No Wrap Strap for Decorative Lights to Reduce Installation Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation and removal of decorative Christmas lights around trees and poles are cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring significant effort and resources, especially in large-scale applications like city streets.
Innovation Solution
A no wrap strap system for decorative lights, featuring a main body with apertures and hanging hooks, and a securing element with securing balls, allows for the straight arrangement of light strings along structures without wrapping, using multiple straps to secure the lights in a modular fashion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If decorative lights are wrapped around trees and poles in traditional manner, then the lights can be securely attached and display properly, but the installation and removal process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The strap is divided into distinct functional segments: a main body portion for securing to the tree, a securing element with balls for fastening the strap, and hanging hooks for suspending the lights. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, enabling quick installation without complex wrapping processes while maintaining secure attachment.
2Stability of the object's composition
If traditional wrapping method is used to attach lights around trees, then the lights remain stable during display, but the process requires significant effort and resources
Solution Approach 1:
The strap incorporates self-service features including self-latching securing balls that automatically engage with the main body, and pre-positioned hanging hooks that require no additional fastening. The modular design allows the strap to self-adjust and self-secure around trees of varying sizes, eliminating the need for complex manual wrapping and tying operations while ensuring stable light arrangement.
3Loss of time
If lights are arranged in straight no wrap configuration, then installation time is reduced, but the ability to accommodate various structure diameters must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The strap employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms where the securing element with multiple balls can be positioned at different locations along the strap, and the main body can be compressed or expanded to fit various tree diameters. The hanging hooks are positioned to allow flexible attachment points, enabling the same strap design to accommodate different structure sizes while maintaining the efficient straight configuration installation method.
Data Source
AI summary
A no wrap strap for a string of decorative lights including a plurality of apertures within a main body and a plurality of pairs of hanging hooks extending from the main body, with each pair of hanging hooks being disposed near a corresponding aperture. The no wrap strap further includes a securing element integrally attached to and extending from one end of the main body, the securing element including a plurality of securing balls arranged along a securing string.