U.S. patent application number 10/091984 was filed with the patent office on 2003-09-11 for golh, handisk & basedisk system of sky-ballet golfrisbee for course golh, snow golh, night golh, park golh, disk golh.
Invention is credited to Lin, Mei Jech, Nieh, Shun-Yu, Tarng, Alfred Yu-Chi, Tarng, Angela Yu-Shiu, Tarng, Eric Yu-Shiao, Tarng, Huang-Chang, Tarng, Jwu-Ing, Tarng, Min Ming.
Application Number | 20030171170 10/091984 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29548021 |
Filed Date | 2003-09-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030171170 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tarng, Min Ming ; et
al. |
September 11, 2003 |
Golh, handisk & basedisk system of sky-ballet golfrisbee for
course golh, snow golh, night golh, park golh, disk golh
Abstract
The golh system comprises the complete set for the course golh,
park golh, snow golh, night golh, and basedisk. Golh is the hybrid
golf comprising the flying golfrisbee and the rolling golfball.
Basedisk is the golfrisbee sport following the similar game rules
of baseball. To make the golh dream come true, the golh system
comprises the golh club, sky-ballet golfrisbee, golh lubricant,
golh cart, golh trolley, golh bag, golh swing trainer, and the
manufacture processes to be an integrated system package. The
sky-ballet golfrisbee comprises a skirt to make it safe for playing
in the park. The golfrisbee of golh will be the human power
farthest throw in the world to be the new Guinness world record.
The ski golh and basedisk will be the new Olympic sports.
Inventors: |
Tarng, Min Ming; (San Jose,
CA) ; Lin, Mei Jech; (San Jose, CA) ; Tarng,
Eric Yu-Shiao; (US) ; Tarng, Alfred Yu-Chi;
(US) ; Tarng, Angela Yu-Shiu; (San Jose, CA)
; Tarng, Jwu-Ing; (San Jose, CA) ; Tarng,
Huang-Chang; (San Jose, CA) ; Nieh, Shun-Yu;
(San Jose, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Min Ming Tarng, Ph.D.
4225 Borina Drive
San Jose
CA
95129
US
|
Family ID: |
29548021 |
Appl. No.: |
10/091984 |
Filed: |
March 6, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
473/465 ;
473/588 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 65/10 20130101;
A63H 33/18 20130101; A63B 67/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
473/465 ;
473/588 |
International
Class: |
A63B 067/00 |
Claims
We claim:
1. A golh system comprises a golfrisbee means, said golfrisbee
means being in circular symmetrical structure; said golfrisbee
comprising a ring band at rim of said golfrisbee; a bottom of said
ring band being lower than an outside circular edge of said
golfrisbee; said ring band being thicker than other portion of said
golfrisbee; said ring band having smooth transitional curve to
outside edge and inside region.
2. A golh system according to claim 1 of which said ring band
having cavity means, said golh system further comprising a golh
club means, said golh club means comprising a head means, said
cavity means of said ring band fitting on said head means of golh
club means.
3. A golh system according to claim 1 of which said golfrisbee
further comprising a skirt means, said skirt means attaching to
said circular symmetrical structure with small stub means; between
said skirt means and said circular symmetrical structure being
space to allow air to flow through.
4. A golfrisbee means according to claim 3 of which said skirt
means being made of soft material.
5. A golh system according to claim 1 of which a middle portion of
said golfrisbee being a hole.
6. A golh system according to claim 1 of which a middle portion of
said golfrisbee being segments of airfoils.
7. A golfrisbee means according to claim 1 of which a center of
said golfrisbee further comprises accessories to increase weight of
said golfrisbee to have sky-ballet spinning launching effect.
8. A golh system according to claim 7 of which said accessories
further comprising lighting means, said lighting means is to shine
light in the night golh sport.
9. A golh system according to claim 7 of which said accessories
further comprising sound means, said sound means generate sound in
the snow golh sport to guide golher to find said golfrisbee.
10. A golh system comprises a golfrisbee means, said golfrisbee
means being in circular symmetrical structure; said golfrisbee
comprising a circular skirt means being attached to said circular
symmetrical structure with small stub means; between said skirt
means and said circular symmetrical structure being space to allow
air to flow through.
11. A golh system according to claim 1 further comprising a
portable base, said base comprising a inclined plane and a hole, a
golfball rolling on said inclined plane into said hole.
12. A golh system according to claim 2 of which said golh club
means further comprising a handle means, a pole means and a
launching head means, said handle means being mounted on one end of
said pole means and said launching head means being mounted on
another end of said pole means, said cavity means of said
golfrisbee being fit on said launching head means of said golh club
means.
13. A golh system according to claim 12, said golh club means
further comprising a sliding handle means mounted on a upper
portion of said pole means and a weight means mounted on a low
portion of said pole for training purpose.
14. A golh system according to claim 12, said cavity of said
golfrisbee further comprises screw means and said launching head
means of said golh club means further comprise screw means.
15. A golh system according to claim 12 further comprises a
golfrisbee cleaner means, said golfrisbee cleaner means comprising
a sliding tube means, a switching block means and
single-directional valve means; said switching block means having
an air hole connecting to air inside a container of said golfrisbee
means and a lubricant hole connecting to lubricant inside a
container of said golfrisbee means; as said sliding tubing means
being compressed reciprocally, said single-directional valves means
compressing air to flow into said golfrisbee cleaner means; as an
inlet of said sliding tube means in alignment with said air hole,
compressed air blowing out through said sliding tube; as an inlet
of said sliding tube means in alignment with said lubricant hole,
compressed lubricant blowing out through said sliding tube.
16. A golh system means according to claim 1 further comprising a
self-locked golh bag means, said self-locked golh bag means
comprising a cap and a bag, said bag comprising an L-shaped guiding
slot at the top end and an L-shaped guiding slot at the bottom end;
said cap comprising a spring biased means and a protrudes means,
said protrudes means sliding in said L-shaped slot and said spring
biased means biasing against said bag to have self-locked
action.
17. A golh system means according to claim 2 further comprising a
golh cart means, said golh cart means comprising a pair of wheel
means, a frame means and a frame support means, a bag means being
able to hang on said frame means, pulling out said frame support
means, said frame means leaning on said frame support means and
sitting on said pair of wheel means; said golh cart means further
comprising accessories of snow ski means and snow wheel means; said
golh cart means either pulled or self-driving with motor power
means, golher standing on said golh cart means to drive said golh
cart means.
18. A golh system means according to claim 12 further comprising a
golh simulator means, said golh simulator means comprising sensors
means, microprocessor means and display means, said sensors means
sensing stress and dynamics behavior of said launching head means,
said microprocessor means analyzing data collected by said sensor
means; said display means displaying said data analyzed by said
microprocessor means.
19. A golh system means according to claim 12 further comprising a
golh swing trainer means, said golh swing trainer means comprising
slanted circular means and elastic means, said elastic means
hanging at left end and right end of said slanted circular means,
said elastic means holding said pole of said golh club means, said
slanted circular means further comprising a guiding means,
microprocessor means and a driving means, said guiding means
holding said lower portion of said golh club means to guide golher
to swing according to preset swing pattern stored in said
microprocessor means, said microprocessor means driving said
driving means to shift said guiding means according to said preset
swing pattern.
20. A golh system means according to claim 1 further comprising a
golh manufacture process, said manufacture process being divided to
be several steps, said manufacturing process comprising putting
previous step module casting output means in a next module step to
cast one new module of said next step.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] Golh sports are the century sports for the 21st century. The
golh, handisk, and basedisk, etc are the new sports derived from
our invention golfrisbee. The golfrisbee disk is thrown into the
sky and spin fast. The golfrisbee throwing process is more like the
sky-ballet. It looks beautiful just like the ballet dancer spinning
on the stage. Therefore, we refer the golfrisbee to be the ballet
in the sky. Our goal is to have the golh sports to be the Olympic
sports.
