Modular Motorcycle Towing Frame With Ground-Level Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle towing trailers are cumbersome for storage and difficult to load, requiring substantial space and often necessitating steep ramps that are challenging for a single user to manage.
Innovation Solution
A portable towing system with wheel assemblies that allow the towing frame to be raised and lowered, enabling easy assembly and disassembly, compact storage, and single-user operation, featuring a modular design with adjustable components for versatile vehicle loading and transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional towing trailers use fixed chassis designs, then structural stability is maintained, but storage space requirements increase and loading difficulty worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The towing trailer is divided into modular components including a removable support platform, separable wheel assemblies, and detachable frame sections. This segmentation allows the trailer to be disassembled into compact parts for easy storage and transported in smaller quantities, while maintaining structural integrity when assembled for towing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The trailer incorporates adjustable and movable elements such as height-adjustable legs, collapsible frame sections, and reconfigurable support structures. These dynamic features enable the trailer to transform between a stable towing configuration and a compact storage configuration, improving both operational flexibility and storage efficiency.
2Reliability
If towing trailers are designed for heavy-duty transport, then load capacity is improved, but weight and storage difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heavy-duty towing capability is achieved through modular construction where robust frame sections and high-strength components can be assembled only when needed. Individual modules can be stored separately in compact spaces, and the complete high-capacity structure is formed only during actual towing operations, reducing storage volume requirements while maintaining towing reliability.
3Ease of operation
If single-user operation is enabled, then user accessibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The trailer incorporates self-leveling mechanisms, automatic locking features, and intuitive assembly guides that allow a single user to operate the system without requiring complex manual adjustments or assistance from others. The design includes self-explanatory controls and automated safety features that simplify operation while maintaining structural complexity only where necessary for functionality.
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AI summary
A portable towing system for a motorcycle or similar vehicle, such as a trike, the frame of which can be lowered to ground level to facilitate loading of the motorcycle or similar vehicle by pushing or riding the vehicle onto the frame without risk of the vehicle falling off the sides of a steeply inclined ramp. The towing system may be assembled, raised, lowered, and disassembled by a single person, if desired. The raising and lowering of the frame is effected by a lifting and lowering mechanism connected with the wheel assemblies.