Fence Crossing Tool With Angled Arms for Multi-Strand Wires
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hunters, outdoorspeople, and farmers face the challenge of safely crossing multi-strand fences without damaging their clothing or injuring themselves, as manually holding the fence open is dangerous and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a handle, crossbar, side supports, and angled arms that manipulate multiple horizontal strands of a fence to create an enlarged opening for passage, allowing safe and efficient crossing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manually holding the multi-strand fencing open while attempting to climb over or crawl under, then the fence opening can be maintained, but the operation becomes dangerous and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The device acts as an intermediary tool between the user and the fence strands. It includes a handle with side supports that extend to engage multiple fence strands, allowing the user to manipulate and hold the strands open without direct manual contact. The angled arms with wire receptacles provide a mechanical interface to secure the strands in the opened position, eliminating the need for the user to manually hold the strands while crossing.
2Ease of operation
If manually holding the fence strands open, then the opening can be maintained for passage, but the user's clothing may be damaged or the user may be injured
Solution Approach 1:
The device serves as a protective intermediary between the user's clothing and the sharp fence strands. The side supports and angled arms with wire receptacles provide a mechanical interface to secure the strands, eliminating direct contact between the user's clothing and the potentially harmful fence elements. This intermediary structure maintains the opening while protecting the user from injury and clothing damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to be self-sufficient in maintaining the fence opening. The handle, side supports, and angled arms work together as an integrated system that can independently engage and hold multiple fence strands in the opened position without requiring continuous manual intervention. The structure provides stable, hands-free support for the opened fence configuration during the crossing operation.
3Reliability
If using a device to hold fence strands together, then safety and effectiveness of crossing is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct functional components: a handle for user grip and control, side supports that extend from the handle to engage fence strands, and angled arms with wire receptacles that secure the strands. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while keeping the overall design relatively simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed with universal applicability to work with multiple fence strand configurations. The side supports and angled arms can engage various numbers and types of fence strands, making the device versatile for different fencing scenarios. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple specialized tools, justifying the moderate increase in complexity through enhanced adaptability.
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AI summary
A device for crossing a multistrand wire fence may comprise a handle, a crossbar, a first and second side supports coupled between the handle and the crossbar, and first and second angled arms extending from each end of the crossbar away from the handled and at least partially towards each other. A fence wire receptacle may be defined between the crossbar and the first and second angled arms. In use, a user may hook the first angled arm of a first wire of the fence and pull down, allowing the user to scoop up an adjacent, or other, wire and place the second angled arm under the adjacent wire thus causing the wires to be pulled toward each other, thus increasing an ease of accessibility from one side of the fence to the other.