[0003] Golf was invented for several centuries. However, the golf
is still not an Olympic sport. It is due to the original golf sport
remaining as the sport for the rich people. In the northern cold
place, the golf is limited to be a game during the daytime of the
weekend in the warm seasons only. However, in the weekend, many
people need to go to church in the Sunday morning. Furthermore, the
highflying golf ball is dangerous to people. Due to safety reason,
the golfers need to book for the tee-time to play. The rate of the
usability of the huge golf course is very low. No wonder the
golfing fees are high. Golf becomes the sport for the rich people
only.
[0004] To change the situation, the golfrisbee is introduced to
make the revolution in the golf sport of modern society. Now, the
golfrisbee has made the breakthrough in golh technology. It will
make the golh sport to be the sport for the people, not for the
rich. Based on the innovation of the golfrisbee, many sports are
created accordingly such as golh, golfrisbee, basedisc, handisc,
basketdisc, tenndisc, waterdisc, etc. A lot of new associations are
formed such as Golh Association, Golfrisbee Association, Basedisc
Association, Handisc Association, Basketdisc Association, Waterdisc
Association, etc as shown in the web site
http://www.golfrisbee.com. In the future, since the handisk and ice
golfrisbee will be the popular sport for people, golh have the
potential to be the Olympic sport. Therefore, the golh will be the
first Olympic sports of golf type sports.
[0005] Golh is the hybrid golf sport made of flying golfrisbee and
the rolling ball. Golfrisbee is to swiveling club to launch flying
disk to fly. In golh sport, the long drive adopts flying
golfrisbee; the putting adopts the rolling golfball. The golfrisbee
has the soft-landing essential characteristics which it can play in
the park to be the park sport. In the golh sport, the golfball is
strictly limited to roll on the ground such as putting the ball to
roll into the hole. Because there is no flying golfball, so golh is
relatively safe to be played in the park to be the Park Golh. Even
playing in the golf course, multiple groups of golhers can play at
the same hole place without safety concern. Multiple groups of
golhers share the golf course price. Golh does not need the
tee-time. It reduces the golf course expense a lot.
[0006] The golh sports can be further divided to be
[0007] (1) Course Golh;
[0008] (2) Park Golh;
[0009] (3) Disk Golh;
[0010] (4) Snow Golh;
[0011] (5) Ski Golh;
[0012] (6) Night Golh;
[0013] (7) Long-Drive Golh;
[0014] (8) Basedisc;
[0015] (9) Other: such as Handisc, Ice Golfrisbee, Tennidisc,
Basketdisc, Waterdisc, etc.
[0016] Golh can play in the golf course to be the course golh.
There is the technology compatibility between the golfrisbee and
golfball. For the course golh, there is no tee-time requirement for
the golhers. The golher can play golh in the course any time and
any place.
[0017] The high-flying golfball is dangerous. There is no golf in
the park. However, the golfrisbee is safe, the golher can play golh
in the public park. The golh played in the park is the park golh.
Since the park golh and basedisk can play in the public park, the
customer base for the park golh is huge.
[0018] The basedisk is the conjugate sport of the baseball.
Basedisc is to play golfrisbee according to the baseball game
rules. The flying disk is the golfrisbee type basedisc launched
with the golh club. The basedisc is smaller and heavier than
golfrisbee. The basedisk flies as fast as the baseball.
[0019] Basedisk is the attacker swiveling the golfrisbee club to
launch the disk to fly. The pitcher is no longer needed. The
defenders catch the disk and pass the disk to touch the attacker.
The rule is the same as the baseball. The flying disk for the golh
and basedisk has innovations to fly long-range distance and is safe
to operate.
[0020] To play the basedisc or golh in the park, we need to have
the portable base or portable-putting hole. The golh system pack
includes the universal portable putting base for both the basedisc
and park golh.
[0021] The handisk is the conjugate sport of the football. The
handisk is to play the golfrisbee according to the football game
rules. The disk is launched to fly with the hand or golh club.
[0022] The disk golh is to play the golfrisbee in the disc golf
course according to the disk golf rules. On the disk golf course,
there are many baskets. The basket is corresponding to the hole in
the golf course. Disk golfers throw the flying disk into the basket
with the hand. Instead of using hand throwing disk, the golhers use
the golh club to launch the golfrisbee to fly. Disk golh is the
golher launching the golfrisbee to fly into the basket directly
with the golh club. The hand-throw disk golfers are our potential
golh customers.
[0023] One of the golh target accounts is the golf course. However,
to make the golfers and the golf courses to accept the golh sport,
we need to provide the complete golh system package for the golh
market strategy. At the beginning, to approach the golf course, the
golh market strategy is to take the market share which the golfer
cannot play the long drive. There are the places and times which
the golfers cannot play the long drive such as the park, snow
course and the time in the night. The golh can play the long drive
in the golf course during the darkness in the night. To
differentiate from the golf having no long driving capability, we
mention the new snow golf and the new night golf having the long
drive capability with golfrisbee to be the park golh, snow golh and
night golh. To make the golfers and golf courses accept the golh
sport, we promote the night golh and snow golh. The night golh and
snow golh can have the long drive with the flying golfrisbee and
the putting with rolling golfball. The snow golh and night golh do
not conflict with the existing golf sport activities. The snow golh
and night golh can do the time sharing with golf for the golf
course.
[0024] Night golf is to play golf in the night. Night golf is the
golf sport in the southern hot desert places. Why there is the need
for the night golf? The first reason is that it is too hot to play
golf during the daytime for the cities in the desert such as Las
Vegas. The golfer has to wait until the temperature being cooled
down in night. The night golf is the only golf which can be played
in the hot desert. The second reason is that, in the weekdays,
after the business hour, it is already 6 p.m. It becomes dark. If
the golfer wants to play golf in the weekday, the night golf is the
only choice. However, it is difficult to find the long drive flying
golfball in the night. The night golf is limited to be putting
only!
[0025] On the contrary, the snow golh and ski golh are the golf
sports for the northern cold places. Snow Golf is the conjugate of
the night golf. It is the golf in the cold northern snow winter
season. In 1893, the father of snow golf, Rudyard Kipling, started
to putt the golf ball into the tin can. In 19.sup.th century, the
USGA (United States Golf Association) already set the game rule for
the snow golf. However, the snow golf cannot keep the snowy golf
course to operate in the winter. After 110 years, the snow golf
still cannot play the highflying golfball game. It is impossible to
have the long drive of the golfball in the snowy golf course. It is
hard to find the golfball in the white snowfield. Therefore, the
snow golf and night golf have the putting only.
[0026] Today the snow golf and the night golf already have the
special rules and means. Both are the in-door golf activities to
putting the golf ball to roll into the hole only. To have the long
drive in night golf or snow golf, the LED and buzzer has to be
installed on the golfball. However, as the golfball is hit with the
impact of the golf club, the impact force will destroy the LED and
buzzer. As the highflying golfball falls on the ground, the impact
force will destroy the LED and buzzer installed in the golfball,
too. Therefore, it is impossible to mount any signal indicator
device on the golfball.
[0027] Why does the golf cost so much? The long drive of the
golfball causes all the problems.
[0028] (i) The highflying golf ball is very dangerous that the golf
cannot be played in the public park. It can only be played in the
private golf course. Even in the private golf course, the
highflying golf ball of the multiple groups of golfers will hit on
each other and hurt each other. The golf cannot have multiple
groups playing at the same time. For the safety reasons, golf has
the `tee-time` regulation. There is booking for the tee-time. At
any time, only one group can play at one hole place of the golf
course.
[0029] (ii) The long drive of golf cannot be played in the winter
snow course. On the thick snow, there is no solid ground to place
the tee. The golf ball has to be played on the snow directly. As
the swiveling golf club hits the ball, the snow powders will sprays
everywhere that you can not see where the golfball flies. Even
worse, as the highflying golf ball falls on the snow, the golf ball
punches the snow pile and is buried in the snow. The golf ball
disappears in the snow golf course. The golfer never can find the
golf ball again until the snow melts in the next spring. So, there
is no long drive in the snowy golf course. The golf course needs to
shut down in the snowy winter season.
