Modular Fishing Lure Storage With Segmented Slots And Leader Wrapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Anglers face challenges in organizing and storing fishing lures and leaders, leading to tangling, damage, and lost fishing time due to inefficient storage methods that fail to protect and quickly retrieve specific lures and leaders during fishing.
Innovation Solution
A modular fishing lure and leader storage system featuring a chamber with parallel sidewalls, concave channel walls, and a saddle, allowing for secure storage and easy retrieval of lures and leaders through a slot and closure mechanism that wraps the leader around the container, preventing entanglement and damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If lures and leaders are stored in a haphazard manner, then storage capacity is maximized, but entanglement and damage occur
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system divides the tackle into separate compartments: lures are stored in individual slots within the receptacle, while leaders are stored separately in a dedicated leader storage area. This segmentation prevents lures and leaders from becoming entangled with each other, while still allowing substantial quantities of both to be stored in an organized manner.
Solution Approach 2:
The leader is extracted from the lure assembly and stored separately in the leader storage area. The leader can be quickly removed from its storage position and attached to the lure when needed, eliminating the entanglement problem while maintaining quick access capability.
2Device complexity
If lures are stored in unorganized groups, then storage simplicity is maintained, but retrieval time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacle is divided into multiple lure slots, each capable of holding a specific lure. This segmentation allows for quick visual identification and retrieval of desired lures without having to search through unorganized groups, reducing retrieval time while maintaining manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Lures are pre-positioned in individual slots during storage, and leaders are pre-positioned in the leader storage area. When fishing, the angler simply needs to select the desired lure from its slot and attach the corresponding leader, which is already in position, eliminating the need to search or organize during the fishing activity.
3Device complexity
If leaders are attached to lures before storage, then organization is simplified, but entanglement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The leader is extracted from the lure assembly and stored separately in the dedicated leader storage area. This separation eliminates the entanglement problem that occurs when leaders are attached to lures during storage, while still allowing for quick reattachment when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The slot and leader storage area act as intermediaries between the lure and leader during storage. The slot holds the lure in a fixed position, while the leader storage area holds the leader separately. When needed, the leader can be quickly moved from the intermediary storage area to attach to the lure, maintaining both organization and entanglement prevention.
4Quantity of substance
If multiple lures are stored together, then storage efficiency is improved, but selection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacle is segmented into multiple individual slots, each holding a lure. This segmentation allows for efficient storage of multiple lures while enabling quick visual scanning and selection of the desired lure, as each lure is visible and accessible from its own slot rather than being buried in a pile.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of storing lures in a single-dimensional pile or stack, the system uses a two-dimensional grid of slots within the receptacle. This dimensional change allows multiple lures to be stored efficiently in parallel, with each lure independently accessible, dramatically reducing selection time while maintaining high storage capacity.
Data Source
AI summary
A fishing lure and leader may reside in a modular fishing lure organization and storage container receptacle characterized by a chamber having a pair of parallel spaced-apart planar sidewalls, a pair of parallel spaced-apart outwardly concave channel walls connecting the planar sidewalls, and a receptacle saddle connecting the sidewalls and the channel walls. A closure is closeable over a chamber opening. A slot divides a concave channel wall, and extends from the chamber opening into the receptacle saddle. A fishing lure may be placed in the receptacle, and a leader attached to a fishing lure is insertable through the slot. The closure may be closed over the chamber opening, and the leader may be wrapped along the concave channel walls and over the receptacle saddle and the closure.