Golf Putter Head With Ball Return and Marker Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf putters require golfers to bend over or crouch repeatedly to pick up and return golf balls and ball markers, causing discomfort and increasing heart rate, which affects putting stability and score, especially for older golfers, those with injuries, and women wearing skirts.
Innovation Solution
A golf putter with a ball storage part and a ball marker storage part integrated into the design, featuring arms or grooves to pick up and return golf balls and ball markers without bending, using magnets for ball marker retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If golfers manually pick up and return golf balls and ball markers, then the procedure can be completed, but golfers must bend over or crouch repeatedly causing discomfort and increasing heart rate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the ball storage part and ball marker storage part into a single putter head structure, allowing both functions to be performed simultaneously. The ball storage part includes two arms that can grasp and lift the golf ball, while the ball marker storage part can hold and release ball markers, eliminating the need for separate actions and reducing bending movements.
Solution Approach 2:
The putter head performs the functions of picking up balls, returning balls to original positions, placing ball markers, and retrieving ball markers automatically through its integrated storage parts and arms, without requiring the golfer to bend over or crouch for these tasks.
2Ease of operation
If related-art putters are designed to lift golf balls, then ball pickup is enabled, but it becomes difficult to return golf balls to original positions on the green
Solution Approach 1:
The putter head is designed with multiple functions integrated into a single structure: the ball storage part with two arms for grasping and lifting balls, the ball marker storage part for holding and releasing markers, and the magnet insertion part for retrieving ball markers. This multi-functional design allows the putter to perform both ball pickup and ball return operations, as well as handle ball markers, making it universally applicable to all green maintenance tasks.
3Ease of operation
If putter structures are made complex to reduce bending, then fewer bending movements are required, but the putter structure becomes difficult for golfers to use
Solution Approach 1:
The putter head is segmented into distinct functional parts: a ball storage part with two arms for ball handling, a ball marker storage part for marker storage, and a magnet insertion part for magnetic ball marker retrieval. Each segment performs a specific function and can operate independently, making the overall complex functionality manageable and easy to use through simple, intuitive actions.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces the need for bending, stabilizes heart rate, enhances putting stability, and reduces discomfort, allowing golfers to play longer without strain, thus improving scores and reducing time on the green.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet insertion part formed on the other side surface thereof and having a magnet inserted thereinto
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a golf putter head, which comprises a hitting face formed on a front surface thereof, a ball marker storage part formed on first side surface thereof, and a ball storage part formed on second side surface thereof, wherein the ball storage part is configured to pick up a golf ball from the ground and to place the ball back to the original position from which the ball is picked up, and comprises two arms protruding and extending from the second side surface of the putter head, and the two arms have a connection portion formed as an arc and are shaped to curve inwardly and to be close to each other at the ends thereof, allowing the golf ball to be inserted and seated therein.