[0030] In 1893, the father of snow golf Rudyard Kipling introduced
the snow golf which only had the putting golf ball to roll on the
small area snow-clean ground activities. The snow golf does not
have the long-range highflying golf ball activities. The snow golf
is only in-house activities. It is no more the golf sport in the
open field. The snow golf only has the putting activity. The snowy
golf course still needs to shut down and lay off their employee. In
the winter season, the snow golf only has the putting golf ball to
roll into the hole activity. The golfer can putt in the house, not
in the golf course. Today golf sport cannot play in the snowy golf
course. In the winter season, the golf course is filled with snow.
The highflying golf ball falls on to the snow and buried under the
snow. It is impossible to find the golf ball that the golf game
cannot play in the snowy golf course in the winter season. The golf
course has to be shut down in the winter. The employee is laid off
for 3 months to half year. The golf course lost a lot of money.
[0031] (iii) The golf ball is hit by the golf club seriously. As
the high flying golf ball falling and hitting on the solid ground,
the impact is seriously. Even LED embedded in the golf ball will be
destroyed in the hitting and impact processes. So, there is no
night golf. Since the golh club launches the sky-ballet golfrisbee
as the human hand throws the flying disk. The soft-landing is the
essential characteristics of the flying disk. So, there is no
impact force applying to the flying disk in both the launching and
landing process. We may embed the LED light in the sky-ballet
golfrisbee to have the Night Golh.
[0032] The long drive of the golfball causes no night golf, no snow
golf, no park golf and booking for tee-time. It causes the usage of
the golf course to be low. In the park, the city government pays
the "green fee." In the private golf course, the golfers need to
pay the green fee for the green grass. It causes the high operation
cost of the golf course.
[0033] The Golh adopts the flying disk to solve the snow golf
problem.
[0034] (1) For the long drive of golh, there is no hitting impact
force during the launching golfrisbee process. As the golfrisbee
falls on the ground, the golfrisbee has the soft-landing
characteristics. The golfrisbee has the enough lift force to carry
the miniature LED, buzzer and battery. So, the LED and buzzer can
be installed on the golfrisbee. The light and sound will lead the
golher to locate and find the golfrisbee in the dark or in the snow
very quickly.
[0035] (2) The sky-ballet golfrisbee is mounted on the golfrisbee
club to launch to fly. The golfrisbee club does not contact with
the snow powder at all. Therefore, the golher can see where the
sky-ballet golfrsibee flies and lands.
[0036] (3) Due to the soft-landing of the sky-ballet golfrisbee,
the sky-ballet golfrisbee will land on the top of the snow. The
golher can identify the sky-ballet golfrisbee in the snow golf
course easily.
[0037] (4) Due to safety of golfrisbee, the golf course can be as
compact as a small park. The 18 hole paths can be folded as a net.
The compact golf course can be located in the residential area,
which is closed to the golfer customers. It is convenient and safe
for the night golfer.
[0038] Since the golfrisbee has the sound device and light device,
the snow golh and night golh has the long Drive capability with
golfrisbee. The golh can be played in the snowy golf course to be
snow golh. The snow golf course just needs to blow the snow away
from the putting hole area to clean out a small area for putting
the golfball. With the golh, the snowy golf course can continue
operating in the winter season.
[0039] The golfrisbee can be played in the snowfield to be the ski
golh. The ski golh is to play the golh with the cross-country ski.
The snow golh and ski golh are referred as white golh. With the
golfrisbee, in the shiny sunshine, the golher can play the white
golh. The white golh has the different taste from the green golh.
To play the white golh, we need to provide the auxiliary equipment.
The complete system package includes the golh cart equipped with
ski to play the ski golh.
[0040] Both snow golh and night golh have the highflying disk
activity. Using the sky-ballet golfrisbee, the snow golh and the
night golh have the complete golf course activity. The golh can
boost up the golf course's income a lot. Definitely, the golf
courses will welcome the golh for their own benefit--the golf
course's income. Due to the night golh, the golf course can operate
at night in the weekday or in the hot desert. With the night golh,
the golf course can continue operating during the night. After the
office hours, the businessperson can eat dinner in the restaurant
of the golf course. Then go to play the night golh. Due to the snow
golh, the golf course can operate in the snowy winter. With the
golh, the golf course can increase the operation time and no
shutdown in the snowy winter. The golh can boost up the economics
of the golf course. The golf courses definitely encourage the
golfer to adopt the golh club to play golh after it becoming dark
or snowy. This is the win-win solution for the golf course and the
golhers. It reduces the golher's cost a lot, too. The member fee of
the golf course will worth more. The golf course will sell the golh
club and golfrisbee and encourage all the golfers to play golh in
the night or in snowy course in the days. To encourage the golfer
to play the golh, they will allow the golhers to share the same
course and no tee-time!
[0041] However, the night golh and the snow golh have the tough
times and tough places to play. Therefore, we make the innovation
in the golh system pack to meet the challenges of all the tough
environments. We make the innovation in golh system technologies
based on our invention of golfrisbee. We integrate the technologies
and make the innovation in system integration to meet the technical
challenges in park golh, night golh, ski golh and snow golh to
promote the golh sports.
[0042] Eventually, as the golhers' population increases, the golh
will be the dominant sport in the golf course. To play the golh in
the golf course, the golh and golfrisbee technologies have to be
compatible with the golf and ball technology. The swing of golh
club is similar to the swing of golf club. The long-drive flying
distance has to be compatible. As shown in the following table, the
long drive flying capability of golfrisbee is about the same as
flying golfball.
1 Technology Compatibility between Golfrisbee & Golfball
Golfball PDGA Disc Aerobee Disc the long drive record 1200 ft. 712
ft. 1257 ft average 900 ft.
[0043] Now the flying disk technology is comparable with the golf
technology. The long-drive champion record for the golfball is
about 1236 feet. The hand-throw Aerobee Ring has the flying range
record to be 1257 feet. Therefore, the golfball and flying disk can
be compatible to share the same golf course Furthermore, we make
the innovation for golfrisbee--the sky-ballet golfrisbee. The
sky-ballet golfrisbee will make the flying disk flying
better--higher and longer. With the sky-ballet golfrisbee, golh
club and professional training with the golh swing trainer, almost
all the people can launch the golfrisbee as well as and as far as
the long drive of golf balls. From the following table of
comparison, eventually the golh sport will be the dominant sport
over the golf sport.
2 Comparison Table for Golf & Golh Sport Place/Time Golf
Golh/Golfrisbee Golf Tee-Time Required Not Required Course Cost
High Low City Park Cannot Play Can Play Night Only Putting Long
Drive & Putting Weekday After Hours Cannot Play Can Play Desert
Snow Golf Only Putting Long Drive & Putting Snow Golf Course
Cannot Play Can Play Snow Field Ski-Golf Disk Golf Course Cannot
Play Can Play Basedisk Cannot Play Can Play Handisk, etc
[0044] Furthermore, the way of golh swing is different from the way
of golf swinging. There is the golh swing trainer to train the
golfer to be the golher.
[0045] In golf, from long drive to putting, the golfer changes from
wood club to steel club. The golfball does not change.
[0046] In golh, from long drive to putting, the golfer changes from
golfrisbee to golfball.
[0047] Golh is to introduce a complete system pack solution to the
existing golf and flying disk problems. It offers the solution for
the snow golf, night golf, park golf and disk golf. One unique
golfrisbee disk will fulfill all the different tough requirements
of the different golf sports. In addition, we need to provide the
system pack solution.
[0048] The screw system of the golfrisbee cannot allow the dirt or
sand to attach to it. We need to have the field cleaner to clean
the sand and dirt away. Comparing with golf, the golh is a
high-tech sport. To play good, you need to understand the
mechanics, aerodynamics, etc. The most difficult problem is the
initial static friction/stick force problem during the sky-ballet
golfrisbee launching process. To swing consistently, each time the
fit cap of the sky-ballet golfrisbee needs to be cleaned with
blowing air and applied with lubricants of different viscosity. The
static friction controller contains the compression air and
lubricant.
