Pivotable Golf Bag Panels for Compact Storage and Club Presentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf bags fail to simultaneously provide adequate protection, light weight, compactness, and ease of handling and transport for sets of golf clubs with varying shaft lengths and head shapes.
Innovation Solution
A golf bag design featuring pivotable front and back panels with adjustable shaft receptacles made from flexible material, which collapse into a flat position for easy handling and expand into a wedge-shaped configuration for organized club presentation, utilizing a presentation surface and stiffening mechanisms for stability and ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a classic large tubular golf bag is used to accommodate golf clubs, then the clubs can be stored and transported, but the bag becomes heavy, bulky, and difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The golf bag is divided into a front panel and a back panel that can pivot relative to each other. The shaft receptacles are segmented and arranged in rows between the panels, allowing the bag to be collapsed into a compact flat position for easy transport or expanded into a wedge-shaped position for club presentation and storage
Solution Approach 2:
The golf bag employs dynamic geometry with pivotable connections between the front and back panels at the bottom. This allows the bag to transform between a collapsed substantially flat position and a folded-out substantially wedge-shaped position, adapting to different usage scenarios and reducing weight during transport
2Adaptability or versatility
If a classic large tubular golf bag is used, then clubs can be stored, but the bag takes up excessive space during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The shaft receptacles are segmented and arranged in multiple rows between the front and back panels. When collapsed, the panels run substantially along each other, reducing the bag's volume to a compact flat form that takes minimal transport space while still accommodating the full set of clubs
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic folding mechanism allows the bag to transition between a collapsed flat position for compact transport and a folded-out wedge-shaped position with extended volume for adequate club storage capacity, effectively managing volume requirements for both transport and storage functions
3Ease of operation
If shaft receptacles are arranged in rows with intermediate spacing, then golf club heads can be presented on the presentation surface, but the shaft receptacles require flexible material to accommodate the wedge-shaped configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The shaft receptacles are manufactured from flexible material that can accommodate the geometric transformation of the bag. This flexibility allows the receptacles to adapt to both the collapsed flat configuration and the folded-out wedge-shaped configuration, enabling club presentation on the upper panel while maintaining structural integrity throughout the transformation cycle
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AI summary
Golf bag, comprising a front panel and a back panel having therebetween a bundle of shaft receptacles for therein receiving a golf club by the shaft thereof. Front and back panel are pivotably connected with each other at a bottom of the golf bag, and are adjustable relative to each other between a collapsed, substantially flat position in which front and back panel run substantially along each other, and a folded-out, substantially wedge-shaped position in which front and back panel diverge and in which between their free ends a presentation surface is located. The shaft receptacles terminate in the presentation surface and with mutual spacing are grouped in rows which run along each other with an intermediate distance, so that golf clubs whose shaft is received in a shaft receptacle have their heads positioned on the presentation surface in rows spaced apart with an intermediate distance.