Modular Angling Gear With Tool-Free Snap Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fishing lures, dive-aids, and attractors require multiple units and complex adjustments, leading to tedious changes and reduced fishing efficiency due to lack of confidence in lure choices, often causing fish to swim away without striking.
Innovation Solution
A releasable snap coupling assembly allows units to be assembled, changed, or disassembled without tools, using hands to lock and unlock, enabling quick modifications and a modular system with interchangeable units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional lures, dive-aids and attractors are made as single non-dismantlable units, then manufacturing precision and structural integrity are improved, but adaptability and ease of modification deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the lure system into multiple separate units (body unit, weight unit, attractor unit, dive-aid unit) that can be independently manufactured with high precision and then assembled together using the snap coupling assembly. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity through the locking mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The snap coupling assembly serves as a universal connection mechanism that can join different types of units (lure bodies, weights, attractors, dive-aids) together. This multi-functional coupling system enables a single base unit to be adapted for various fishing conditions by attaching different functional units, thereby achieving versatility without compromising the integrity of individual components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lures, dive-aids and attractors require multiple units to cover different fishing situations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The snap coupling assembly creates a universal interface that standardizes the connection between different units. This universality reduces the perceived complexity by providing a consistent assembly and disassembly method across all unit combinations, allowing fishermen to mix and match different units without learning multiple connection systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The snap coupling assembly is designed to be operated without tools by the fisherman themselves. The units can be easily connected and disconnected by hand, enabling self-service assembly and modification of the lure system. This eliminates the need for specialized tools or complex procedures, making the modular system as easy to operate as conventional single-unit lures.
3Reliability
If conventional lures require knots, clips, loops or threading for changes, then structural integrity is improved, but loss of time and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the time-consuming processes of knot-tying, clipping, looping, and threading from the lure changing process. The snap coupling assembly provides a direct mechanical connection that eliminates these intermediate steps, allowing units to be attached and detached in a single motion without the need for manual dexterity in tying knots or manipulating small clips and loops.
Solution Approach 2:
The snap coupling assembly replaces the complex mechanical systems of knots, clips, loops, and threading with a simpler snap-fit mechanical connection. This substitution maintains structural integrity through the locking mechanism while dramatically reducing the time and effort required to change lures, dive-aids, or attractors.
4Adaptability or versatility
If fishermen lack confidence in lure choices and need to make changes, then adaptability is improved, but productivity and loss of time worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The snap coupling assembly enables fishermen to independently and quickly change their own lures without assistance or complex procedures. This self-service capability allows immediate adaptation to different fishing conditions or lure preferences, maintaining productivity by eliminating delays associated with complicated lure changes or seeking assistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design allows fishermen to prepare multiple units in advance and quickly swap them out using the snap coupling assembly. This preliminary preparation combined with rapid exchange capability enables fishermen to adapt to changing conditions without losing significant time, as units can be pre-assembled and simply snapped into place when needed.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system for angling, said system comprising, at least a first unit and a second unit, which when assembled forms a part of an angling gear, characterized by, said system comprising, a releasable snap coupling assembly that can lock the first and the second units together. The system may comprise a first and a second unit, which when assembled forms a part of an angling gear with an enclosure in which a line can be mounted in such a way that the units can slide on the line in the longitudinal direction of the line. The first unit comprises a groove in which the line can be laid. The second unit comprises a portion made complementary to the groove such that the enclosure is created when the first and the second units are assembled. The system comprises a releasable snap coupling assembly that can lock the first and the second units together.