Motorized Game Cart With One-Way Drive for Uneven Terrain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transporting heavy game animals across difficult or uneven terrain is challenging due to their size and weight, often requiring significant user exertion and posing safety risks in remote locations.
Innovation Solution
A motorized cart with a support assembly, wheels, a motor, and a control system that includes a battery and a control switch to facilitate easy transportation of heavy loads, allowing variable speed control and one-way wheel movement for forward propulsion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional cart is used to transport heavy game animals, then the cart can carry the load, but significant user exertion is required and safety risks increase in remote locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical pushing system with an electric motorized system. The motor is connected to the wheels through a drive mechanism, allowing the cart to self-propel without requiring the user to physically push or pull the heavy load. This substitution directly reduces user exertion while improving safety in remote locations where assistance may not be available.
Solution Approach 2:
The cart is equipped with its own propulsion system (motor and battery) that enables it to move itself without external assistance. The user simply needs to operate the control mechanism rather than physically exert force to move the cart. This self-service capability allows the cart to transport heavy game animals independently, reducing both user effort and safety risks in isolated areas.
2Ease of operation
If a motorized cart is added to reduce user exertion, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized cart system is divided into distinct functional modules: the traditional cart body for carrying loads, a separate motor unit for propulsion, a battery pack for power supply, and a control mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and facilitates easier maintenance and repair, partially offsetting the complexity increase through modular design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces the physical effort required to transport heavy loads by enabling motorized movement over uneven terrain, enhancing safety and efficiency in remote locations.
Implementation Method 1
The motorized cart further includes a battery connected to the motor to supply electrical energy to the motor
Implementation Method 2
a motor connected to at least one of the wheels
Data Source
AI summary
A motorized cart for transporting game animals includes a cart body. The cart body has a support assembly generally horizontal to support a game animal and a handle assembly extending upwardly at an angle from the support assembly. The motorized cart includes a restraining system to securely hold the game animal to the support assembly. The motorized cart further includes wheels disposed on the cart body and supporting the cart body above the ground, a motor connected to at least one of the wheels, and a battery connected to the motor to supply electrical energy to the motor. The motorized cart further includes a control switch attached to the handle assembly and electrically connected to the battery and the motor to control the flow of electrical energy from the battery to the motor.