Wheeled Golf Bag Panels for Protective Travel Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traveling with golf clubs presents challenges due to size, weight, fragility, and handling issues, including airline restrictions, difficulty in maneuvering, and potential damage, as well as the need for efficient organization and protection of golf equipment.
Innovation Solution
A golf bag design with interchangeable panels that transition between playing and travel modes, featuring club sleeves, a cover with wheels, and a base for stability, allowing easy transport and protection of clubs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional golf bag is used for traveling, then golf clubs can be carried, but the bag is bulky and heavy making it difficult to maneuver through airports
Solution Approach 1:
The golf bag employs a collapsible structure with telescopic legs that can be extended to provide stability during use and retracted to minimize volume for transport. The bag transitions between an expanded playing configuration and a collapsed travel configuration, dynamically adapting its volume and stability characteristics to match operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The golf clubs are stored within telescopic sleeves that can be nested inside the bag structure when not in use. The sleeves collapse around the clubs, reducing the overall volume occupied by the club storage system during travel while maintaining full club capacity during play.
2Ease of operation
If a traditional golf bag is used for traveling, then golf clubs can be carried, but the bag is heavy making it difficult to handle and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The bag incorporates an integrated retractable handle system with wheel assembly that provides mechanical advantage for moving the bag. The handle acts as a lever arm that reduces the effective weight the user must support, while the wheels eliminate friction-based resistance from dragging the bag across surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The bag structure is divided into modular components including detachable telescopic legs, removable club sleeves, and separable storage compartments. This segmentation allows users to strip away unnecessary components for travel, reducing overall weight while maintaining essential functionality.
3Reliability
If a traditional golf bag is used for traveling, then golf clubs can be carried, but clubs are fragile and may get damaged during transit
Solution Approach 1:
The bag includes integrated foam padding and shock-absorbing materials positioned around the club storage areas. These cushioning elements are pre-installed in strategic locations to protect club heads and shafts from impact during handling and transport, reducing the need for additional protective packaging.
Solution Approach 2:
The bag employs flexible yet protective covering materials that conform to the shape of golf clubs while providing scratch and impact resistance. The telescopic sleeves are constructed from durable flexible materials that protect clubs during insertion and removal while maintaining a compact profile when collapsed.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional golf bag is used for traveling, then golf clubs can be carried, but the bag may not comply with airline size and weight restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The bag's collapsible design allows it to dynamically adjust its volume between a large expanded state for playing and a compact collapsed state for air travel. The telescopic legs and sleeves can be fully retracted to minimize the bag's external dimensions, enabling compliance with various airline carry-on or checked baggage size restrictions.
Data Source
AI summary
A bag is described for carrying a set of golf clubs while playing golf and while traveling. The bag includes at least two panels, each with a first face and an opposite second face. The first face includes sleeves for insertion of shafts of golf clubs. The at least two panels are connected so as to provide a playing mode with the first faces facing outward, thus providing access to the golf clubs. They are also connected so as to provide a travel mode with the first faces facing inward, thus protecting the golf clubs while travelling. The bag also includes a cover for covering the end of the bag and heads of the golf clubs when in the travel mode. This cover includes wheels. Consequently, when the bag is vertically inverted, the wheels allow the bag to be pushed and pulled by a user.