Canine Target Thrower With Ball-and-Socket Release Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current canine retrieving training tools lack an efficient mechanism for throwing and retrieving targets, particularly in mimicking natural scenarios like water retrieves, and do not facilitate easy handling and launching of targets with varying weights.
Innovation Solution
A canine retrieving training system comprising a target with a tether and a thrower that includes a tether receiver with a ball-and-socket configuration, allowing for a high launch angle and easy release of the target during a throwing motion, enabling effective training on land and in water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional retrieving target is used, then the target can be thrown and retrieved, but the mechanism for throwing and retrieving is inefficient and does not mimic natural scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The thrower incorporates a ball-and-socket joint that allows dynamic adjustment of the tether receiver's orientation. This enables the system to adapt to different throwing angles and target weights, improving both the efficiency of the throwing mechanism and the ease of operation by allowing natural handling motions.
Solution Approach 2:
The tether receiver can change its angular parameters relative to the thrower shaft through the ball-and-socket configuration. This allows the system to optimize the launch angle and accommodate varying target weights, resolving the contradiction between mechanism efficiency and operational ease.
2Manufacturing precision
If the target tether is securely attached, then the target can be thrown accurately, but the release mechanism during throwing motion is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The ball-and-socket joint creates a dynamic attachment system that maintains secure connection during handling but allows easy release during the throwing motion. The joint's rotational freedom enables the tether to naturally disengage from the receiver when subjected to throwing forces, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and easy release.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the thrower is designed for high launch angle, then natural retrieval scenarios are mimicked, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ball-and-socket joint provides dynamic adaptability for high launch angles without adding complex mechanical structures. The joint's inherent rotational capability allows the tether receiver to orient at various angles relative to the thrower shaft, achieving launch angle versatility through a simple, elegant mechanism rather than complex articulation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable target weights are implemented, then training versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The thrower's ball-and-socket joint enables weight adjustability through parameter changes in the tether configuration rather than mechanical weight adjustment mechanisms. By changing the angle and tension parameters of the tether system, the thrower can accommodate different target weights, achieving versatility without adding complex weight adjustment hardware.
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AI summary
A canine retrieving training system and associated components and methods. The system can include a canine retrieving target comprising a target body and a target tether. The target tether can include a tie portion and an anchor. The system can include a target thrower comprising a handle and a throwing head. The throwing head includes a tether receiver for holding the tether and releasing the tether when the handle is moved in a throwing motion. For example, the tether receiver can comprise a pair of arms configured to receive the tether therebetween.