Hand Hygiene Dispenser Mounting With Multi-Orientation Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hand hygiene dispenser mounting systems face challenges in providing flexible and convenient mounting options across various environments and surfaces, often struggling to maintain orientation and stability, which can hinder easy access and compliance with hygiene guidelines.
Innovation Solution
A product dispenser mounting system featuring a dispenser holder with a releasable connection mechanism and a mounting apparatus that includes a mounting bracket or clamp, allowing attachment in multiple orientations using a shape-complementary attachment post and latch system, ensuring secure and adjustable mounting on various support objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed mounting system is used for hand hygiene dispensers, then the dispenser is securely attached to the support surface, but the mounting location and orientation cannot be adjusted to accommodate various environments and surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a mounting bracket that attaches to the support surface, a dispenser holder that receives the dispenser, and a releasable connection mechanism that joins them. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while providing overall flexibility and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The releasable connection mechanism incorporates a latch that can be moved between locked and unlocked positions, allowing the mounting system to transition from a stable fixed state to an adjustable state. This dynamic element enables both secure attachment and easy repositioning as needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a releasable connection mechanism is used to allow multiple orientations, then the dispenser can be mounted in various positions, but the connection may become less secure compared to a fixed mounting system
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment post features an asymmetric cross-section with a first shape that complements a first aperture, and a second shape that complements a second aperture. This asymmetric design provides multiple stable orientations while ensuring strong engagement in each orientation through the complementary shapes.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the attachment post have different geometric properties tailored to specific apertures. The first portion has a shape optimized for the first aperture to provide strength in one orientation, while the second portion has a different shape optimized for the second aperture to provide strength in another orientation.
3Ease of manufacture
If a simple mounting system is used, then the installation is easy and quick, but the system cannot accommodate diverse surfaces and mounting requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed as a universal component that can be attached to various support surfaces (walls, counters, shelves) using different attachment methods. The dispenser holder with its multi-oriented connection mechanism serves multiple functions: securing the dispenser, allowing orientation adjustment, and accommodating different mounting locations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides flexible and secure mounting options for hand hygiene dispensers on diverse surfaces, maintaining orientation and ensuring easy access, thereby enhancing compliance with hygiene guidelines and reducing pathogen transmission.
Implementation Method 1
a second jaw having a proximal end pivotally attached to a proximal end of the first jaw, the second jaw providing a second inward clamping surface, the first jaw and the second jaw moveable with respect to each other to apply a clamping force to the support object
Implementation Method 2
an attachment post including a base portion having a shape configured to fit within the first aperture of the back plate in one or more orientations
Implementation Method 3
the walls of the second aperture defining the locking side engage the bottom locking surface of the cap when the latch is in the first locked position
Data Source
AI summary
A flexible mounting system for a chemical product dispenser includes a dispenser holder and at least one mounting apparatus. A releasable connection mechanism provides for attachment of the dispenser holder to the mounting apparatus. The releasable connection mechanism may provide for attachment of the dispenser holder to the mounting apparatus in multiple orientations. In one example, the mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket configured for mounting to a support object, such as a wall, table, counter top, cabinet, shelf, cart etc. In another example, the mounting apparatus includes a mounting clamp configured for mounting to ledges, poles, bedrails, handles, etc.