Elastic Console Mounting Strap for Stable Snap-On Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing handheld video game consoles lack efficient and user-friendly mounting solutions that allow temporary secure attachment to structures without cumbersome plastic frames, limiting their use in extended gaming sessions or multiplayer games.
Innovation Solution
A securing device with elastic or resilient mounting straps and adjustable clasps, designed to snap onto handheld consoles, allowing secure attachment to various structures via snap-in connections, and featuring adjustable length and kickstands for versatile positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hard plastic mounting structures are used to secure handheld video game consoles, then the mounting stability is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to cumbersome installation and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces rigid plastic mounting structures with flexible mounting straps that wrap around the handheld console. These straps are made of elastic or resilient material that can be stretched to fit different console sizes and shapes, providing secure mounting without the complexity of rigid frameworks. The flexible nature allows easy installation and removal while maintaining mounting stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting straps incorporate elastic or resilient materials that change their physical parameters (length, tension) based on the console size and mounting requirements. This allows a single mounting structure to adapt to multiple console models and mounting scenarios, reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability across different applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable mounting structures are designed to fit different console sizes, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting straps are designed as universal components that can accommodate various handheld console sizes and shapes through their elastic properties and adjustable length. A single strap design serves multiple functions across different console models, eliminating the need for multiple specialized mounting structures and thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system incorporates dynamic elements through elastic straps that can stretch and compress to adapt to different console dimensions. This dynamic flexibility allows the same mounting structure to universally fit various console sizes without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms, maintaining simplicity while achieving high adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If removable controllers are used on handheld consoles, then the ease of operation is improved, but the mounting reliability deteriorates when controllers are removed
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into separate components: mounting straps that attach to the main console body and separate controller holders or attachment points. This segmentation allows controllers to be removed and reattached without affecting the primary mounting security of the console to the headrest, maintaining both ease of operation and mounting reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy, secure, and adjustable mounting of handheld consoles to different structures, facilitating extended play sessions and multiplayer gaming without the need for manual holding, while being easy to install and remove.
Implementation Method 1
The mounting strap can be made of an elastic or resilient or cloth or fabric material. The mounting strap, in accordance with at least one possible exemplary embodiment, can be a stretchable and/or adjustable single structure
Data Source
AI summary
A handheld video game console securing device that includes a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure connected together by a resiliently stretchable. Each of the connecting structures includes a snap-in connecting arrangement that permits a user to snap each connecting structure into or onto a corresponding receiving portion on opposite sides of a handheld video game console where wireless controllers would usually be connected.