Optic Cover with Resilient Retention for DOPE Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing DOPE displays attached to optic device covers are not optimally secure and cannot be easily changed or updated for different environmental conditions or firearms, leading to potential loss or inconvenience during use.

Innovation Solution

A cover for an optical device with a cap that includes a means for releasably and securely holding a display, using resilient retention members such as tabs, annular flanges, or magnets to allow easy attachment and detachment of DOPE information, ensuring it remains accessible and readable.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If tape is used to attach the display to the cover cap, then the display can be changed, but the tape loses its tack from frequent switching and environmental factors, causing the display to fall out

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to change displayVSAvoiddisplay retention

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the chemical bonding mechanism of adhesive tape with a mechanical retention system consisting of resilient tabs and corresponding slots. The tabs have inherent elasticity that allows them to flex during insertion and then maintain constant mechanical pressure to securely hold the display in place, eliminating reliance on adhesive properties that degrade over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The resilient tabs are designed with specific elastic properties and geometric dimensions that allow them to deform under insertion force and then return to their original shape, creating a reliable mechanical lock. The tab material and dimensions are selected to provide optimal retention force while allowing easy display replacement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If glue is used to attach the display to the cover cap, then the display is securely retained, but the display and information cannot be changed for different conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay retentionVSAvoidability to change display

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The retention system is divided into separate components: fixed resilient tabs attached to the cover cap and a display with removable slots. This segmentation allows the display to be independently removed and replaced while the tabs remain permanently attached to the cap, providing both secure retention and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The resilient tabs provide dynamic retention - they are flexible enough to allow easy insertion and removal of displays, yet maintain constant mechanical pressure to securely hold the display during use. The elasticity of the tabs creates a reversible mechanical connection that adapts to different display thicknesses.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If the display is made removable for easy updates, then adaptability improves, but the display may become loose or fall out during use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to change displayVSAvoiddisplay position stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces adhesive bonding with a mechanical interlocking system using resilient tabs and slots. The tabs engage with corresponding slots on the display, creating a positive mechanical lock that prevents the display from becoming loose or falling out during handling and use, while still allowing easy removal when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The retention mechanism uses asymmetric tab and slot geometries where the tabs are positioned and shaped to provide optimal retention in the direction of potential displacement. The slots are designed to receive and constrain the tabs, creating a stable mechanical connection that resists removal forces during normal use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

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

The solution provides a secure and convenient method to retain and update DOPE information, preventing loss and ensuring it remains accessible, even in challenging environmental conditions, without requiring frequent tape replacement or causing suspicion during hunting.

Implementation Method 1

at least one resilient retention member attached to the interior portion of the cap for retaining the display, capable of temporarily deforming to receive and release the display

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS20240255253A1Optic cover with releasably retained display

Publication Date: 2024.08.01 SHELTERED WINGS INC D B A VORTEX OPTICS

AI summary

A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences. The cover may include a flexible body for securing the cover to optic devices of a variety of sizes.