Horse Buckle with Internalized Elastic Unit for Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional horse girth buckles expose elastic elements, leading to entanglement and safety risks for operators, riders, and horses due to their visibility and susceptibility to external interference.
Innovation Solution
A horse buckle design featuring a buckle ring seat, a movably coupled prong, an elastic unit with a torsion spring, and a support unit, where the elastic element is internally housed, allowing the prong to be quickly seated in a positioning hole using the spring force, enhancing operational safety and aesthetics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the elastic element is exposed between the pin and the body, then the buckling operation can be completed, but the elastic element is prone to entanglement and causes safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic element is nested inside the body cavity, with the pin extending through the body to engage the strap. The elastic element remains concealed within the body structure while still providing the necessary restoring force for the pin movement, eliminating exposure-related entanglement and safety hazards.
2Device complexity
If the elastic element is exposed, then the structure is simple, but the appearance quality deteriorates and safety is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic element is housed within the body cavity, creating a nested configuration where the functional component is concealed within the external structure. This maintains structural simplicity while significantly improving appearance quality by eliminating exposed elastic elements.
3Device complexity
If the elastic element is exposed, then the mechanism is straightforward, but the operational security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic element is positioned inside the body cavity, nested within the protective structure. This configuration maintains the straightforward spring-loaded mechanism while eliminating operational security risks by preventing the elastic element from contacting external objects or personnel.
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 design improves the safety and quality of horse riding by preventing entanglement and internalizing the elastic element, ensuring secure operation and reducing the risk of harm to operators, riders, and horses while maintaining ease of use.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic unit, which is arranged between the buckle ring seat and the prong and comprises an elastic element having two ends respectively fixed to the buckle ring seat and the prong
Implementation Method 2
to make use of a restoration spring force of an elastic element included in an elastic unit
Data Source
AI summary
A horse buckle includes a buckle ring seat; a prong movably coupled to the buckle ring seat; an elastic unit arranged between the buckle ring seat and the prong and including an elastic element having two end respectively fixed to the buckle ring seat and the prong, a barrel fit outside the elastic element, and a pin mounted to one side of the buckle ring seat and movably coupled to the prong; and a support unit movably mounted to an end the buckle ring seat. As such, the buckle ring seat is coupled to a girth for use and receives a fastening strap to extend through the buckle ring seat and a restoration spring force of an elastic element makes a prong quickly seated in a positioning hole of the fastening strap.