[0049] The snow golf course and night golh courses are the tough
play environment. We need special golh equipment for the snow golh
and night golh. To play the snow golf in the snow golf course,
there are other issues needed to be addressed. To play the snow
golf in the field, it is impossible to drag the heavy golf bag to
walk on the soft snow in the cold windy golf course. We need a
specially designed golf cart to carry the bag and the golfer
altogether.
[0050] To carry the heavy golf bag to walk on the soft snow is not
an easy job. For the golf course in the desert of Las Vegas, the
snake and animal will come out in the night. We need to minimize
the hazards in the snow golh and night golh. The golh bag is
integrated with the personal portable golh cart. The golher can
ride on the personnel portable golh cart in the golf course to
minimize the hazards and speed up the play. As he arrives the
disk-landing place, he can step down the golh cart, pop the support
stick to support the golh cart as the standing golf bag. The golh
cart will serve as the standing bag as you play the golh. As the
golher launches the sky-ballet golfrisbee disk, the golher can
immediately step on the golh cart to run after the flying disk.
[0051] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0052] Golf is the national sport of US. It is the representative
sport of the capitalism. It is the rich people's sport. However, it
becomes the critics and hatred target of the poor people in the
world. Before, we do not care. After 911, we must consider that it
is time for us to change the style of the golf sport. After 911,
all the Americans are confused why the other worlds hate us so
much? Golf sport is the representative for the hatred and is
attacked by the outside western and well-developed countries. For
the poor people, the golf is the rich people's sport. One-round of
18-hole play cost at least $30.00, even more. It is the month
living fees of the poor people. With the addition of the caddy's
fee, the poor people cannot imagine to join the golf sport in all
his life. No wonder the golf represents the wealthy people's sport
to be the hatred for the poor people. Due to the hatred caused by
envy, even the golf sport is so popular in US, however, the golf is
still rejected to be the sport of the Olympic sport.
[0053] The snow golf is popular in the northern snowy place. The
night golf is popular in the southern desert place. In the desert,
it is very hot in the day. So, the night golf becomes popular. Both
snow golf and night golf have golf limited to putting. There is no
highflying golfball activity in the snow golf and night golf. The
golfer cannot play the long drive in the nighttime or snowy field.
As the golf club head hits on the golf ball, the LED, buzzer and
battery embedded in the golf ball most likely will crack. As the
highflying golf ball hits on the solid ground, the LED, buzzer and
battery most likely will crack.
[0054] Both basedisk and golh are the new sports based on the
innovation of the golfrisbee. The basedisk is the golfrisbee
adopting the baseball game rule. The golh is the hybrid sport
constituted of the flying golfrisbee and rolling golfball. The golh
can play in the park to be the park golf. Golh is the park golf
which is safe to play in the park. It is invented for the Olympic
golf sport. You cannot play the golf in the park. However, you can
fly disk in the park. The golh can be played in the park as the
flying disk being played in the park. As the object flying in the
sky, it is the flying disk. As the object rolling on the ground, it
is the rolling ball. From long drive to putting, the golher changes
the golfrisbee to be the golfball. In golh, the golher does not
change club. The same club can either launch the golfrisbee or putt
the golfball. The LED and battery can be embedded in the flying
disk. Because the golh club does not hit on the flying disk and the
flying disk has the soft landing, the LED and battery will be left
unharmed. You can play golh in the snow golf course. The flying
disks will softly land on the top of the snow pile.
[0055] Furthermore, the golh can have the multiple groups to share
the golf course at the same time. The multiple groups share the
same tee-time. There is no need to reserve the tee-time anymore.
Golh reduces the cost a lot for the member and increases the income
of the golf course. It is the new golf standard which can play the
golf in the snowy golf course. For the golh and basedisk sports,
the golfrisbee completely changes the world value about the golf
with the flying disk technology. It will save the American from the
hatred and attacks of the terrorism.
[0056] Golh will save the golf course in the winter season. The
golf course can continue operating in the winter season.
Accordingly, the innovations of golh and golfrisbee are not only in
the golf technology and flying disk technology but also in the way
of sporting system integration. Without the innovation of the
sporting system integration, the golh sport will not be functional
properly.
[0057] The golh is technologically compatible to golf. The long
drive of flying disk is compatible to the long drive of golf ball.
The Guinness World Record set Aerobie Pro Ring (U.S. Pat. Nos.
4,560,358 and 4,456,265) to be the world's farthermost thrown
object 1,257 feet. Actually, it is not the dome-shaped flying disk.
It is a flat plate with ring shape. There are two reasons for the
ring plate structure to be the farthermost thrown object. The first
is the thin profile of the ring plate; the second is the long-range
stability. The thin profile has the low drag force. The long-range
stability is due to the side edge stability of the spoiler rim to
keep the straight flight. However, the side stability causes the
Aerobie Ring not having the dogleg curving flying capability. The
dogleg flying capability is emphasized in the disk golf course.
Furthermore, the inclined edge of the spoiler rim induces the drag
at the front and end edges that the throwing distance is reduced.
The thin plate without the proper protection. It easily hurts the
other people. The flat plate ring is not safe to play in the
park.
[0058] To make the flying disk have the thin profile is not easy.
The Aerobie Superdisc is the flying disk version of the Aerobie Pro
Ring. However, Aerobie Superdisc no longer keeps the thin profile
of the ring structure. The Aerobie Superdisc has the inclined
curved edge with the dotted surface to increase the friction for
handholding. At the edge, it has the spoiler rim for stable flight.
The spoiler rim is more like the upright directional wing of the
airplane or the damping board of the boat. However, it induces many
other drawbacks. At the leading edge, the spoiler rim will induce
the separation of the boundary layer on the top of the flying disk.
At the tailing edge, the spoiler rim will induce the separation of
the flow from the soft cushion tail fin. Comparing to the Aerobie
Pro Ring, the hand-thrown distance of Aerobie Superdisc is reduced
a lot.
[0059] The U.S. Pat. No. 4,568,297 of Innova disk has the flying
range of 712 ft. It is a flying disk approved by the Professional
Disc Golf Association (PDGA). The hand-thrown flying disk has the
vertical sharp edge for handholding. The sharp vertical straight
edge introduces a lot of drag. Outside the vertical sharp edge is
the triangular design of the supersonic airfoil. However, the
hand-thrown flying disk is always operating in the subsonic speed
range. It is not a correct design for the front edge. The triangle
is tilt upward. It is not correct design for the tail end, either.
The speed of flying disk is much less than the sonic speed. For the
subsonic airfoil design, it does not need the triangle. At the head
side, the sharp edge does not have the supersonic effect. However,
at the tail side, the vertical edge and the upward slope of the
triangular design causes the separation of the airflow from the
tail fin. It induces a lot of drag to the flying disk. Due to the
vertical sharp-edge, Innova Disk has to be thrown horizontally.
Even worse, the sharp edge of triangular design causes the Innova
disk to be unsafe for the park sport. Originally, the flying disk
has the benefit to play in the park safely. However, the Innova
disk destroyed the park sport benefit. The Innova disk is small and
heavy with the sharp edge. The Innova disk is dangerous to the
public that it cannot be played in the public park. Just like the
golf ball is forbidden in the park, the disk golf is forbidden in
the park, too. The disk golf is no more a "park sport." Just like
the golf, the disk golf needs to play in the "disk golf
course."
[0060] The drag force determines the flying distance. The wobbling
phenomena and the abrupt shape are the most important two
aerodynamic drag factors. To eliminate the wobbling, the structure
of golfrisbee is symmetrical. To reduce the drag force, the
golfrisbee shape is further smoothened. The essential difference
between the sky-ballet golfrisbee and the conventional hand-thrown
flying disk is that the sky-ballet golfrisbee gets rid of all the
sharp edges. It has no edge at all. The sky-ballet golfrisbee has
the dome shape smooth design in its middle portion. The sky-ballet
golfrisbee with the skirt is safe to play in the park. It is the
only flying disk having both the thin profile of the ring structure
and the dome shape of the flying disk. The golfrisbee is launched
with the golf club. The screw of club head is about half turn only.
