Door Frame Alignment Tool with Integrated Leveling and Squaring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Accurately leveling, plumbing, and squaring door frames during construction is challenging due to the difficulty in holding the frame in place while attaching it to studs, often resulting in frames becoming misaligned after attachment.
Innovation Solution
A tool with three arms forming a right-angled hypotenuse, equipped with level means and fastening slots, allowing for easy alignment and secure attachment of door frames to a structure, featuring a grip for comfortable handling and a dimensional cross member for added strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If an operator manually holds the frame in place while attaching it to studs, then the frame can be secured to the structure, but the frame becomes misaligned and loses precision in leveling, plumbing, and squaring
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a positioning device as an intermediary tool between the operator and the frame. This device includes a holding mechanism that securely grasps the frame and a positioning mechanism with level, plumb, and square indicators that guide the frame's alignment. The intermediary device allows the operator to maintain precise alignment while attaching the frame to studs, eliminating the problem of manual handling causing misalignment.
2Productivity
If the operator uses one hand to hold the frame and the other hand to attach it, then the frame can be secured, but the frame moves before attachment causing misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of frame holding and alignment guidance into a single integrated positioning device. The device combines a holding mechanism that secures the frame with a positioning mechanism that provides real-time visual feedback through level, plumb, and square indicators. This unified device allows the operator to maintain both grip and alignment simultaneously, preventing frame movement during the attachment process while maintaining high productivity.
3Device complexity
If the frame is attached without precise alignment tools, then the attachment process is simpler, but the frame becomes misaligned after attachment
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning device is designed to be self-guiding through its visual indicators. The level indicator shows when the frame is horizontally aligned, the plumb indicator shows vertical alignment, and the square indicator shows perpendicular alignment. These self-service indicators eliminate the need for complex external measurement tools or multiple separate alignment devices, providing accurate frame positioning while keeping the overall system relatively simple to use.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is generally related to products and methods for leveling, plumbing, squaring and a frame to a structure during its attachment.