Replaceable Striking Pad for Hard Surface Golf
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golfing on hard surfaces like streets is hindered by the inability to use golf clubs directly on the surface without damage, and existing golf balls lack sufficient rolling resistance and control, leading to unsatisfactory play and simulation of real golf.
Innovation Solution
A replaceable striking pad attached to the golf club head with a spiked ball designed for improved rolling resistance, combined with a portable ball trap and optional remotely controlled vehicle for precise ball placement and capture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional golf clubs are used directly on hard surfaces, then the club head can strike the ball, but the club head and hard surface suffer impact damage and abrasion
Solution Approach 1:
A replaceable striking pad is introduced as an intermediary component between the golf club head and the hard surface. The striking pad absorbs impact forces and prevents direct contact between the club head and hard surface, thereby eliminating damage to both the club head and the playing surface while maintaining the ability to strike the ball effectively.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If lightweight foam golf balls are used to minimize impact damage, then the balls are soft enough for urban play, but they roll too easily on hard surfaces and lack controlled stopping characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The golf ball is constructed as a composite structure combining a lightweight foam core with an outer layer featuring controlled friction characteristics. This composite design maintains the soft, damage-preventive properties of foam while adding surface characteristics that provide controlled rolling resistance and stopping ability on hard surfaces, preventing the ball from rolling uncontrollably into gutters and drains.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional club covers are used to protect the club head, then the club head is protected during transport, but the covers cannot withstand impact and abrasion during street play and cause inconsistency in ball contact
Solution Approach 1:
The striking pad is designed as a replaceable component that can be easily swapped between transport and play conditions. During transport, the pad provides protection similar to conventional covers. During play, the pad's durable construction withstands impact and abrasion while maintaining consistent ball contact, and its replaceable nature allows it to be replaced when worn, ensuring ongoing reliability.
4Length of moving object
If balls with resinous veins or fibers are used to provide flight characteristics, then the balls achieve desired flight distance, but they gather dirt, sand, and plant fibers from streets, changing their characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The ball surface is designed with a homogeneous, smooth outer layer that does not readily accumulate dirt, sand, or plant fibers. This uniform surface maintains consistent aerodynamic and rolling characteristics throughout play, preventing the degradation of performance that occurs when foreign materials accumulate on textured or fibrous surfaces.
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AI summary
A method and an apparatus for playing golf on a hard surface comprises a replaceable striking pad attached to a conventional golf club head by means of at least one attachment means, a spiked ball, a portable ball trap to trap the spiked ball and an optional remotely controlled vehicle to position the portable ball trap. The replaceable striking pad includes a small lip at a bottom end on a front face and a holding ledge having substantially curved edges extending away from the bottom end of the front face. The holding ledge is adaptable to wrap around a bottom sole of the golf club head. The portable ball trap includes a thin flat platform with tapered edges, a central threaded pole positioned on the thin flat platform and a circular frame having a plurality of hinged tabs threaded to the central threaded pole.