Adjustable support stand
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support stands for firearms lack adjustability and secure gripping mechanisms, making them inadequate for maintaining firearms during maintenance tasks, especially when compact storage and versatility are required.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable support stand with front and rear supports featuring vertically stacked chevron voids on each arm, allowing deformation to securely grip firearms, combined with telescoping rails and locking mechanisms for height and length adjustments, and collapsible designs for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a support stand is designed with fixed structure, then it provides stable support, but it lacks adjustability for different firearm sizes and maintenance needs
Solution Approach 1:
The support stand employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms including telescoping rails that allow length adjustment, and height-adjustable front and rear supports with multiple position settings. These dynamic features enable the stand to adapt to different firearm sizes and maintenance requirements while maintaining structural stability through locked positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The support stand is divided into separable components including the front support, rear support, and telescoping rails that can independently adjust. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for specific functions while providing overall adjustability, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a support stand uses rigid gripping mechanism, then it provides stable support, but it cannot deform to accommodate different firearm dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The support stand incorporates flexible grip elements with chevron voids that can deform elastically to accommodate different firearm dimensions. These flexible grips maintain secure holding through elastic recovery while adapting to various shapes and sizes, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The grip mechanism utilizes parameter changes in the form of deformable chevron voids that change their geometric parameters (shape and volume) to match the firearm being supported. This allows the grip to adapt to different dimensions while maintaining secure contact through material elasticity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a support stand is designed with full adjustability features, then it provides versatile support, but it occupies more storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The support stand implements nesting by placing the front support within the rear support structure and utilizing telescoping rails where one rail section nests within another. This nesting arrangement allows the fully adjustable stand to collapse into a compact configuration for space-efficient storage while maintaining full adjustability functionality when deployed.
Solution Approach 2:
The support stand utilizes dimensional transformation by collapsing the adjustable components along their length and height dimensions during storage. The telescoping rails and height-adjustable supports can be retracted to minimize the overall volume occupied, effectively transitioning from a three-dimensional expanded state to a compact folded state.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The adjustable support stand provides secure and versatile support for firearms during maintenance, enabling easy adjustments and compact storage, enhancing the efficiency of maintenance tasks while ensuring the firearm is securely held in place.
Implementation Method 1
The chevron voids can be deformable by the object being worked upon to secure and grip the object in place
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable support stand can include a front support on a first end of the adjustable support stand having a grip comprised of a first, front support material; and a rear support on an opposing, second end of the adjustable support stand having a grip comprised of a first, rear support material, wherein the front and the rear supports can each have at least two vertical arms, at least one of the supports can have vertically stacked chevron voids on each arm, and the chevron voids can be deformable by the object being worked upon to secure and grip the object in place.