It makes the sky-ballet flying disk being able to have very thin
profile. Since the sky-ballet golfrisbee is not thrown with hand,
it has no edge designed for the hand holding and throwing. The
sky-ballet golfrisbee is launched with the golh club, it does not
need the hand holding vertical edge of flying disk. It has the
smoothly curved design in the middle portion of the bottom of
sky-ballet golfrisbee. The skirt introduces the side stability
without the loss of the dog-leg fly capability. The skirt further
has the bumper design to play safe in the park. Furthermore, the
skirt serves as the bumper to protect the people from being hit.
The skirt made of the foam material has the opening space between
the golfrisbee main body and the skirt. The skirt of the golfrisbee
has the function of the long range stability of the spoiler rim;
however, the skirt does not have the drag caused by the spoiler
rim. Theoretically, the farthest distance comes from throwing angle
at 45 degrees, not throwing level. The sky-ballet golfrisbee has no
edge that it can launch at any angle. With the aerodynamic smooth
airfoil design, thin ring structure and launching with the golh
club, the sky-ballet golfrisbee will be the new Guinness World
Record to set sky-ballet Golfrisbee to be the "Manpower throwing"
World's farthest thrown object.
[0061] The golh needs to play as the snow golh and the night golh.
It is impossible for the golher to pull the golf trolley in the
deep snow. It is extreme dangerous to walk in the dark field. The
golh cannot use the existed golf facilities to play the snow golh
or night golh. The golf never plays in the snow field or the dark
field. The golf cart, golf trolley or golf bag is not designed for
the snow golf or night golf. The golf cart is a four wheels
electrical car. The golf trolley cannot carry golfer. The golf bag
is too heavy to be used on the soft snow. Therefore, the golf cart
or golf trolley is not capable to work in the snow field and the
dark field. In the snow field and the dark field, the golh trolley
has to be integrated with the golh cart and be able to carry the
golher. The Dean L. Kamen et al's U.S. Pat. No. 5,971,091
Transportation Vehicles and Methods and U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,230B1
Personal Mobility Vehicles and Methods do not have the trolley
function of golh cart. Our new innovative golh cart is unique to
have the multiple functions of the golh bag, golh trolley and golh
cart. The golh cart is similar to the two-wheel golf trolley.
However, the golher can ride on the golh cart.
[0062] The golf swing trainer provides guidance for the path of the
swing of the golf club. Our golh swing trainer not only guides the
swing path but also guides the swing speed and swing acceleration.
The golher swing trainer integrates both the weight training and
swing training in the same swing trainer.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
[0063] The sports of golh, snow golh, ski golh, night golh, park
golh, disk golh and basedisk are the golh sport family which is
derived from our invention of the sky-ballet golfrisbee. We provide
the complete system packs solution for the golfrisbee sport family.
The system pack includes the sky-ballet golfrisbee, golh club,
portable hole base, static friction lubricant, swing trainer,
self-lock golh bag, and golh cart. The cost of golh and basedisk
are reduced with the integrated manufacturing process. It becomes
the sport for the people. The golh, ski golh and basedisk, etc will
be the first golf type sports to be the official Olympic Sports and
Winter Olympic Sports.
DRAWINGS FIGURES
[0064] FIG. 1 is the sky-ballet golfrisbee; (A) is the side view of
the golfrisbee disk; (B) is the right-hand golfrisbee club; (C) is
the left-hand golfrisbee club.
[0065] FIG. 2 is the section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee; (A)
is the side section view of the golfrisbee disk; (B) is the section
view of the right-hand golfrisbee club; (C) is the section view of
the left-hand golfrisbee club.
[0066] FIG. 3 is the section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee as
shown in FIG. 1A; (A) is the bottom view of the sky-ballet
golfrisbee taken at the horizontal line X-X in FIG. 3B; (B) is the
horizontal section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee taken at the
horizontal center line in FIG. 3A; (C) is the vertical section view
of the sky-ballet golfrisbee taken at the vertical center line Y-Y
in FIG. 3A.
[0067] FIG. 4 is the section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee
having the punched through fitting cap and the wing segment with
the adjustable angle of attack; (A) is the bottom view of the
sky-ballet golfrisbee taken at the horizontal line W-W in FIG. 4B;
(B) is the horizontal section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee
taken at the horizontal center line in FIG. 4A; (C) is the vertical
section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee taken at the vertical
center line Z-Z in FIG. 4A.
[0068] FIG. 5 is the section view of the sky-ballet having the ring
shape; (A) is the bottom view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee; (B) is
the horizontal section view; (C) is the vertical section view.
[0069] FIG. 6 is the section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee with
the exchangeable cap and weight-balanced design; (A) is the bottom
view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee; (B) is the horizontal section
view; (C) is the vertical section view.
[0070] FIG. 7 is the golfrisbee static friction controller which
has the functions of air compressor, air cleaner and lubrication;
(A) is the golfrisbee static friction controller at the idle
position; (B) is the golfrisbee static friction controller in the
air compression mode; (C) is the golfrisbee static friction
controller at the air cleaning mode; (D) is the golfrisbee static
friction controller in the lubrication mode.
[0071] FIG. 8 is the airfoil shape of the golfrisbee wings; (A) is
the section view of an airfoil for the lift-upward motion with
right hand rotation; (B) is the section view of an airfoil for the
lift-up motion with left hand; (C)) is the section view of an
airfoil for the lift-upward motion; (D) is the section view of an
airfoil for the diving-downward motion with right hand rotation;
(E) is the section view of an airfoil for the diving-downward
motion with left hand rotation; (F) is the section view of an
airfoil for the diving-downward motion;
[0072] FIG. 9 is the two-wheel golh trolley; (A) is the two-wheel
golh-pulling trolley; (B) is the integrated two-wheel golh trolley
with the golh bag; (C) is the ski type golh trolley; (D) is the
belt type golh trolley.
[0073] FIG. 10 is three-wheel type foldable and portable personal
golh cart; (A) is the side view of the personal golh cart; (B) the
personal golh cart stands as standing bag; (C) is the back view of
the personal golh cart; (D) is the side view of the personal golh
cart having the snow ski; (E) is the personal golh cart having the
snow ski stands as stand-up bag; (F) is the back view of the
personal golh cart having the snow ski.
[0074] FIG. 11 is two-wheel type foldable and portable personal
golh cart; (A) is the side view of the personal golh cart; (B) is
the personal golh cart stands as standing bag; (C) is the back view
of the personal golh cart; (D) is the side view of the personal
golh cart having the automatic ski capability; (E) is the personal
golh cart having the automatic ski capability and also serving as
standing bag; (F) is the back view of the personal golh cart having
the automatic ski capability.
[0075] FIG. 12 shows the operation of the automatic ski system; (A)
is on the hard ground, the ski is not engaged with the ground; (B)
is the detailed mechanism of the automatic ski not engaged with the
ground as shown in FIG. 11A; (C) is on the soft ground, the ski is
engaged with the ground; (D) is the detailed mechanism of the
automatic ski engaged with the ground as shown in FIG. 11C.
[0076] FIG. 13 shows the operation of the fast installment of the
ski shoes of the golh cart; (A) is the shaft of wheel fed into the
notch on the ski frame; (B) is the shaft of wheel fed into the
guided slot of ski shoe; (C) the lock plate is closed to have the
shaft of wheel sealed in the slot; (D) the hook of the spring is
mounted on the shaft to have the automatic bias of the automatic
operation of the snow ski.
[0077] FIG. 14 is the snow ski having the elongated guiding slot to
have snow ski to be packed.
[0078] FIG. 15 is the snow wheel; (A) is the snow wheel rolling on
the solid ground; (B) is the snow wheel rolling on the snow.
[0079] FIG. 16(A) is the section view of the integrated waterproof
LED light for sky-ballet golfrisbee; (B) is the top view of the
integrated waterproof LED light for sky-ballet golfrisbee.
