Securing Device Hooks for Pre-slab Guardrail Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Pre-slabs used in construction often have inadequately secured hollow sections for guardrail posts, leading to instability and potential overturning under significant force, compromising safety and stability.

Innovation Solution

A securing device with multiple hooks and anchoring studs is integrated into the pre-slab, ensuring secure fixation by pinching between frames, preventing unhooking and tipping, and allowing easy installation of construction accessories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If hollow sections are installed in pre-slabs for guardrail posts, then guardrails can be positioned on the pre-slab surface, but the hollow sections are not sufficiently well installed and become illuminated under significant force, causing the guardrail to overturn

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of installationVSAvoidstability of hollow section
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The hollow section is divided into multiple segments: a base portion embedded in the pre-slab, vertical sides, and a top portion forming the guardrail receiver. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for its specific function - the base for anchoring, the sides for structural integrity, and the top for receiving the guardrail.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The hollow section is nested within the pre-slab structure, with the base portion embedded in the concrete and the vertical sides extending upward. The guardrail post is then inserted into the hollow section, creating a nested configuration that provides both structural integration and functional accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Reliability

If a securing device with multiple hooks is used to fix the accessory to reinforcements, then the accessory is securely pinned between reinforcements preventing detachment, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefixing reliabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple hooks are combined into a single integrated securing device that engages with multiple reinforcements simultaneously. The hooks are positioned at different locations and orientations to capture the accessory between the reinforcement bars, creating a multi-point anchoring system from a unified structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The securing device utilizes three-dimensional spatial arrangement of hooks positioned at different heights and angles around the reinforcement bars. This multi-dimensional configuration allows the accessory to be pinned from multiple directions, preventing detachment in any orientation while maintaining structural efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3772560B1Device for securing a construction accessory with a construction element and associated construction element
Publication Date: 2024.03.20 KP1
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AI summary

The invention relates to a fastening device for securing a construction accessory to a construction element, the device comprising at least: - a mounting base (8), said mounting base comprising at least a first fixing hook (11) for fastening to a first reinforcement of the construction element and a second fixing hook (18) for fastening to a second reinforcement of the construction element, the two hooks being oriented in opposite directions towards one of the opposite ends of the mounting base; - receiving means connected to the mounting base of the device and intended in service to receive the construction accessory. The invention also relates to a construction element incorporating such a device.