Illuminated utility handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Household tasks such as sweeping, dusting, and painting often require improved illumination, especially in areas with inadequate lighting, and existing tools lack integrated lighting solutions to enhance visibility and safety.
Innovation Solution
An elongated utility handle with detachable attachments, featuring a plurality of lights and a power source, designed to provide illumination for various household tasks, allowing adjustable length and directional lighting to suit different tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a utility handle is used for household tasks in poorly lit areas, then the task can be performed, but the visibility and safety are insufficient due to lack of illumination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a utility handle with an illumination system, integrating lights, power source, and control components into a single tool. This merging allows the handle to provide both mechanical function and illumination, resolving the contradiction between improved visibility and maintained tool functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The utility handle is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a mechanical tool for household tasks and an illumination device. The integrated lighting system enables the single tool to address both task execution and visibility needs in poorly lit areas.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If lighting is removed or covered during painting tasks, then paint protection is improved, but the light levels for applying paint deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination system provides localized lighting at the work area near the attachment, rather than requiring overall room lighting. This allows paint protection measures (covering existing lights) to be implemented while still maintaining adequate illumination at the specific location where paint application occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from relying on fixed overhead lighting to a mobile, task-specific illumination source that moves with the utility handle. This dimensional shift allows lighting to be positioned exactly where needed without compromising paint protection elsewhere in the room.
3Productivity
If existing tools are used in dark areas, then the tools can function, but task effectiveness deteriorates due to poor illumination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the utility handle with an integrated illumination system, creating a single tool that simultaneously provides mechanical function and lighting. This combination eliminates the need for separate lighting equipment and directly improves task effectiveness in dark areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The utility handle serves itself by providing its own illumination through the integrated lighting system. The tool becomes self-sufficient, eliminating the need for external lighting sources and enabling effective operation in poorly lit environments.
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
Enhances task visibility and safety by providing integrated, adjustable lighting for household tools like brooms, mops, and paint rollers, improving the effectiveness of tasks in poorly lit areas without compromising tool functionality.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of lights coupled to the main body
Data Source
AI summary
An illuminated utility handle is disclosed and is configured for coupling to various household work toss, such a broom, a mop, a paint brush/roller, a squeegee, or the like. The illuminated utility handle is formed as an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end has a coupling for securing the work tool to the illuminated utility handle and one or more lights disposed along the elongate shaft. The one or more lights are oriented to illuminate a work surface operated on by the attachment. A battery source may be carried in the handle and a power switch is operable to selectively activate the one or more lights. The battery source may be recharged by a charging port.