[0080] FIG. 17(A) is the section view of the integrated waterproof
sound generator for sky-ballet golfrisbee; (B) is the top view of
the integrated waterproof sound generator for sky-ballet
golfrisbee.
[0081] FIG. 18 is the partial section view of the self-locked golh
bag; (A) the cap of the self-locked golh bag is in the locked
position; (B) the cap of the self-locked golh bag is uncapped and
is self-locked at the bottom of the bag.
[0082] FIG. 19 is the portable base for the golh putting and
basedisc.
[0083] FIG. 20 is golh super swing trainer; (A) is the isometric
view of the golh super swing trainer; (B) is the side view of the
golh super swing trainer; (C) is the guide implemented with the
gear for the golfrisbee club; (D) is the guide implemented with the
steel rope for the golfrisbee club.
[0084] FIG. 21 is the golh simulator.
[0085] FIG. 22 is the working flow of the golfrisbee disk and
golfrisbee hut; (A) the module process for golh club and
golfrisbee; (B) the assembly flow for the golh club and
golfrisbee.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
[0086] The golh is the long drive of golf playing with the disk.
The flying distance of the golfrisbee is compatible with the
golfball. For the conventional flying disk, the flying distance is
much less than the golfball. Therefore, the golfrisbee has the
special design to have the long range flying capability. All the
shape of the sky-ballet golfrisbee has the streamline design for
integrity. There is no abrupt line segment or sections as most of
the flying disk and ring do. With the golh club, it will be the
human power farthest throw in the world to be the new Guinness
world record. Furthermore, the golfrisbee is designed to be safe to
play as the conventional flying disk does.
[0087] As shown in FIG. 1, it shows the set of the sky-ballet
golfrisbee. The golfrisbee has two kinds of design. As shown in the
FIG. 3, it shows the helicopter type wing segment 17. As shown in
FIG. 5, it shows the UFO type design. The sky-ballet golfrisbee 1
has a skirt 16. The skirt 16 has several functions.
[0088] (1) It serves as the bumper to protect both human and the
golfrisbee itself. The skirt is made of the soft material such as
foam rubber. The skirt 16 has the skirt hanger 161 extended into
the sky-ballet golfrisbee body.
[0089] (2) The skirt 16 serves as the stabilizer at the side of the
golfrisbee for the long range flight. At the front of the
golfrisbee, the skirt 16 serves as the guiding slot to guide the
air flowing above the golfrisbee. It reduces the drag force at the
front end. This design is the subsonic airfoil design. It is
completely different from the Innova Disk. The Innova Disk has the
triangle front end being the supersonic airfoil design. However,
for the supersonic wing operates at the subsonic speed, it induces
a lot of drag force.
[0090] (3) At the tail of the golfrisbee, the skirt 16 guides the
airflow to wash downward to increase the lift and drifting
distance.
[0091] On the contrary, in the Innova patent, the design of
triangle rim will cause the air flowing upward, instead downward.
It reduces the airlift force of the flying disk.
[0092] FIG. 1B is the right-hand golh club 2R; FIG. 1C is the
left-hand golh club 2L. The weight 23 is to train the golher to
develop the golh muscle. The slot 231 is to have the weight 23 to
be mounted on the golh club. The fixed handle is located at the end
of the golh club. The sliding handle 21 is to have the natural
slow-to-fast swing movement. The slot 211 is to have the sliding
handle to be mounted on the golh club.
[0093] FIG. 2 is the section view of the sky-ballet golfrisbee and
the golh club. The sky-ballet golfrisbee is in the UFO shape with
right-handed cap 13R and left-handed cap 13L. This is the basic
model of the sky-ballet golfrisbee 1. Due to the co-existence of
the caps 13R and 13L, the weight of sky-ballet golfrisbee 1 is well
balanced. Due to the weight balance, it does not have the wobbling
phenomena that the sky-ballet flying distance is much longer than
the unbalanced flying disk. Furthermore, the caps 13R and 13L are
embedded in the sky-ballet body itself. Since the cap 13R and 13L
are located at the rim. To embed the cap 13R and 13L in the body of
the sky-ballet golfrisbee, the rim of the sky-ballet golfrisbee has
the ring band structure. It reduces the aerodynamic drag force that
the sky-ballet golfrisbee can fly longer and further. The left-hand
screw 34L is fit in the left-hand cap 13L; the right-hand-screw 34R
is fit in the right-hand cap 13R. Except the left-hand screw 34L,
the structure and operation of the left-hand golh club 2L are the
same as the right-hand golh club 2R.
[0094] The right-handed screw 3R has the screw 34R notched on its
top end. The bottom of the right-handed screw stub 3R is pivotally
mounted in the club head 36. The screw 3R is locked with the
locking screw 35. For one fixed cap 13R, the rotation of screw 3R
determines the launching position on the swiveling circle of the
swiveling golh club 2R. To launch the golfrisbee with golh club
properly, the allowance of angle of the screw 3R rotation is only 5
degrees.
[0095] The extension club locker 22 is optional. To adjust the
length of golh club, the golh club has two segments. Releasing the
extension club locker 22, the lower segment 2L is slidable in the
upper segment 2U. Locking the extension club locker 22, the lower
segment 2L is locked in the upper segment 2U. The length of golh
club is adjusted to be the ideal club length of the golher.
[0096] The rotational motor 70 is optional. As use the rotational
motor, the locking screw 35 is released to allow the screw 34R to
have the free rotation. The rotation motor index 71 is the stopping
position of the rotational motor 70. The battery 5 embedded in the
handle is to supply the power to the rotation motor 70. The switch
51 is to turn on and turn off the rotation of the rotation motor
70. There is turn-on process and turn-off process. For the turn-on
process, the battery power is first on, and then the rotation motor
7 starts to rotate. For the turn-off process, the motor rotator
first stops the screw 34R at the position prescribed by the index
71. Then the battery power is shut down.
[0097] Swiveling the golh club to launch the golfrisbee, the
golfrisbee rotates on the golh club with the golh club head being
the pivotal center. It builds up the angular momentum. The
rotational radius is large. As the golfrisbee takes off, the center
of rotation is at the center of the golfrisbee. The rotational
radius becomes small. According to the conservation of angular
momentum, the rotation speed of the golfrisbee will become faster.
The effect is similar to the ballet dancer shrinking her hands in
front of her chest to speed up the spin speed. Therefore, the
golfrisbee is referred to be the sky-ballet golfrisbee. To increase
the sky-ballet effect, the ring band mass is reduced and the center
mass is increased.
[0098] FIG. 3 shows the alternative design of the sky-ballet
golfrisbee. As shown in FIG. 3, the hole 42 in the ring band is to
reduce the weight. The center weight 12 is added to the center of
the sky-ballet golfrisbee to increase the sky-ballet effect. The
center weight 12 is constituted of the weights 120, 124 the screw
122 and the nut 123. For the night golf and/or snow golf, the
weight 120 and/or 124 can be either the light source and/or the
sound source. As shown in FIG. 16, the weight 120 is the light
source for the night golf. The screw 122 passes the hole 1203 to
hold the light 120 to the sky-ballet golfrisbee 1. The light source
1200 emits the light in the night golh to guide the golher to
locate the sky-ballet golfrisbee. To save the power, the light
sources are LED. The LEDs have different colors. As the golfrisbee
rotates in the night, it has the rainbow in the dark sky. The
switching button 1201 can be pushed to shut the battery power. The
switching button can be capacitor type that the seal of 1201 can be
solid. The battery and the switching circuit 1202 are to supply the
power and light control to the light source 1200.
[0099] As shown in FIG. 17, it shows the sound source 124 is to add
the weight at the center of the sky-ballet golfrisbee. The screw
122 passes the hole 1243 to hold the sound source 124 to the
sky-ballet golfrisbee 1. The speaker 1240 generates the sound to
guide the golher to locate the sky-ballet golfrisbee. The switching
button 1241 can be pushed to shut the battery power. The switching
button can be capacitor type that the seal of 1241 can be solid.
