Trailer-Mounted Golf Simulator With Underfloor Projection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf simulation systems are often restricted to indoor use and are cumbersome to move, making them difficult to deploy at remote or outdoor locations without a power supply.
Innovation Solution
A convertible wheeled trailer assembly with a double-bayed golf simulator that can be transported and deployed at remote locations, featuring a horizontal frame with longitudinal and transverse axles, a rectangular trailer box with hinged side panels and a rear ramp door, and projectors mounted below a floating floor to maintain stability and accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If golf simulation systems are designed for indoor use with fixed installation, then stability and performance are improved, but mobility and ease of deployment to remote locations deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The golf simulation system is divided into modular components including a trailer-mounted generator unit, projector system, and configurable side panels that can be independently assembled and transported, enabling mobility while maintaining system integrity
Solution Approach 2:
A trailer serves as an intermediary platform that houses the generator and projector systems, providing a mobile base that can be transported to remote locations while supporting the golf simulation equipment
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system is made mobile and transportable, then ease of deployment to remote locations is improved, but structural stability and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The side panels are designed to be dynamically configurable between closed and open positions, allowing the structure to adapt to different operational modes while maintaining stability when closed and providing access when open
Solution Approach 2:
The trailer structure combines robust metal framing with reinforced panel materials to create a mobile platform that maintains structural integrity during transport while allowing for operational configurations
3Adaptability or versatility
If side panels are opened to maximize outdoor play experience, then adaptability and user experience are improved, but structural stability deteriorates due to racking
Solution Approach 1:
The side panels utilize horizontally hinged mechanisms that allow dynamic opening and closing, enabling the structure to transition between enclosed transport mode and open outdoor play mode while maintaining structural integrity in both states
Solution Approach 2:
The structural configuration changes from closed to open state through controlled parameter changes in panel positioning, allowing the system to adapt its geometry while managing structural stresses through the hinge design
4Manufacturing precision
If projectors are mounted on the ceiling for optimal projection, then projection quality is improved, but mobility and ease of transport deteriorate due to height constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The projector mounting position is moved from the traditional ceiling location to the floor level, utilizing the vertical space within the trailer differently to achieve both mobility compliance and functional performance
Data Source
AI summary
Herein disclosed is a mobile golf simulation system, more particularly, a double-bayed golf simulator apparatus mounted to a wheeled trailer that may be readily transported and deployed to remote, particularly outdoor locations. The mobile golf simulation system of the present invention is uniquely designed to include a projection system installed beneath a floating floor that, along with right and left drop-down walls, allows for the creation of an open air platform from which a user may play a realistic form of virtual golf, hitting his ball into a built-in screen.