Modular Wakeboard Binding With Interlocking Pegs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wakeboard bindings are difficult to modify or customize due to permanent attachment methods like stitching or adhesives, limiting configuration options and requiring labor-intensive assembly and replacement processes.
Innovation Solution
A wakeboard binding assembly that allows the upper to be directly connected to the base plate without adhesives, stitching, or fasteners, enabling easy removal, modification, or interchange of components for customization of fit, function, and aesthetics, using a skeleton frame with interlocking mechanisms like eyelets and pegs for secure connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If permanent attachment methods (stitching, adhesives, hardware) are used to connect upper to base plate, then structural integrity and reliability are improved, but ease of modification and assembly is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The binding is divided into separate modular components (upper, base plate, skeleton frame) that can be independently assembled and disassembled. The upper connects to the base plate through a reversible mechanical interface involving the skeleton frame with eyelets and pegs, allowing easy modification while maintaining structural integrity during use.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from static permanent attachment to dynamic reversible attachment. The mechanical interface using eyelets and pegs allows the binding to be easily assembled and disassembled by users, enabling customization and repair without requiring specialized tools or skills.
2Reliability
If permanent attachment methods are used, then reliability is improved, but device complexity and labor intensity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex fastening elements (stitching, adhesives, hardware) are extracted and replaced with a simplified mechanical interface. The skeleton frame with eyelets and corresponding pegs provides a clean, tool-free connection system that reduces assembly complexity while maintaining reliable structural integrity.
3Strength
If permanent attachment methods are used, then structural integrity is improved, but ease of repair and component replacement is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The binding components are segmented into replaceable modules. If a component wears out or is damaged, only that specific module needs to be replaced rather than the entire binding. The mechanical interface allows users to swap components independently, making repair easy and cost-effective.
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AI summary
A wakeboard binding assembly in which the upper may be directly connected to the base plate without additional adhesives, stitching, or fasteners thus facilitating the assembly, removal, modification or interchange of one or more components of the binding during manufacturing, by a consumer or dealer to customize the fit, function and/or aesthetics of the binding.