Portable Lighting Mounting Assembly for Stable Hands-Free Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable lighting devices lack flexibility in orientation when not held by a user, necessitating the need for hands-free mounting configurations to maintain illumination 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 positioning and orientation without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If portable lighting devices are designed without integrated mounting features, then the device structure remains simple, but the device cannot maintain stable orientation when not held by a user
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device integrates multiple mounting features (tripod socket, kickstand, magnetic attachment, clip) into a single device, enabling it to perform both portable handheld lighting and stationary mounted lighting functions. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing stable orientation through various mounting options without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting features are designed as separable, modular components that can be independently deployed or retracted. The kickstand can be extended or retracted, the tripod socket can be accessed independently, and the magnetic/clip features can be engaged or disengaged. This segmentation allows the device to maintain structural simplicity when mounting features are not needed while providing stable orientation when required.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mounting features are integrated into the portable lighting device, then hands-free lighting in diverse situations is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device integrates multiple mounting features (tripod socket, kickstand, magnetic attachment, clip) into a single device, enabling it to perform both portable handheld lighting and stationary mounted lighting functions. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing stable orientation through various mounting options without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple previously separate mounting solutions (tripod mounting, kickstand support, magnetic attachment, clip-on mechanisms) are merged into a single integrated lighting device. This combining approach provides versatile adaptability across different mounting scenarios while consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate devices or accessories, thereby managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of separate components.
3Ease of operation
If the lighting device includes a moveable member for surface support, then the device can be self-supported on surfaces, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The kickstand is designed as a moveable member that can be dynamically adjusted between extended and retracted positions. When extended, it provides hands-free surface support; when retracted, it minimizes structural complexity and interference. This dynamic capability allows the device to achieve ease of hands-free operation only when needed, rather than requiring permanently complex structures always present.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables hands-free lighting in diverse situations and locations, enhancing the device's utility and functionality by providing multiple mounting configurations for user-defined positioning.
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.