The battery and the switching circuit 1242 are to supply the power
and light control to the light source 1240.
[0100] As shown in FIG. 8, to have the video, audio effect,
enhanced sky-ballet effect and the curved flying capability, the
sky-ballet golfrisbee is modified to be the helicopter type
sky-ballet golfrisbee. The wing 17 has many different wing segments
to modify the curved flying path of the sky-ballet golfrisbee. As
shown in FIG. 8A, the wing 17 having the segment 17a is for the
right-hand golh club to have the curved up flying path. As shown in
FIG. 8B, the wing 17 having the segment 17b is for the left-hand
golh club to have the curved up flying path. As shown in FIG. 8C,
the wing 17 having the segment 17c is for the left-hand golh club
or right-hand club to have the curved up flying path. As shown in
FIG. 8D, the wing 17 having the segment 17d is for the right-hand
golh club to have the curved down flying path. As shown in FIG. 8E,
the wing 17 having the segment 17e is for the left-hand golh club
to have the curved down flying path. As shown in FIG. 8F, the wing
17 having the segment 17f is for the left-hand golh club or
right-hand club to have the curved down flying path.
[0101] As shown in FIG. 4, the golfrisbee has the universal wing
17a. The wing segment 17a can adjust the angle of attack to change
the flying path of the golfrisbee. The wing segment 17a has the
short stub 17b pivotally fit in the golfrisbee body. Changing the
angle of the attack of the wing segment 17a, the lift force of the
golfrisbee will change. The flying path of the golfrisbee will
change accordingly.
[0102] There are many different versions of the sky-ballet
golfrisbee. As shown in FIG. 4, the cap 131L is the punched through
cap. For the punched through type cap, the launching angle can be
increased a lot. Furthermore, the sky-ballet golfrisbee 1 can be
made much thinner. It can reduce the drag force. The flying
distance can be much farther. As shown in FIG. 5 the wing segment
17 is optional to be removed to be a sky-ballet golfring. As shown
in FIG. 6, the sky-ballet golfrisbee has only one right hand cap to
minimize the air drag. To have the weight balance, the air bubble
13b is embedded in the golfrisbee body on the opposite site of the
cap. The volume of the air bubble is the same as the volume of the
cap.
[0103] The screw mechanism of golfrisbee is a complicate mechanism.
It needs the lubricant to reduce the static friction. The initial
static friction causes the uncertainty during the golh club
swiveling process. To have the consistent swiveling process and
expected result, the lubrication is needed to eliminate the stick
force of the initial static friction. Furthermore, as the
golfrisbee falls on the ground, the dirt sticks to the screw of the
cap. It will cause the inconsistent swiveling result. So, the cap
13 of the sky-ballet golfrisbee is needed to be checked and cleaned
quite often.
[0104] As shown in FIG. 7, in the field operation, we use the
static friction controller 7. It has the three processes to be
integrated in one device: the air compression, the air clean and
the lubricant application. The static friction controller is
constituted of the compressing cylinder 70, the switching block 71,
the spraying nozzle 72 and the container 74. The lubricant 75 is
stored in container 74. The cap 742 is to seal the lubricant 741
entrances. The spraying nozzle 72 is mounted on the top of the
sliding cylinder 70. The sliding tube 70 can be fit in the hole
722. The cavity 723 guides the fluid into the nozzle 720. The hole
721 is to fit for the spraying tube. As the finger presses on the
spraying nozzle 72, the sliding cylinder 70 slides downward as
shown in the FIG. 7B. The one-way compression piston 7021 moves
upward to seal the conduit. The one-way compression valves 714
moves downward to allow the air to be sucked into the conduit 713.
The air inside the switching block compartment 716 is forced to
flow out into the container 74. As the finger is released, the
sliding cylinder 70 moves upward under the air pressure in the
compartment 716. The air inside the conduit 713 is compressed and
the one-way valve 714 is closed. As the air pressure inside the
conduit 713 is larger than the air pressure in the compartment 716,
the one-way valve 7021 moves downward and the compressed air flows
into the compartment. Repeating the process as shown in FIG. 7A and
FIG. 7B reciprocally, the air pressure inside the container 74 is
built up.
[0105] To use the compressed air to clean the cap of the golfrisbee
or the screw of the golh head, as shown in FIG. 7C, the finger
holds the sliding tube at the position to have the conduit 701 to
align with the hole 711 on the wall of the switching block 71. The
compressed air flows through the hole 711, the conduit 701, the
cavity 723, and the nozzle 720. The compressed air blows on the cap
or screw to blow away the dirt. As the dirt is cleaned, the golher
can apply the lubricant 75 to the cap or screw. As shown in FIG.
7D, the finger holds the sliding tube 70 at the position to have
the conduit 701 to align with the hole 712 on the wall of the
switching block 71. The lubricant 75 flows throw the hole 712, the
conduit 701, and the cavity 723 and the nozzle 720. The lubricant
75 sprays on the cap and screw to lubricate the cap and screw.
[0106] Depending on the distance between the threads of the screw,
there are many different golh club heads. Therefore, the golher may
carry several golh clubs. However, to carry the golh bag walking on
the snow is not so easy. So, the trolley is needed. As shown in
FIG. 9A, the golh trolley 5 is mounted on the axle 500 of wheels
50. The foldable handle 51 pulls the frame 52 to drag the golh
trolley 5 forward. The supporter 55 is hinged to the ear 520 on the
frame 52 with the pivotal axle 550. The golh bag 4 is leaned
against the frame 52. FIG. 9B shows the golh bag being integrated
with the portable trolley 5a. To ski on the snow, as shown in FIG.
9C, the trolley 5 is mounted on the snow ski 901. To ski on the
snow and run on the road, as shown in FIG. 9D, the trolley is
mounted on the belt wheel 501. The belt wheel is composed of two
wheels 5011 and 5012, belt 5013 and triangle structure 5014. The
trolley 5 is pivotally mounted on the top node of the structure
5014.
[0107] To play the night golh in the desert or the snow golh in the
heavy snow northern place, the golher has to ride on the cart. In
the desert, during the day, the temperature is too high to play
golh. The only time to play golh is in the night. However, in the
night, the snakes come out, too. To minimize the accident, the
golher has to ride on the golh cart. In the heavy snow place, the
snow depth can be very deep. It is impossible for the golher to ski
to drag the golf trolley. The golher has to ride on the golh cart,
too.
[0108] There are two kinds of cart. One is three-wheel golh cart 8
as shown in FIG. 10. The golher can stand on the golh cart 8 to
drive the golh cart. The golh cart is a foldable and portable golh
cart. Releasing the extension lock 821, the length of pole 82 can
be adjusted. The pole 82 is foldable with the pivotal joint 830.
The technique for the golh cart adopts our former U.S. Pat.
5,474,144 Twin-Wheel Motor Car with Differential Height and Speed
Mechanism. It needs only one motor to drive the twin-wheels 80.
Since it is the three wheels, it does not need the complicate
self-balance circuits and control. It does not have the speed limit
as the two wheel golh cart does. So, the cost becomes much cheaper
and the speed is much faster. As shown in FIG. 10C, the front wheel
86 is mounted on the support frame 82 with the axle 860. Rotating
the handle 81, the frame 82 rotates which also causes the front
wheel 86 to rotate to change direction. The twin-wheels have the
differential mechanism to drive the wheels 86 to have the different
speed during the turning direction. In FIG. 10B, the support 85
pivotally rotates on the axle 850 to support the ear 820. The
support 85 supports the frame 82. The golf cart is served as the
standing bag and golh trolley.
[0109] To run on the deep snow in the golf course, the wheel can
change to be the snow wheel 80s as shown in FIG. 15. The wheel
paddle 801 is at the end of the cylinder 802. The cylinder 802 is
under the bias of the spring 803. As shown in FIG. 15A, the snow
wheel 80s rolls on the solid ground. The wheel paddle 801 is
compressed to be the same circle as the wheel 80s. As shown in FIG.
