Dual Bottle Opener Bracket with Friction Clip and Light
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hand-held bottle openers are often unavailable for pry-off tops, and twist-off tops can cause harm, while utility lights are difficult to locate in various settings, leading to inconvenience and potential safety issues.
Innovation Solution
A versatile bracket with dual bottle openers for different cap types and an optional light assembly, which can be mounted in various locations, providing a combined solution for opening bottles and illuminating areas, and can also secure other items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a hand-held bottle opener is used, then it can open twist-off tops, but it cannot open pry-off tops and may cause harm
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket integrates two different bottle opener mechanisms into a single fixture: one designed for pry-off caps and another for twist-off caps. This allows the same mounting location to serve multiple bottle opening functions, resolving the contradiction between versatility and safety by providing the appropriate tool for each cap type without requiring the user to carry multiple hand-held openers.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket acts as an intermediary between the user and the bottle opening task. Instead of directly using a hand-held opener that may be inappropriate or dangerous, the user interacts with the bracket-mounted openers which are pre-configured for specific cap types, mediating the interaction to ensure safety and appropriateness.
2Ease of operation
If utility lights are kept accessible, then they can illuminate areas when needed, but they are difficult to locate in various settings
Solution Approach 1:
The light assembly is pre-positioned and mounted in the bracket at a convenient location before it is needed. This preliminary placement ensures that when lighting is required, the user can immediately access the pre-positioned light without having to search through various settings or locations, thus resolving the contradiction between accessibility and time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the light assembly with the bottle opener bracket into a single integrated unit. This merging ensures that both functions (bottle opening and lighting) are available at the same location, eliminating the need to separately locate and access a utility light, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are integrated into the bracket, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed as a universal mounting structure that can accommodate multiple different functions: bottle openers for different cap types and a light assembly. By creating a standardized bracket design that can host various components, the patent achieves high versatility without proportionally increasing complexity, as the base bracket structure remains relatively simple while accommodating different functional elements.
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AI summary
A bottle opener bracket and method of forming a bottle opener bracket comprises a first bottler opener formed on a metal body; a second bottle opener formed on the metal body; and a clip formed on the metal blank, wherein the clip comprises a channel between the clip and the metal body, wherein the clip is configured to receive an object within the channel such that the object is frictionally coupled to the clip securely.