Adjustable Base Holder for Garden Flagpole Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garden flag banner poles lack stability on windy days, hard surfaces, or areas without suitable ground conditions, as they rely on a single leg with an additional 90-degree leg for support, which is inadequate in such scenarios.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable base with a slot accommodating cylinders held by carriage bolts, allowing for adjustable distance between legs and secure tightening screws to stabilize the flag pole, enabling use on various ground conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a simple single-leg base with 90-degree support leg is used, then the device complexity is low and ease of manufacture is high, but the stability and reliability are insufficient for windy days, hard surfaces, or areas without suitable ground conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The base is segmented into multiple adjustable legs that can be independently positioned and secured. Each leg can be adjusted to different positions along the base structure, allowing the system to distribute weight and adapt to various ground conditions, thereby improving stability without requiring a completely complex new design
Solution Approach 2:
The base incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow it to adapt dynamically to different installation conditions. The legs can be repositioned along the base structure and secured at optimal positions, transforming a static simple base into a dynamic system that responds to environmental requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed-distance legs are used, then the manufacturing precision is easier to maintain, but the adaptability to varying distances between main leg and second leg is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The base structure incorporates adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow legs to be moved to different locations along the base. This dynamic adjustability enables the same base to accommodate varying distances between the main leg and second leg, providing versatility without requiring multiple precision-manufactured fixed configurations
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of varying distances in one dimension requiring multiple fixed configurations, the invention introduces an adjustment dimension along the base structure. Legs can be positioned at multiple locations along the length of the base, transforming a one-dimensional fixed-distance problem into a multi-position adjustable solution
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AI summary
An adjustable base to hold garden flag banner poles includes a base and two cylinders with holes for the two legs of the garden flag pole, the legs held in place with set screws on the side of the cylinders, the cylinders sit in a slot within the base, are attached to the base with two carriage bolts on the bottom of the base, one for each cylinder, the slot within the base allows the each cylinder holder of a leg components to slide to fit the multiple distances between flag pole legs.