Smoking Article Holder with Pivotable Jaws
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face health hazards and damage to their smoking articles when laying lighted cigars or cigarettes on the ground during play, due to contamination from fertilizers, chemicals, water, and debris.
Innovation Solution
A holder with an elongated shaft for ground insertion and pivotable arms that securely clamp smoking articles, keeping them elevated and preventing contact with the ground, featuring adjustable spaces for various sizes and non-slip inner surfaces for secure grip.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the golfer lays the lighted cigarette or cigar on the ground, then the golfer can easily hold the smoking article during play, but the smoking article becomes contaminated by fertilizers, chemicals, water, and debris
Solution Approach 1:
The holder acts as an intermediary device between the smoking article and the ground. It provides a clean surface (the holder's platform) that elevates the smoking article above the contaminated ground, preventing direct contact with harmful substances while still allowing the golfer to easily access and hold the article.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is divided into distinct functional segments: an elongated shaft for ground insertion, a platform for holding the smoking article, and a clamping mechanism with jaws. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function - the shaft provides stable ground anchoring, the platform provides a clean holding surface, and the clamping mechanism provides secure grip.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the golfer uses a holder to elevate the smoking article, then the smoking article is protected from contamination, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder combines multiple functions into a single integrated device: the elongated shaft serves as both the structural support and the ground-penetration element, the platform provides both the holding surface and the elevation mechanism, and the clamping jaws provide both the gripping force and the securing mechanism. This merging reduces the need for multiple separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having the smoking article rest directly on the ground or requiring complex external support structures, the holder inverts the approach by having the support structure (elongated shaft) penetrate the ground and bring the holding platform up to the golfer's hand level, effectively bringing the support to the object rather than the object to the support.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the holder uses fixed jaws, then the structure is simpler, but it cannot accommodate various sizes of smoking articles
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping mechanism transitions from a static fixed-jaw design to a dynamic adjustable-jaw design. The jaws can move relative to each other along the holder's axis, allowing the clamping distance to be adjusted to match the length and diameter of different smoking articles. This dynamic adjustment capability enables universal accommodation of various article sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder allows changes in the clamping parameters (jaw opening distance, jaw clamping force) to adapt to different smoking article dimensions. By making these parameters variable rather than fixed, the holder can accommodate a range of article sizes and types while maintaining secure clamping.
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AI summary
A holder for a smoking article may be inserted into the ground or golf tee holder on a golf cart, or secured over and about the upper opening leading into a garment pocket or golf bag. The holder is used to protect the smoking article from exposure to poisons and injurious chemicals used in fertilizers, and weed and fungus killers, in addition to water, dirt and debris that also cause damage to a golfer's cigars or cigarettes. A golfer can place a cigar or cigarette between the jaws of the holder, and insert the shaft into the ground or golf tee holder, thereby allowing the golfer to easily insert a tee into the ground, remove a club from the golf bag, take a shot, or drive a cart without holding a cigar or cigarette in his/her hand or mouth, and without having to be concerned about the position or location of a lit cigar or cigarette, and preventing any water, grass, dirt, chemicals or debris from adhering to the smoking article.