Ceiling Device Support for Safe Fixture Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ceiling-mounted fixtures, such as heavy lighting fixtures, are difficult to remove safely from adapters due to their weight, as users must support the entire weight with one hand, risking accidental drops during removal.
Innovation Solution
A ceiling-mounted device support with an engagement portion and a support portion that allows easy and safe removal of fixtures by engaging with the adapter's attachment portion, featuring a side wall with an open upper and lower end and an internal space, enabling the user to grip and support the fixture with both hands, reducing the risk of dropping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a heavy lighting fixture is mounted on a ceiling with an adapter, then the fixture can be securely installed, but it becomes difficult and dangerous to remove due to its weight
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the removal operation into two independent hand operations: one hand operates the adapter release mechanism while the other hand uses the support portion to bear the fixture weight. This segmentation of functional responsibilities between hands resolves the contradiction by allowing heavy fixture removal without requiring single-handed support.
Solution Approach 2:
The support portion acts as an intermediary tool between the user's hand and the heavy fixture. It provides a dedicated structure with enlarged surface area that can be gripped or palmed to distribute and bear the fixture weight, eliminating the need to directly support the full weight with one hand during removal.
2Ease of operation
If the support portion is designed to be grippable with digits, then ease of operation improves, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support portion is designed as a multi-functional element that simultaneously provides structural support, serves as a gripping surface for digits, and acts as a palming surface. This universal design achieves ease of operation through multiple interaction modes without requiring separate complex mechanisms for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The support portion modifies geometric parameters by providing an enlarged surface area compared to the original fixture attachment portion. This parameter change creates a surface that can accommodate both digit gripping and palming actions, improving ease of operation without adding mechanical complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A ceiling-mounted device support includes an engagement portion to be engaged with an attachment portion of a ceiling-mounted device mounted on a ceiling surface of a room with an adapter, and includes a side wall having an open upper end, an open lower end, and an internal space, and a support portion having two ends connected to the side wall and extending through the space. The engagement portion is to be engaged with the attachment portion, and the support portion is supportable with a palm and grippable with digits of a hand.