Portable Laser Leveling Device for Continuous Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools that use lasers for layout and installation require continuous movement and interruption of laser lines, making it difficult to facilitate leveling and measurement of objects and fixtures like shelving and home décor without disrupting the reference lines.
Innovation Solution
A device that can be removably attached to a work surface along projected laser lines, featuring a bull's eye for centering and notches or protrusions for attaching a tape measurer, or integrated distance measuring lasers, allowing measurements without interrupting the laser level, enabling precise leveling and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a standard laser level is used to project reference lines, then leveling accuracy is improved, but the user must continuously move and interrupt the laser level to complete complex layouts
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the layout task into two independent components: the laser level remains stationary providing continuous reference lines, while a separate portable device with measuring tools is moved along the reference lines. This segmentation allows the laser level to maintain its position and continue projecting accurate reference lines without interruption, while measurements are taken using the portable device at different locations along the lines.
2Area of stationary object
If the laser level is moved to complete different sections of a layout, then coverage area is improved, but the reference lines are interrupted and continuity is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The portable device acts as an intermediary between the stationary laser level and the work surface. It carries measuring tools to various locations along the reference lines without requiring the laser level itself to move. The portable device enables coverage of large areas by moving along the continuous reference lines provided by the stationary laser level, thus maintaining line continuity while expanding measurement coverage.
3Adaptability or versatility
If measuring tools are integrated into the laser level, then measurement capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the functionality between two devices: the laser level handles reference line projection while a separate portable device handles measurement functions. This segmentation avoids integrating multiple functions into a single complex device, keeping each component simple and specialized. The portable device can be moved to different positions to perform measurements throughout the layout area without affecting the laser level's simple projection function.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables continuous leveling and installation of objects without disrupting the laser lines, allowing users to measure distances accurately along the projected lines using either a tape measurer or built-in distance measuring lasers, enhancing the efficiency of layout processes.
Implementation Method 1
uses a standard laser level placed away from the work surface, with the standard laser level projecting level laser lines onto the work surface
Implementation Method 2
the portable device has one or more distance measuring lasers mounted at or near the center of the portable device to allow the user to measure distances along the projected laser lines using the distance measuring lasers
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AI summary
A method and device for locating layout points on a work surface using a laser level located away from the work surface to project one or more visible laser lines onto the work surface and one or more portable devices removably attached to the work surface along the level laser lines projected onto the work surface.