Portable Lighting Mounting Assembly for Hands-Free Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable lighting devices lack flexibility in providing hands-free lighting solutions, as they often require users to hold the device to maintain orientation, limiting their use in various situations and locations.
Innovation Solution
A portable lighting device with multiple integrated mounting features, including a removable tripod base, magnetic attachment, clip-on mechanism, and a multi-positional kickstand, allowing for versatile orientation and positioning without the need for user-held operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a portable lighting device is designed without integrated mounting features, then the device structure remains simple, but the device cannot provide hands-free lighting solutions and requires user holding to maintain orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple mounting features (kickstand, magnetic attachment, clip-on mechanism, tripod base) into a single portable lighting device housing. This merging approach enables the device to provide hands-free lighting solutions across various surfaces and configurations without requiring separate mounting devices, thereby resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural complexity by integrating diverse functions into one unified product.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting device incorporates universal mounting capabilities that allow it to be attached to multiple types of surfaces (flat surfaces via kickstand, magnetic surfaces via magnet, clothing via clip, and tripod mounts via threaded base). This multi-functionality enables the single device to serve multiple mounting purposes, achieving high adaptability while maintaining reasonable structural complexity through standardized mounting interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a portable lighting device includes multiple integrated mounting features, then hands-free lighting in multiple configurations is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the mounting functionality into distinct, independent features (kickstand, magnetic attachment, clip-on mechanism, tripod base), each capable of operating separately. This segmentation allows the device to offer multiple mounting configurations while maintaining modularity, where each feature can be engaged or disengaged independently, thereby managing complexity through functional separation rather than integrated complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables hands-free lighting in multiple configurations, enhancing the device's utility and functionality by allowing users to position the light at desired angles and locations, increasing its adaptability for various tasks and environments.
Implementation Method 1
removably affixed by a magnet to a surface
Data Source
AI summary
A portable lighting device having multiple mounting features providing multiple mounting configurations allowing for hands-free lighting in various situations and locations. The portable lighting device comprises a housing with (i) a front bezel configured to receive a primary optic; (ii) a central support having a securement means and a peripheral segment configured to receive an extent of a cap of a bottle; and, (iii) a rear body having a multi-positional assembly, a coupling means residing within the multi-positional assembly, and a mounting means. The lighting device also includes an illumination assembly having a light source configured to emit light beyond the housing to illuminate a surrounding area, and a power source disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the illumination assembly. The multi-positional assembly is movable between a retracted position and a deployed position that improve the utility of the portable lighting device.