Rigid Golf Accessory Holder with Magnetic Fastener

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing golf accessory holders are flimsy, difficult to access, and often cause accessories to be misplaced or lost, especially for golfers with less flexibility or older age, as they are made of non-rigid materials and secure to shoes, making it hard to retrieve items like divot repair tools and golf tees.

Innovation Solution

A rigid golf accessory holder with a magnetic fastener and open face design that secures to a belt, golf bag, or clothing, featuring a compartment for divot repair tools, flexible slots for golf tees, and interchangeable ball markers, allowing easy access and hands-free transportation of accessories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If existing golf accessory holders are made of flimsy, non-rigid material, then the holder can be flexible and easy to manufacture, but the holder becomes difficult to access and causes accessories to be misplaced or lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is divided into a rigid housing structure and separate functional components (divot repair tool holder, golf tee holder, ball marker holder). This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity, resolving the contradiction between ease of manufacture and reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The holder uses a composite construction combining rigid plastic housing with magnetic fastening mechanisms. This composite approach provides both the structural reliability needed to prevent misplacement and the manufacturing simplicity of molded plastic parts, directly addressing the technical contradiction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Device complexity

If existing golf accessory holders are made of flimsy, non-rigid material, then the holder can be simple in structure, but the holder becomes difficult to access for users with less flexibility or older age

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The holder incorporates a magnetic fastening system that provides dynamic retention - accessories are held securely during normal activity but can be easily removed when needed. This dynamic characteristic allows the holder to maintain simple structure while dramatically improving ease of operation for users with limited flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The magnetic fastening mechanism replaces complex mechanical closure systems with a simple magnetic field-based retention system. This substitution maintains low device complexity while providing easy access for all users, including those with less flexibility or older age.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Stability of the object's composition

If existing golf accessory holders have restricted access through upper end openings, then the holder can maintain structural integrity, but the user has to reach hand within the pocket to remove the repair tool

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of providing access through the top opening as in traditional holders, this invention provides access through the side openings of the housing. This inversion of the access approach maintains structural integrity while allowing users to easily remove accessories without reaching deep into the holder.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

4Adaptability or versatility

If existing golf accessory holders use cloth-like material, then the holder can be flexible and comfortable, but the repair tool becomes snagged on the holder making it difficult to access

Engineering Contradiction:

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The holder uses a rigid shell structure instead of flexible cloth material, eliminating the snagging problem while maintaining adaptability through the magnetic fastening system that can accommodate various accessory types and configurations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The holder provides secure, easy access to golf accessories, preventing loss and misplacement, and accommodating various accessory sizes and colors, enhancing usability for golfers of all ages and flexibility levels.

Implementation Method 1

a divot repair tool fastener is disposed on a surface of the front side configured to magnetically secure the ball divot repair tool to the housing

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMagnetic attraction: Magnetism

Data Source

PatentUS11547911B2Golf accessory holder

Publication Date: 2023.01.10

AI summary

A holder for securing golf accessories therein and attaching to a belt, golf bag, waist band, piece of clothing or other article that is carried while golfing. The holder includes a housing having a base and a sidewall extending from the base toward an open face defining a compartment that can receive a ball divot repair tool. The sidewall forms a perimeter of the housing, wherein the open face extends the perimeter to allow the ball divot repair tool to be quickly and conveniently removed and inserted therefrom. A divot repair tool fastener is disposed on a surface of the housing to secure the ball divot repair tool thereto. In some embodiments, the divot repair tool is included and comprises a ball marker that is interchangeable with other ball markers in order to allow for a variety of colors or embodiments to be displayed on the divot repair tool.