Universal Boat Platform With Detachable Clamps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional boat accessories and auxiliary devices are custom-built for specific towers, limiting their versatility and preventing them from being detached and installed on other boat towers.
Innovation Solution
A platform assembly with a series of brackets and clamps, including hinged clam-shell clamps and adjustable couplers, allows for detachable coupling to various boat towers, enabling the use of interchangeable accessories such as storage racks, sunshades, and protective railings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional accessories are custom-built to specific tower specifications, then they provide stable and secure attachment to the tower, but they cannot be detached and installed on other boat towers, limiting versatility
Solution Approach 1:
The platform assembly is designed with universal clamps and brackets that can be attached to different tower configurations (single cross-member, dual cross-members, angled members). The clamps feature adjustable opening widths and multiple attachment points, allowing the same platform assembly to be universally mounted on various boat towers, thereby achieving versatility without requiring custom-built accessories for each tower type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional accessories are custom-built for specific towers, then they ensure stable attachment, but they cannot be detached and reused on other towers
Solution Approach 1:
The platform assembly is segmented into detachable components including clamps, brackets, and the platform itself. The clamps can be independently attached and detached from the tower, while the platform remains securely mounted to the brackets. This segmentation allows the platform to be reliably attached when needed and easily detached for relocation, maintaining both secure attachment and detachability.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamps incorporate dynamic elements such as adjustable opening widths and movable locking mechanisms that allow the attachment system to adapt to different tower configurations while maintaining secure attachment. The adjustable coupler with slidable inner and outer tubes enables dynamic length adjustment to accommodate varying distances between tower members, ensuring reliable attachment across different applications.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a platform assembly with adjustable couplers and multiple brackets is used, then versatility and adaptability are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable coupler employs a nested tube structure where an inner tube slides within an outer tube, both housed within a main body portion. This nesting arrangement allows for compact storage when not in use and enables length adjustment by sliding the inner tube relative to the outer tube. The nested design achieves adaptability without proportionally increasing structural complexity, as the adjustable mechanism is contained within a compact footprint.
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AI summary
A platform assembly configured to be coupled to a tower of a sea vessel. The platform assembly includes a platform, a series of brackets configured to be coupled to the platform, and a series of clamps configured to be coupled to the series of brackets. The series of clamps are configured to detachably couple the platform assembly to the tower of the sea vessel.