Foldable Hanging Bracket for Uncoiling Heavy Coiled Materials

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the outdoor construction field, there is a need to efficiently unroll and dispense coiled elongate materials like piping and wiring, which can be cumbersome due to their bulkiness and heaviness, especially on uneven terrain.

Innovation Solution

A portable hanging bracket assembly that can be attached to construction vehicles like backhoes, featuring a swivel connection and foldable radial support members, allowing for the uncoiling of coiled materials into elongate configurations within ditches by manually pulling the free end while the vehicle is stationary.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If coiled elongate materials are manually handled and unrolled on uneven terrain, then the materials can be deployed, but the process becomes cumbersome and inefficient due to bulkiness and heaviness

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematerial deployment efficiencyVSAvoidhandling difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The dispensing device divides the coiled material into manageable sections by guiding it through a structured framework with multiple radial support members, allowing controlled uncoiling and deployment rather than handling the entire coil at once

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The dispensing device acts as an intermediary mechanism between the coiled material and the ground, using the framework and support members to facilitate smooth uncoiling and deployment without direct manual handling of the heavy material

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Volume of moving object

If a portable hanging bracket is designed with foldable radial support members for compact storage, then transportability is improved, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage volumeVSAvoidbracket structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The radial support members are designed to be foldable and movable, transitioning between extended positions during deployment and folded positions during storage, making the device volume-adaptive rather than statically complex

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The foldable radial support members can be nested or folded into each other, allowing the structure to compact into a smaller volume for transport while maintaining full structural capability during deployment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the dispensing device uses a swivel connection for rotation, then the uncoiling flexibility is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuncoiling flexibilityVSAvoidconnection mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The swivel connection enables rotational movement around a central axis, allowing the radial support members to sweep through circular paths and accommodate various uncoiling directions and terrain configurations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Data Source

PatentUS11867321B1Dispensing device and method of using same

Publication Date: 2024.01.09 EZ ROLL LLC

AI summary

The present configuration relates to the use of a hanging bracket which may be assembled on a construction job site in order to allow such materials to be dispensed along with the use of typical onsite construction vehicles such as backhoes, bucket loaders, etc. This configuration allows for effective attachment to various bucket sizes, and also may be folded into a compact configuration when stored or transported.