Rough Mat Topography Frame for Realistic Golf Rough Terrain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rough mats fail to replicate the challenging terrain of an actual golf course rough area, providing insufficient difficulty and realism for golf shots, and lack distinctiveness from fairway mats.
Innovation Solution
A rough mat design featuring a topography forming frame with embossing patterns of convex parts that form a curved topography on an upper plate, creating varied and unpredictable mound terrains to enhance difficulty and realism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional rough mats use only long artificial turf on a flat plate, then the mat structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but the mat fails to provide sufficient difficulty and realism for rough environment practice
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies curvature by forming mound-shaped protrusions on the rough mat surface using a topography forming frame with convex parts. This creates a three-dimensional curved topography that mimics natural rough terrain, transforming the flat surface into a realistic rough environment with varying elevations that challenge golfers differently than simple long turf could provide.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional topography by adding vertical dimension through mound formation. The topography forming frame creates height variations and depth in the mat structure, adding another dimension to the playing surface that replicates the complexity of actual rough conditions on golf courses.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional rough mats use a flat plate structure, then the mat is easy to manufacture and install, but it cannot distinguishably differ from fairway mats and provides insufficient difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
The topography forming frame with convex parts creates distinctive mound-shaped protrusions that give the rough mat its characteristic three-dimensional surface. This curved topography clearly differentiates the rough mat from flat fairway mats, providing visual and functional distinctiveness while maintaining a manufacturable structure through the use of a forming frame mold.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies different local qualities by creating specific mound-shaped protrusions in particular locations on the mat surface. The topography forming frame establishes localized elevated regions with long turf, creating heterogeneous surface characteristics that distinguish the rough mat from uniform fairway mats while allowing for controlled manufacturing through the frame design.
3Device complexity
If conventional rough mats simply extend grass length on a flat surface, then the manufacturing process remains simple, but the mat cannot replicate the varied terrain and unpredictability of actual rough areas
Solution Approach 1:
The topography forming frame with convex parts efficiently creates complex mound-shaped terrain by applying curvature to the mat surface during manufacturing. This approach generates varied three-dimensional topography that replicates natural rough terrain features without requiring complex post-manufacturing assembly or installation procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The topography forming frame is prepared in advance with the desired mound pattern, and the mat material is formed to match this pre-designed topography during the manufacturing process. This preliminary action of creating the topography mold allows complex terrain structures to be produced efficiently in a single manufacturing step rather than requiring complex assembly operations afterward.
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AI summary
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rough mat that can significantly increase the difficulty compared to golf shots on a fairway mat and form a terrain that makes shots difficult to provide a more realistic golf shot environment on a rough for users to have a sense of hitting on the rough. For this end, the rough mat comprises an upper plate providing a turf part on which a golf ball is placed; and a topography forming frame configured to have a pattern for forming a curved topography and provided under the upper plate so that the upper plate forms the curved topography according to the pattern of the topography forming frame.