Multi-Pad Mounting Bracket With Sliding Quick Release

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mounting hardware for multi-pad devices requires users to unscrew and lift the module from the stand, which is time-consuming and inefficient, especially when removing or replacing the device for storage or maintenance.

Innovation Solution

A universal multi-pad mounting bracket with a quick release mechanism, featuring a channel on one side and a sliding engagement system with a stand mount, allowing the multi-pad to be easily attached and detached without removing the permanent mounting bracket, enabling quick access and storage without screws.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional mounting hardware with screws is used, then the mounting bracket is securely attached to the module, but the user must unscrew and remove the bracket to replace or store the module, which is time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of module attachment and detachmentVSAvoidtime required to remove module from stand

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system is divided into three separate components: a permanent mounting bracket attached to the stand, a removable stand mount with sliding engagement mechanism, and the multi-pad module. This segmentation allows the module to be quickly attached and detached from the stand mount without affecting the permanent bracket, enabling rapid module replacement and storage while maintaining secure mounting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The stand mount acts as an intermediary component between the permanent mounting bracket and the multi-pad module. It features a sliding engagement mechanism with channels and receivers that enable quick attachment and detachment of the module without requiring removal of the permanent bracket, thus solving the time-consuming issue of traditional screw-based mounting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the mounting bracket is permanently attached to the stand, then the bracket remains in place for repeated use, but the user cannot easily remove or replace the multi-pad module without removing the bracket

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to store module with bracket attachedVSAvoiddifficulty of module replacement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system separates the permanent mounting bracket from the module attachment mechanism by introducing a removable stand mount. This allows the bracket to remain permanently attached to the stand for repeated use, while the stand mount can be easily removed with the module for storage, providing both adaptability and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The stand mount incorporates a sliding engagement mechanism that transitions between locked and unlocked states. The channel and receiver design allows the stand mount to slide into position and lock securely, then slide out easily when release tabs are pressed, providing dynamic adaptability for both secure mounting and easy removal.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Loss of time

If the mounting bracket is removed before storage, then the module can be stored separately, but the process requires unscrewing and significant time and energy

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime and energy to remove bracket for storageVSAvoidcomplexity of mounting mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the mounting system into a permanent bracket and a removable stand mount with integrated release mechanism, the design simplifies the storage process. Users only need to press release tabs on the stand mount to detach it with the module, avoiding the time-consuming process of unscrewing the permanent bracket while maintaining manufacturing feasibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The stand mount extracts the module from the permanent mounting bracket system, allowing the module to be removed with the stand mount rather than requiring removal of the permanent bracket itself. This extraction mechanism reduces the time and energy required for storage preparation while keeping the permanent bracket installed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Productivity

If a quick release mechanism is implemented, then module attachment and detachment is rapid, but the mounting structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of module replacementVSAvoidcomplexity of sliding engagement system

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The quick release functionality is isolated to the removable stand mount component, separate from the permanent mounting bracket. This segmentation allows the sliding engagement mechanism with channels, receivers, and release tabs to be implemented only where needed, achieving rapid module replacement while keeping the overall system complexity manageable through modular design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250020266A1Universal multi-pad mounting bracket assembly

Publication Date: 2025.01.16 KELL GEORGE

AI summary

A universal multi-pad mounting bracket is disclosed, including a mounting bracket attached to a module via a plurality of fasteners and a channel provided on a first side of the mounting bracket. A stand mount includes a left side and a right side to be received by the channel to slidingly engaged with the mounting bracket to the stand mount. A tube is positioned on a bottom side of the stand mount to slidingly engage with a stand.