Golf Putting Training Device With Narrow Post Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf putting training devices are often heavy, bulky, and costly, lacking portability and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, portable golf putting training device featuring a base with equidistantly positioned posts forming a circle, providing a narrow opening for golf balls to roll through, with optional elastic members and sleeves to further narrow the target, and securement posts for attachment to surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional golf putting training devices use rails and laser sighting techniques, then training effectiveness is improved, but device weight and bulk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential functional element needed for putting training - a simple post structure with narrow opening - while eliminating heavy components like rails and laser sighting systems. The posts are positioned to create a narrow opening that provides visual alignment guidance without requiring complex mechanical or optical systems, thus achieving training effectiveness with minimal weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy of the golf hole concept using posts arranged to form a narrow opening, rather than replicating the full complexity of traditional training devices. This post-based model captures the essential alignment and targeting functions needed for putting practice while using lightweight materials and simple geometry.
2Reliability
If traditional golf putting training devices use rails and laser sighting techniques, then training effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential functional element needed for putting training - a simple post structure with narrow opening - while eliminating heavy components like rails and laser sighting systems. The posts are positioned to create a narrow opening that provides visual alignment guidance without requiring complex mechanical or optical systems, thus achieving training effectiveness with minimal weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a simplified copy of the golf hole concept using posts arranged to form a narrow opening, rather than replicating the full complexity of traditional training devices. This post-based model captures the essential alignment and targeting functions needed for putting practice while using lightweight materials and simple geometry.
3Reliability
If traditional golf putting training devices are designed for durability, then reliability is improved, but portability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the training device into separate modular components - individual posts that can be independently positioned and a base - allowing the device to be easily assembled, disassembled, and transported. This segmentation maintains structural integrity and reliability while enabling portability, as components can be carried separately and quickly reconfigured for use.
4Measurement precision
If the opening between posts is made narrow to improve targeting precision, then putting skill development is enhanced, but the device becomes more sensitive to positioning errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different functional qualities to different parts of the device - the posts are positioned with high precision to create the narrow opening for accurate targeting, while the base provides a larger, more forgiving platform for placement. This local differentiation allows the critical targeting area to be precise while the overall device remains tolerant to positioning variations.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances golfer focus and alignment by providing a compact, adjustable, and easy-to-use training tool that improves putting skills by simulating a smaller target than a standard golf hole, allowing for improved technique and confidence on the course.
Implementation Method 1
An elastic member may be attached to two of the plurality of posts and extend across the narrow opening therebetween. The elastic member may be configured to redirect a golf ball rubber that rolls into the elastic member.
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AI summary
A golf putting training device with a base and a plurality of posts extending upwardly from the base is provided. The plurality of posts may be positioned on a diameter of a circle and the diameter may be generally equal to a golf hole diameter. A distance between at least two of the plurality of posts is less than the golf hole diameter and thereby provides a narrow opening for a golf ball to roll through. A pair of sleeves may be positioned on a pair of adjacent posts such that the narrow opening for the golf ball to roll through is reduced. Also, an elastic member may extend between two posts and across the narrow opening for the golf ball to roll through such that a golf ball putted towards the narrow opening is redirected when it is rolls into the elastic member.