Yieldably Bendable Golf Ball Holder with Arcuate Concave Body
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf ball holders interfere with a golfer's swing and cause discomfort due to bulges in clothing, and existing designs have not achieved an optimal solution for securely carrying golf balls without these issues.
Innovation Solution
A golf ball holder device with a concave body made of yieldably bendable material, featuring an arcuate shape, nubs, wings, and flanges for a snug grip, along with a clip or chain attachment for secure placement on a belt or pocket, allowing easy insertion and removal of golf balls without interfering with the golfer's movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If golf balls are carried in clothing pockets, then golf balls are easily accessible, but clothing becomes uncomfortable and may interfere with players' swings
Solution Approach 1:
The golf ball holder extracts the golf ball carrying function from clothing pockets and relocates it to an external belt-mounted device. This separates the ball storage function from the clothing system, eliminating the harmful effects of bulges and swing interference while maintaining easy accessibility through belt placement and front-facing opening.
Solution Approach 2:
The belt-mounted holder acts as an intermediary between the golfer and the golf balls. Instead of balls directly interacting with clothing pockets, the holder provides a dedicated interface that maintains accessibility while isolating the balls from harmful interactions with the clothing and swing path.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional golf ball holders are mounted on belts, then swing interference is reduced, but design complexity increases without achieving optimal performance
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is segmented into distinct functional elements: the concave body for ball retention, flanges for belt attachment, and an opening for accessibility. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized independently while maintaining overall simplicity, reducing the need for complex design variations.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of making the holder rigid and using flexible clothing to adapt to it, the invention uses a flexible concave body that yields to the rigid golf ball. This inversion of flexibility relationships simplifies the design by eliminating the need for complex adjustment mechanisms while ensuring secure ball retention.
3Ease of operation
If the concave body is made yieldably bendable, then easy insertion and removal of golf balls is achieved, but secure retention of the golf ball may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The concave body transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic flexible structure that adapts during operation. During insertion/removal, the body yields to accommodate the ball. During retention, the body's elasticity provides continuous gripping pressure. This dynamic behavior resolves the contradiction between ease of operation and secure retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical state of the concave body changes during different operational phases. When the ball is being inserted or removed, the body is in a deformed state with increased cavity volume. When the ball is retained, the body returns to its original shape, exerting gripping pressure. This parameter change resolves the contradiction between ease of operation and secure retention.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a comfortable and interference-free way to carry golf balls, ensuring secure retention and easy access, addressing the discomfort and swing interference issues of prior designs.
Implementation Method 1
a concave body made of a yieldably bendable material... The interior surface exerts a snug gripping hold on the golf ball when inserted within the interior cavity of the concave body
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of nubs formed on the concave body, the nubs being provided spaced apart from each other in two rows... the nubs in the rows protruding from the interior surface into the opening of the interior cavity
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AI summary
A golf ball holder device has a concave body made of a yieldably bendable material. The concave body is arcuate in shape both length-wise and width-wise so as to define an interior surface forming an interior cavity and an opening to the interior cavity through which a golf ball can be inserted into or removed from a snug gripping hold by the interior surface on the golf ball within the interior cavity of the concave body.