Floating Boat Holder with J-Hook and Pneumatic Wheels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Boats face space constraints due to the need to accommodate essential items like coolers and bait holders, which crowd deck space and create tripping hazards, and existing storage solutions are inaccessible and uncomfortable, especially in hot weather.
Innovation Solution
A floating holder with a horizontally disposed base frame, J-shaped hook member, telescoping handle assembly, and pneumatic wheels that can be easily attached to a boat, allowing for deck-space-saving storage and easy access to items without compromising passenger movement, and can float for retrieval if accidentally dropped into water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If items such as coolers and bait holders are placed on the boat deck, then these essential items are accessible, but deck space is reduced and tripping hazards are created
Solution Approach 1:
The holder transitions from a deck-mounted configuration to an overhanging configuration that extends into the water space beside the boat. This dimensional shift allows items to be stored in the water-adjacent space rather than on the deck, eliminating the trade-off between item storage and deck space while maintaining accessibility.
2Area of stationary object
If below deck storage areas are used, then deck space is preserved, but access to items becomes difficult and requires crowding passengers to one section
Solution Approach 1:
The storage function is extracted from the boat's interior structure (both deck and below-deck areas) and implemented as a separate, independent holder system that overhangs the boat's side. This extraction allows items to be stored outside the boat's interior space while remaining easily accessible from the deck, eliminating the need to crowd passengers to specific sections.
3Area of stationary object
If a holder overhangs the side of the boat to save deck space, then deck space is preserved, but the holder may fall into water and be difficult to retrieve
Solution Approach 1:
The holder incorporates a flotation device that provides buoyant force to counteract the gravitational force pulling the holder downward into the water. This counterbalancing force ensures that if the holder falls overboard, it will float on the water surface rather than sinking, making it easily retrievable and preventing loss.
4Reliability
If the holder is made with floatation capabilities, then retrievability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flotation device is integrated with and combined into the holder's structural components rather than being a separate,附加 component. This merging of functions allows the holder to gain buoyancy capabilities while minimizing additional complexity, as the flotation elements are incorporated into the existing structural framework of the holder.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The floating holder provides efficient storage without occupying deck or seating space, ensures easy access to items, prevents scuffing of the boat, and is easy to install, operate, and maintain, while being economically affordable and versatile for use on various surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
the floating holder attachable to a boat floats so that it can be easily retrieved
Data Source
AI summary
A holding device, capable of floating, is removably attachable to a gunwale of a boat or other object and is comprised of a basket member having a base frame for holding cargo. A vertically oriented vertical frame member extends upwardly from the base frame and together with a hook assembly, forms a variable width J-shaped hook to hook the device onto the boat. A pair of wheels is attached to the basket member with their distance relative to the base frame being variable. The wheels allow ground transport of the device and also to provide a support for a lower portion of the device against the side of the boat. The wheels also create a pair of flotation members should the device become dropped into the water. A height adjustable handle can be used to pull the device on the ground surface.