Modular Mobile Device Mounting System With Interchangeable Locking Clips
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile device accessories, such as belt clips, are often bulky, cumbersome, and require multiple cases for different carrying scenarios, making them inefficient and inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
A modular attachment system featuring a lock engagement element and a base with slideable and releasable affixation, allowing for interchangeable clips to attach mobile devices to various objects like belts, handbags, or pockets, using a lock assembly and flaps to secure the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a simple clip is used to attach the cell phone to a belt, then the device complexity is reduced, but the clip becomes bulky and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is nested within the clip structure, with the locking tab contained inside the clip body. This allows the clip to maintain a compact size while incorporating a functional locking mechanism, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip is divided into functional segments: the clip body, the locking tab, and the release mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, enabling a compact overall design while maintaining adequate locking function.
2Device complexity
If a fixed clip is provided on the case, then the attachment function is simple, but multiple cases are needed for different carrying scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized locking mechanism with universal engagement features allows a single case design to support multiple attachment methods. The locking tab and receptacle system can accommodate various clip types and configurations, enabling one case to serve multiple carrying scenarios without requiring separate cases for each function.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a modular attachment system with locking mechanism is used, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into independent modular components: the base locking mechanism, interchangeable clips, and engagement features. This segmentation allows users to attach only the necessary components for each carrying scenario, maintaining adaptability while managing complexity through modularity.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of integrating multiple attachment methods into a single complex structure, the design inverts the approach by providing a simple base locking mechanism that accepts various interchangeable clips. This inversion simplifies the base design while maintaining versatility through component interchangeability.
4Volume of moving object
If the clip is made compact, then the ease of carrying is improved, but the locking function becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The locking tab is nested within the clip body, allowing the locking mechanism to be contained within a compact form factor. The nested structure enables adequate locking function while maintaining a small overall clip size that is easy to carry.
Solution Approach 2:
The release function is extracted as a separate, easily accessible feature on the clip. This allows the main body of the clip to remain compact for carrying, while the extracted release mechanism provides reliable locking and easy release functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
An attachment assembly for a mobile device case is included. The attachment assembly includes a lock engagement element. A lock assembly is also included, the lock assembly being retainably insertable within the lock engagement element. A base having an opening there through is also included, the base being mountable to the mobile device case. The lock engagement element and the lock assembly cooperate to slideably and releasably affix the lock engagement element to the base within the opening.