Artillery Grenade Holster with Resilient Retaining Tabs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing artillery grenade holsters lack enhanced security and accessibility features, making it difficult to securely retain and efficiently retrieve grenades during transport and use.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates resilient retaining tabs that flex outward to allow grenade extraction and return to equilibrium, a back support with optional rigid members for added strength, and a secondary retaining element to secure the tabs during retention, integrated with a holster configuration that can attach to various strap-like structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If resilient retaining tabs are used to allow grenade extraction, then accessibility is improved, but retention security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining tabs are designed as resilient (flexible) components that dynamically change their retention force based on applied pressure. During normal transport, they maintain strong retention. During extraction, when force is applied, they flex outward to release the grenade, thus adapting their state to meet different operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention characteristic of the tabs is changed by altering their physical state through flexing. The tabs transition from a rigid retention state to a flexible release state when force is applied, changing the mechanical parameter of their structural rigidity to enable both secure retention and easy extraction.
2Strength
If rigid support members are added to maintain structural integrity, then strength is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into separate modular components: the main holster body and detachable rigid support members. This segmentation allows the rigid members to be added only when enhanced strength is needed, rather than being permanently integrated into all holster designs, thus reducing overall complexity while maintaining strength when required.
3Reliability
If multiple retaining elements are used to secure tabs, then retention security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary retaining element is integrated with the existing holster structure, combining multiple retention functions into a unified mechanism. The secondary element works in conjunction with the primary retaining tabs to provide enhanced security without requiring completely separate, independent retention systems, thus improving reliability while minimizing added complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration provides improved security and accessibility for artillery grenades, ensuring secure retention and easy retrieval while maintaining structural integrity and adaptability for different carrying methods.
Implementation Method 1
the one or more retaining tabs being configured to resiliently flex outward when pressed or forced outward
Data Source
AI summary
Artillery grenade holsters are configured to releasably retain one or more artillery grenades. One or more retaining tabs are configured to define a receptacle space for receiving an artillery grenade. The retaining tab(s) flex outwardly during grenade extraction to allow release of the artillery grenade, after which the retaining tab(s) flex back to their original positions. A secondary retaining element links two or more retaining tabs to prevent inadvertent outward flexing. An artillery grenade holster includes a securing cap fixedly attached, by a retention cable, to a back support and releasably attached, by the retention cable, to a securing element of a front support.