15A, the snow wheel 80s rolls on the snow. The wheel paddle 801 is
expanded into the snow to serve as the paddle. The wheel paddle 801
expels the snow to drive the golh cart 8 forward or backward.
[0110] As shown in FIG. 10D to FIG. 10F, the golh cart 9 is further
equipped with the automatic golh snow ski 9. As shown in FIG. 12A
and FIG. 12B, the automatic golh snow ski 9 is raised up to run on
the solid ground. As shown in FIG. 12C and FIG. 12D, the automatic
golh ski 9 is lowered to support the weight of golh cart 9 to drive
on the soft snow. The wheel can be changed to be the snow wheel
80s.
[0111] As shown in FIG. 12B, there is a Z-shape guiding slot 910
notched on the guiding plate 91. The wheel axle 600 passes through
the Z-shape guiding slot 910. The spring 92 connects between the
axle 600 and the ski 9 to pull the ski forward to raise the ski 9.
The spring 92 is constituted of two segments 923 and 924. The
segment 924 has the hooked end 921 to hook the axle 600. The
segment 924 has the hooked end 920 to hook the ear 923 of the
guiding board 91. Under the compression force of the spring 92, the
guiding plate 91 is pulled forward to raise the ski 9 up.
[0112] As shown in FIG. 12C, the wheel rolls on the soft snow 95
and traps in the snow 95. The snow 95 contacts with the ski 9. As
the wheel 60 rotates to drive the golh cart to move forward, due to
friction, the ski 9 is left behind. The wheel axle 600 climbs up
the slope of the Z-shape guiding slot 910 and forces the ski 9
downward to engage with snow 95 to support the weight of golh
carts.
[0113] FIG. 13 shows the installation of the snow ski without
removing the wheel. As shown in FIG. 13A, the wheel axle 600 passes
the slot and presses the locking plate 912 downward. The locking
plate 912 is pivotally mounted on the guiding plate 91 with the pin
9120. FIG. 13B shows the axle 600 is mounted in the guiding slot
910. FIG. 13C shows the locking a plate is closed with the biasing
spring. FIG. 13D shows the hook 921 is attached to the axle 600 and
the installation is finished. FIG. 14 shows the lower slot of
Z-shape guiding slot can make the extension to be the guiding slot
910e. The snow ski 9 can be folded to integrate with the golh cart
or golh trolley.
[0114] FIG. 11 shows the two-wheel golh cart. The golh cart is
foldable and portable. Releasing the extension lock 621, the length
of pole 62 can be adjusted. The pole 62 is foldable with the
pivotal joint 630. The golh cart can be further innovated from the
Segway of Dean L. Kamen et al's U.S. Pat. No. 5,971,091
Transportation Vehicles and Methods and U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,230B1
Personal Mobility Vehicles and Methods. The supporting stick 65 is
pivotally mounted on the frame 62 with the pivotal axle 650 passing
the ear 620 of the frame 62. The two-wheel golher cart 6 is served
as the standing bag as shown in FIG. 11B. The snow ski 9 can be
mounted as shown in FIG. 12D, FIG. 12E and FIG. 12F. The wheel can
be changed to be the snow wheel 8s, too.
[0115] FIG. 18 show the self-locked portable golh bag for traveling
golher. As shown in FIG. 18A, the golf bag has the self-lock cap 43
being self locked with the golf bag 42. The handle 41 is to carry
the golh bag 42 or to hang the golh bag 42 on the golh cart as
shown in FIG. 10. Under the biasing spring 431, the pressing plate
432 presses against the top rim of the golh bag 42. Under this
pressure, the protrude 430 is locked in the notch 4210. To open the
golh bag, press cap 43 downward, the protrude 430 moves downward to
slide in the slot 421. Rotating the cap 43, the protrude 430 slides
to the end of the horizontal segment of the slot 421. Lifting up
the cap 43, the golh bag 42 is opened. As shown FIG. 18B, the cap
43 can be held at the bottom of golh bag 42 to facilitate the carry
of the golh bag 42. Sliding the protrude 430 into the vertical
segment of the slot 422 and press the cap 43 upward. As the
protrude hits the end of the vertical segment, rotating the cap 43
horizontally to the end. Releasing the pressure on the cap 43,
under the biasing force of the spring 431, the pressing plate
biases against the bottom plate of the golh bag 42. Under the
biasing force, the protrude 430 is fit in the notch 422. The
self-locked cap 43 is self-locked to the bottom of the golh bag
42.
[0116] To play the basedisc, we need the portable base. To play the
golh in the park, we need the portable-putting hole. As shown in
the FIG. 19, it shows the universal portable hole base. It can be
used as either the base in the basedisc or the putting hole in the
park golh. The rolling golfball can roll upward on the inclined
plane 452 and the plateau 451 into the hole 450. The flag 46 has
the flag 461 to mark the number of the hole. The flag is inserted
in the hole 450 of the base 45 with the stub 460 fitting inside the
hole 450.
[0117] The swing of golh is different from the swing of golf. To
launch the golfrisbee with the golh club, the swing speed and the
swing pattern is very important. To train the golher to be familiar
with the swing way of golh, as shown in FIG. 20, the golh swing
trainer 10 is important for the golh instructor. The golher stands
inside the golher trainer and has the golher club 2 fit inside the
swing glider 23s as the same position as the payload 23 shown in
FIG. 1. The handle 21s is fit at the position 21 shown in FIG. 1.
The Computer aided golh instructor 101 drives the solenoid tube
1022 located inside the tube 102 to rotate to drive the gliding
stub 1021 and the swing glider 23s to slide. The swing glider 23s
is to guide the correct swing speed of the golh club. In FIG. 20D,
it shows the alternative design of the guide. As the pulley 101p
pulls the rope 1025, the guide 23s slides to move to guide the
correct swing speed.
[0118] The golh simulator is the miniature of the portable wheel
balance machine. Instead of balancing the wheel, we apply the same
principle and mechanism to measure the rotation of the golfrisbee
1. The golher can easily check the simulating results of flying
distance, launching angle, launching speed, and flying direction on
the LCD screen. Furthermore, the golher can adjust the parameter of
the viscosity of the lubricant, the starting angle, the launching
angle of the screw, etc to find the optimum swing pattern for
himself. With the golher simulator, the golher does not need to go
through the tedious "launching and walking, trial and error"
process and improve his techniques systematically.
[0119] FIG. 21 is the golh simulator 11. The golfrisbee 1 is
mounted on the rubber wheel head 111. The rubber 1111 envelops
around the steel drum 1110 to be the rubber head. Any golfrisbee
cap 3 can easily fit on the rubber wheel head 111. As the golher
swings the golher club, the sensors 113 and microprocessor 114 of
balance mechanism record and analyze the dynamical behaviors of the
golfrisbee. The dynamics results are shown on the LCD display. The
LCD display 112 is mounted on pole of the golf club.
[0120] The golfrisbee is made of the composite material to be one
single piece. Furthermore, the golfrisbee has the screw. Therefore,
the mass production manufacture process is very important to the
golh industry. As shown in FIG. 22A, the manufacture of making golh
club and golfrisbee module is highly complicated four step process.
In the first step, the golh club head locking screw 35, launching
stubs 34 R and 34L are cast with model. As shown in step 2, the
locking screw 35 is put in the club head module to cast the golh
head with the locking screw 35. As shown in step 3, the launching
stubs 34 R and 34L are put in the golfrisbee module to cast the
golfrisbee with the launching screws. As shown in step 4, the
golfrisbee is put in the skirt module to have the skirt 16 cast to
be one unit with the golfrisbee 1.
[0121] FIG. 22B shows the assembly process of the golh club and
golfrisbee. In Step 5, the handle, golf club head, golf club pole
and golf launching stub are assembled to be the golh club. In Step
6, the payload 124, screw 123 and golfrisbee body are assembled to
be golfrisbee 1. In step 7, the golfrisbee 1 is mounted on the
launching screw stub and is ready for launching test.
[0122] While the invention has been particularly shown and
described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it
will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes
in form and details may be made therein without departing from the
spirit and scope of the invention.
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