Modular Ladder Support System for Stability and Anti-Slip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing extension ladders lack inherent stability, often tipping over when unevenly weighted or used on uneven terrain, leading to potential accidents and injuries.
Innovation Solution
A ladder support system comprising at least one support arm, support leg, support base, and support bracket, which can be removably attached to the ladder to provide additional stability and prevent horizontal movement, sliding, or twisting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If extension ladders are used without additional support structures, then the device complexity is low, but the stability and reliability are insufficient leading to tipping hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is divided into separate modular components including support arms, support legs, support bases, and support brackets that can be independently assembled and attached to the ladder. This segmentation allows the stability function to be added without redesigning the entire ladder structure, resolving the contradiction between reliability improvement and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Support arms act as intermediary elements connecting the ladder structure to the support legs and bases. These arms transfer and distribute forces from the ladder to the ground through the support system, providing stability without requiring direct integration into the ladder's core structure, thus maintaining relatively simple device complexity while improving reliability.
2Reliability
If support structures are added to prevent tipping, then the reliability improves, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to additional assembly requirements
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the support system into separate attachable components rather than a permanently integrated structure, the system can be assembled only when needed and disassembled when not in use. This resolves the contradiction by allowing reliability improvement through added support while maintaining ease of operation through optional, simple assembly rather than permanent complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support system transitions from a static, permanently fixed structure to a dynamic, temporarily attachable configuration. The support arms can be attached or detached from the ladder as needed, allowing the system to adapt between simple portable ladder use and stabilized ladder operation, thus improving reliability without permanently compromising ease of operation.
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AI summary
A support system for providing support to a ladder. The support system includes at least one support arm, at least one support leg, at least one support base, and at least one support bracket. The support leg is removably attached to a lower end of the at least one support arm. The support base is coupled to the at least one support leg and has a plurality of ridge on its lower surface. The support bracket is removably attached to the upper end of the at least one support arm. Altogether, the components of the support system are configured to provide support and relative stability to a ladder.