Polymerized Game Hanging Device with Rimless Boundary

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing game hanging devices face issues with structural integrity, sanitation, and safety due to materials like metal (corrosion and sharp edges), wood (splinters and porosity), and injection molded plastics (low strength and sharp edges), which can lead to injuries and unsanitary conditions, especially when handling heavy game animals or fish.

Innovation Solution

A device with a polymerized body made from high-density polyethylene, featuring a rimless boundary and unitarily formed game hooks on a flat, parallel surface, providing a robust, lightweight, and sanitary solution that avoids sharp edges and crevices, allowing for easy cleaning and handling of game animals without direct skin contact.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If metal materials are used for game hanging devices, then strength and durability are improved, but corrosion and sharp edges cause safety and sanitation issues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidcorrosion and sharp edges

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the material parameter from metal to polymerized material (high-density polyethylene), fundamentally altering the chemical and physical properties to eliminate corrosion while maintaining structural integrity through molecular bonding characteristics of the polymer

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The device utilizes composite construction by integrating multiple functional features (hooks, handling surfaces, hanging mechanisms) into a single polymerized material structure, combining the benefits of corrosion resistance with structural strength through material composition rather than assembly

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Ease of manufacture

If wood materials are used for game hanging devices, then natural availability is improved, but splinters and porosity create safety and sanitation problems

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematerial availabilityVSAvoidsplinters and porosity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the material state from natural wood to polymerized plastic material, transforming the physical and chemical parameters to eliminate splinter formation and porosity while achieving a non-porous, smooth surface that prevents microbial growth

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The polymerized material device is designed as a durable yet replaceable component that can be easily manufactured and replaced if needed, providing an economical solution that prioritizes safety and sanitation over long-term permanence

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Ease of operation

If injection molded plastics are used for game hanging devices, then ease of cleaning is improved, but low strength and sharp edges reduce structural integrity and safety

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of cleaningVSAvoidstructural strength

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the manufacturing process parameter from injection molding to polymerization, which eliminates the formation of sharp edges and crevices while maintaining the smooth, non-porous surface that facilitates easy cleaning and sanitation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

4Strength

If traditional game hanging devices with sharp edges are used, then structural integrity is improved, but risk of injury increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidrisk of injury

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies curvature by forming all edges and surfaces of the device with rounded contours rather than sharp angles, eliminating injury risk while maintaining structural strength through the distributed stress characteristics of curved geometry in polymerized material

Inventive Principle:

Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

5Device complexity

If devices with crevices and pores are used, then structural complexity is reduced, but microbial growth and unsanitary conditions increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidmicrobial growth

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the surface parameter from porous to non-porous by using polymerized material, creating a smooth surface that prevents microbial attachment and growth while maintaining structural simplicity through the homogeneous nature of the polymerized construction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11937611B2Device for hanging captured game

Publication Date: 2024.03.26 HANGRY BRAND ENTERPRISES LLC

AI summary

A device for hanging captured game is provided. The device includes a polymerized device body. The device body includes a front planar surface and a rear planar surface, wherein the rear planar surface is parallel to the front planar surface. The device body further includes a rimless boundary around a perimeter of the polymerized device body and a game hook formed unitarily with the polymerized device body such that a first surface of the game hook is coincident to the front planar surface and a second surface of the game hook is coincident to the rear planar surface. The front planar surface directly transitions to the rimless boundary. The rear planar surface directly transitions to the rimless boundary.