Angled Blade Rescue Tool Bypassing Blocker Plates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rescue tools are bulky, cumbersome, and ineffective against blocker plates, leading to delayed and damaging forcible entry in emergency situations, as they lack adaptability and compactness, resulting in prolonged response times and potential harm.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional rescue tool with a pivotable angled blade and integrated handle, capable of disengaging locked bolts behind blocker plates, combined with additional features like a speed square, wrench, and gas shut-off mechanism, providing multiple functionalities in a compact design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional rescue tools are used, then they can perform basic rescue functions, but they are bulky and cumbersome leading to delayed response times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple rescue tools (blade, speed square, wrench, gas shut-off mechanism) into a single integrated multifunctional tool. The handle incorporates a blade slot, speed square slot, and wrench aperture, allowing first responders to carry one compact tool instead of multiple bulky tools, thereby reducing response time while maintaining all necessary functions
Solution Approach 2:
The tool is designed with universal functionality to perform multiple rescue operations: the blade can disengage locks behind blocker plates, the speed square can measure and mark angles for construction work, the wrench can tighten or loosen bolts, and the gas shut-off mechanism can stop gas flow. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for multiple specialized tools
2Reliability
If conventional straight blade tools are used, then they can access standard locks, but they are ineffective against blocker plates requiring forcible entry that causes property damage
Solution Approach 1:
The blade is designed with an angled configuration rather than a straight shape. The angle allows the blade to bypass the blocker plate's obstruction and reach the lock mechanism behind it. This asymmetric geometry enables the blade to slide under the blocker plate at an angle, disengage the lock, and return without requiring forcible entry that would damage the door or frame
Solution Approach 2:
The angled blade introduces a new dimensional approach to accessing locked doors. Instead of approaching the lock in a straight line perpendicular to the door surface, the blade approaches at an angle, utilizing a different geometric dimension to bypass the blocker plate's protective function without breaching the door structure
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate rescue tools are carried, then comprehensive rescue capabilities are available, but storage, carrying, and switching between tools wastes valuable time
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple rescue tools are merged into a single integrated device. The handle contains slots and apertures for the blade, speed square, and wrench, while the gas shut-off mechanism is integrated into the handle structure. This consolidation allows first responders to access all tools immediately without switching between separate tools, eliminating time loss while maintaining comprehensive rescue capabilities
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AI summary
A multifunctional rescue tool providing a plurality of tool components including an angled blade to disengage a lock shielded by a blocker plate and wherein the angled blade has a base portion and an integral elongate distal portion forming an angle along a contiguous planar surface that is preferably substantially perpendicular and is pivotally coupled to a handle having a corresponding slot configured for receiving the angled blade wherein the elongate distal portion is angled outwardly from the base portion of the angled blade in a preferably perpendicular orientation when the base portion and handle are locked in substantial alignment in an open position, and the angled blade is alternatively engageable to form additional angles to facilitate construction of raker shores while also including various tool components including a window breaker, seat belt cutter, gas shut off, oxygen tank, hexagonal wrenches, as well as, a lanyard, shove knife, and cutting knife in a compact configuration capable of convenient and ready carrying and stowing in a pocket or wearable gear of a firefighter or other first responder.