps the glove properly positioned and protected from external elements while remaining easily accessible, preventing both convenience issues and deterioration problems.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove compartment utilizes flexible materials and designed contours that allow the glove to maintain its natural shape without bunching. The compartment structure provides protection from external elements while accommodating the glove's form, preventing stretching and deformation that occur with improper storage.
3Reliability
If golfers use a moisture absorbing glove form container, then the glove can be dried, but it adds an additional item that must be managed and maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The moisture-absorbing functionality is integrated directly into the glove compartment structure itself, eliminating the need for a separate container. The compartment combines storage and drying functions in one unit, providing glove care capabilities without adding additional items that require separate management and maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The glove compartment serves multiple functions: it stores the glove, maintains its shape, protects from elements, and provides moisture absorption for drying. By combining these functions into a single integrated component, the system reduces overall complexity while improving glove care capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus efficiently organizes and maintains golf equipment, extends glove lifespan by preventing bunching and exposure to elements, and allows for compact storage and drying, reducing the need for frequent replacements.
Implementation Method 1
at least one aperture extending through the one of the plurality of members. The shaping member is configured to removably receive the equipment... drying the piece of the equipment when it is placed on the shaping member in the interior cavity via the plurality of apertures
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for storing equipment is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing including a plurality of members configured to rotate relative to each other, about an attachment portion of the plurality of members, between a closed position forming an interior cavity and an open position, an assembly attached to the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing, a shaping member attached to one of the plurality of members and configured to rotate relative to the one of the plurality of members, and at least one aperture extending through the one of the plurality of members. The shaping member is configured to removably receive the equipment.