Flexible Strap Jack Bracket for One-Handed Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicles, the narrow space between the back seat and rear trim panel makes it difficult to easily remove and store a jack, requiring one-handed operation and complicating the process.
Innovation Solution
A jack bracket with a flexible strap and lock assembly that includes a connection member, allowing secure attachment and detachment from the vehicle part, facilitating one-handed operation for easy installation and removal of the jack.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the jack is stored in the narrow space between the back seat and rear trim panel, then the packaging space is utilized, but it becomes difficult to take the jack out and place it back
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible strap with connection members serves as an intermediary mechanism between the jack bracket and the vehicle structure. The strap allows the jack to be securely held in the narrow storage space while enabling easy one-handed removal and reinstallation by simply detaching and reattaching the connection members to vehicle parts.
2Reliability
If a secure locking mechanism is used to hold the jack, then the jack is firmly secured, but the operation becomes more complex and difficult to perform with one hand
Solution Approach 1:
The locking function is extracted from a complex integrated locking mechanism and simplified to separate connection members that can be independently attached and detached. This allows the jack to be securely held during storage while enabling simple one-handed operation for removal and installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection members are designed to be dynamically attachable and detachable to vehicle parts, transitioning between a secured state during storage and a free state during removal/installation. This dynamic design maintains reliability when secured while minimizing operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A jack bracket is provided. The jack bracket comprises a bracket base including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a flexible strap having a first end portion coupled to the first side and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a lock assembly configured to couple the second end portion of the flexible strap to the second side of the bracket base. The flexible strap further includes a connection member disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion. The connection member is selectively attached to a vehicle part and selectively released from the vehicle part. The jack bracket of the present disclosure allows for removal and installation of a jack in a simple and fast manner in a limited space.