Magazine Baseplate Tool Indention Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magazine baseplates for firearms are heavy, bulky, costly to manufacture, and lack convenient storage solutions for tools, requiring user manipulation and adding weight and bulk without providing adequate storage options.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, cost-effective magazine baseplate with an integrated tool storage system featuring an angled design, finned structure, and recessed tool indention for secure tool retention, allowing tools to be stored on the bottom without compromising the flat resting surface, and including apertures for lanyards or additional tool connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing magazine baseplates are designed to provide storage and stability functions, then tool storage capability and stability are improved, but weight and bulk increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the baseplate structure with an integrated tool storage recess, merging the baseplate function with tool storage function into a single unified component. This eliminates the need for separate storage devices attached to the baseplate, thereby providing tool storage capability while avoiding the additional weight and bulk that would result from separate storage mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The baseplate is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the magazine, ensures stable resting on surfaces through its angled configuration, and incorporates a recess for tool storage. This multi-functionality allows a single component to address multiple needs without requiring additional separate parts, thus improving versatility while controlling weight.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing magazine baseplates are designed to provide storage and stability functions, then tool storage capability and stability are improved, but manufacturing cost increases due to part complexity and materials used
Solution Approach 1:
The baseplate and tool storage recess are designed as a single integrated part rather than separate components. This merging reduces the total number of parts that need to be manufactured, assembled, and inventoried, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process and reducing costs associated with multiple parts while still providing the desired tool storage capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage recess is designed as a localized feature within the baseplate structure, concentrating the storage function in a specific area rather than requiring a completely separate storage device. This localized approach allows for simpler manufacturing of the baseplate as a single piece with an integrated recess, avoiding the need for complex assembly processes and reducing overall manufacturing cost.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing magazine baseplates are designed to provide storage and stability functions, then tool storage capability is improved, but user manipulation is required prior to use
Solution Approach 1:
The baseplate with integrated recess is designed to automatically hold tools in place through its structural geometry, eliminating the need for additional user manipulation or adjustment. The recess shape and positioning are configured to naturally retain tools, allowing the system to serve itself by maintaining tool storage readiness without requiring user intervention, thus improving ease of operation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If existing magazine baseplates are designed to provide storage and stability functions, then tool storage capability is improved, but the flat resting surface is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The baseplate design incorporates a localized recess for tool storage that is positioned in a way that does not interfere with the overall flat resting surface required for stable placement. The recess is confined to a specific area, allowing the majority of the baseplate surface to remain flat and level, thus maintaining the stable resting function while adding tool storage capability in a localized region.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage recess is designed to utilize vertical space or depth dimension rather than compromising the horizontal flat surface area. By creating a recess that extends downward or uses the thickness of the baseplate, the design provides tool storage volume without sacrificing the flat top surface needed for stable resting, effectively using another dimension to resolve the spatial conflict.
Data Source
AI summary
A magazine baseplate configured to receive a tool and the corresponding tool are described herein. The tool is configured to fit into a tool indention on the bottom side of the magazine baseplate and be secured therein. The tool has a front end and a rear end, each of which has various tools or heads, such as a flathead screwdriver or T10 torx head.