Bucket Stabilizer Base With Tackle Storage to Prevent Tipping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Minnow and bait buckets are prone to tipping and spilling, and there is a need for a solution that can stabilize them while also providing storage for fishing gear without requiring a separate tackle box.
Innovation Solution
A bucket stabilizing system with a base that has a larger bottom surface than top surface, an inner channel to accept a bucket, access holes for storage, rope guide notches, tie-off holes, and a gripping component to prevent slipping, which combines the functions of stabilizing the bucket and serving as a tackle box.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a bucket is used for storing bait and fishing gear, then it provides portable storage space, but it becomes unstable and tips over easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bucket and tackle box into a single integrated base structure. The base has an outer cavity that accepts a bucket and an inner cavity for storing fishing gear, merging two separate storage solutions into one unified system that provides both bucket functionality and tackle box organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The base is designed with a wider bottom surface than top surface, creating a pyramidal or frustoconical shape that lowers the center of gravity and increases stability. This dimensional change in the base structure provides a stable foundation that prevents the bucket from tipping over.
2Ease of operation
If a separate tackle box is used for storing fishing gear, then organization and access are improved, but the overall system complexity and number of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tackle box functionality is merged into the base structure itself. The inner cavity of the base serves as the storage compartment for fishing gear, eliminating the need for a separate tackle box while maintaining organized storage and easy access through the access hole in the base wall.
Solution Approach 2:
The base structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the stable foundation for the bucket, contains the inner cavity for tackle box storage, and includes access holes for retrieving gear. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed in the system.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the base has a wide bottom surface for stability, then bucket stability is improved, but the base requires more material and occupies more space
Solution Approach 1:
The base is segmented into distinct functional zones: the outer cavity for bucket acceptance, the inner cavity for gear storage, the lip for bucket support, and the gripping component for stability. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for its specific function while using material efficiently.
Solution Approach 2:
The gripping component is applied locally to the bottom surface of the base, providing enhanced friction and stability only where needed for prevention of slipping, rather than requiring the entire base to be oversized. This localized solution optimizes material usage while achieving the stability goal.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively prevents bucket tipping and provides a compact storage solution for fishing equipment, allowing for secure storage and easy access, enhancing usability and convenience for anglers.
Implementation Method 1
a gripping component disposed on the bottom surface of the base to help prevent the base from slipping
Data Source
AI summary
A bucket stabilizing system having a base with a top surface, a side wall, a bottom surface, and an inner cavity which can be used for storage, the top surface has a diameter smaller than that of the bottom surface, a lip extends outwardly from the bottom surface past the side wall; an inner channel for accepting a bucket in a center of the base extending from the top surface toward the bottom surface; at least one access hole in the side wall for providing access to the inner cavity; a first and second rope guide notch opposite from each other at an intersection of the top surface which allow passage of rope into the inner cavity; and a first and a second tie-off hole opposite from each other at an intersection of the top surface and the side wall which allow passage of rope out of the inner cavity.