Adjustable Load Coupling Assembly for Secure Multi-Load Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load moving apparatuses face challenges in securely connecting to loads of varying sizes and weights, requiring specific couplings that can be cumbersome and inefficient, especially when dealing with multiple dissimilar loads.
Innovation Solution
A device with a main body and connection assembly featuring engagement members and adjustment members that allow for flexible positioning and secure attachment to loads, enabling compatibility with different load types and sizes through adjustable connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed coupling system is used to connect load moving apparatus to loads, then the connection is secure and reliable, but the device cannot adapt to loads of varying sizes and weights, requiring multiple different couplings
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling device incorporates adjustable engagement members that can be repositioned along the main body to different locations, allowing the coupling to adapt to various load sizes and configurations while maintaining a secure connection. This dynamic adjustability eliminates the need for multiple fixed coupling types.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling device is designed with multiple engagement members and adjustment mechanisms that enable a single device to connect to various types of loads (boxes, containers, machinery) with different dimensions and weights, making it a universal coupling solution that replaces multiple specialized couplings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple specialized couplings are provided for different load types, then compatibility with various loads is achieved, but the device complexity and number of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the functions of multiple specialized couplings into a single multi-functional coupling device. By integrating several engagement members and adjustment mechanisms into one device, it achieves the versatility of multiple couplings while reducing the total number of components that need to be managed and stored.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling device is segmented into multiple independent engagement members that can be individually adjusted and positioned. This segmentation allows each engagement member to interact with different parts of various load types, providing versatility while keeping the overall structure organized and manageable.
3Device complexity
If engagement members are fixed in position on the coupling device, then the structure is simple and robust, but the coupling cannot accommodate loads of different dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement members are designed with adjustment capabilities that allow them to be repositioned along the main body to different locations. This dynamic feature enables the coupling to accommodate loads of various dimensions while maintaining a relatively simple and robust overall structure that does not require complex mechanisms.
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AI summary
A device for connecting to a load to be moved, the device including: a main body having a connection formation for engaging with a corresponding formation provided on a load moving apparatus: a connection assembly for connecting the main body to a part of the load to be moved, including: first and second engagement members for engaging with respective portions of the part of the load to be moved, an adjustment member connecting the first engagement member to the main body and providing for adjustment of the position of the first engagement member relative to the main body, a further adjustment member connecting the second engagement member to the main body and providing for adjustment of the position of the second engagement member relative to the main body.