Modular Clipping Assembly for Secure Multi-Webbing Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clipping devices are either insecure or limited to specific types of surfaces, failing to provide a secure and modular solution for attaching equipment to various bags and accessories with different webbing sizes.
Innovation Solution
A modular clipping system comprising a top cover, midsection, and base, with a pull handle that activates a male fitting for secure attachment to any size webbing, including Molle and PALS systems, and optional suction cup or peg attachments for versatile use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional clipping devices are used, then they can attach to surfaces, but they do not hold items tightly and are limited to specific surface types
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping device is divided into multiple functional segments: a carabiner body for attachment, an extender mechanism for reach adjustment, and a locking system for security. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, enabling the device to securely hold items while adapting to various surface types through the modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipping device incorporates multiple attachment mechanisms including carabiner hooks, extenders with various gripping surfaces, and adjustable locking systems. This multi-functionality enables a single device to attach securely to diverse surface types such as webbing, metal rails, and rough surfaces, while maintaining strong holding security through the integrated locking mechanism.
2Ease of manufacture
If a single clipping device design is used, then manufacturing is simple, but it cannot accommodate different webbing sizes and types
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping system is segmented into standardized modular components with consistent interface dimensions. The carabiner body, extender sections, and locking mechanisms are designed with uniform connection points that accommodate various webbing sizes. This modular segmentation maintains manufacturing simplicity through standardized production processes while achieving versatility across different webbing types including Molle and PALS systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The extender mechanism incorporates adjustable parameters including telescoping sections with variable lengths and interchangeable gripping elements. These parameter changes allow the same base device to adapt to different webbing widths and thicknesses, providing compatibility across multiple webbing size specifications without requiring completely different device designs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the opening diameter is increased to accept larger fittings, then more fitting types can be attached, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The opening mechanism incorporates dynamic elements including spring-loaded arms and movable locking surfaces that can expand and contract. When a fitting is inserted, the opening automatically adjusts its diameter to accommodate the fitting size, then dynamically transitions to a locked position. This dynamic behavior provides fitting type compatibility across a range of sizes without requiring multiple fixed opening configurations, thereby avoiding increased structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A clipping apparatus and a stud fitting. The clipping apparatus has a top cover, a midsection having a first grip and a locking mechanism having a second grip. The top cover has elongated arms define a top cover upper surface and which are pivotably secured to one another to define between them a cover opening for receiving a male fitting. The second grip is aligned with the first grip to form a locking opening between them, while the locking mechanism has an open position in which the second grip is at a farther position from the first grip and a closed position in which the second grip is at a closer position to the first grip. A pull handle may be included such that upon activation allows the clipping apparatus to accept the male fitting into the cover opening which upon release of the pull handle locks the male fitting. The stud fitting defines a peg device that can be coupled to the clipping apparatus and an L-track such as those used on a vehicle.