L-Shaped Bracket Target Holder for Bottle Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing target shooting practices face challenges in securely fastening small, freestanding objects like disposable bottles, which can shift or topple due to wind, making them unsafe and inconvenient to use as shooting targets.

Innovation Solution

A target holder system comprising L-shaped brackets with target attachments and adapters, including a female threaded bottle port, clip adapter, frame adapter, and rod adapter, allows for easy and secure attachment of bottles to a stationary object using fasteners, ensuring stability during shooting practice.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If common household items like bottles are used as targets, then target availability and versatility are improved, but target stability and safety deteriorate due to wind and displacement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetarget versatilityVSAvoidtarget stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a bracket system as an intermediary device between the ground and the bottle targets. The bracket securely holds the bottle in a fixed position, preventing wind-induced movement and displacement while maintaining the versatility of using various household items as targets.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The target system is segmented into multiple components: the bracket structure, the bottle target, and optional weighting elements. This segmentation allows the stable bracket to support various bottle types independently, resolving the conflict between target versatility and stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If targets are secured by weighting or nailing to trees, then target stability is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetarget stabilityVSAvoidtarget setup convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket system is designed to be self-standing and self-securing. Once assembled, it automatically provides stable support for targets without requiring continuous human intervention for repositioning or re-securing, making the system easy to operate while maintaining stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The bracket is pre-assembled and prepared before use. The structural components are configured in advance to provide immediate stability when a target is placed, eliminating the need for time-consuming setup procedures during shooting practice.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If targets are left unsecured, then setup time is reduced, but target displacement and safety hazards increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetup efficiencyVSAvoidtarget displacement

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket acts as a mediating structure that quickly secures targets in place without requiring complex setup procedures. It provides immediate stabilization upon deployment, preventing wind-induced displacement and safety hazards while maintaining fast setup efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240263922A1Bottle cap milk jug adapter target holder system

Publication Date: 2024.08.08 GILKEY R & D LLC

AI summary

A bottle cap milk jug adapter target holder system having a bracket system including an L-shaped bracket, a threaded bottle port, and a variety of target adapters, to which various targets may be affixed, including bottles, balls, and other targets.