Quick-Opening Tool Support With Gravity-Opposed Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for quickly and intuitively accessing manual tools and objects in challenging environments, such as climbing and mountaineering, often require manipulation and rotation, posing risks of accidental falls and tool loss, especially for non-magnetic items.
Innovation Solution
A quick-opening portable support that secures an object in a housing, allowing it to be released by exerting force opposite to gravity, transmitted by the object itself, enabling direct manual gripping and automatic or semi-automatic opening and closing mechanisms for easy access and secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tools are carried in a backpack or attached to a climbing harness, then tools are secured and organized, but the user cannot quickly grab them in the ready-to-use position without manipulation or rotation
Solution Approach 1:
The tool is pre-positioned in the housing with its handle protruding outward in the ready-to-use orientation. This preliminary arrangement eliminates the need for manipulation or rotation during actual use, allowing the user to simply grasp and extract the tool directly from the housing in the correct position.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed with a specific structure where only the handle portion of the tool protrudes outward while the main body remains housed. This segmentation allows the user to grasp the handle directly without needing to manipulate the entire tool, enabling quick extraction in the ready-to-use position.
2Ease of operation
If tools are attached to a climbing harness for frequent access, then tools are readily available, but the user must still manipulate them to achieve the correct position for use
Solution Approach 1:
The tool is pre-positioned in the housing with its handle protruding outward in the ready-to-use orientation. This preliminary arrangement ensures that when the user grasps the tool, it is already in the correct position for use, eliminating the need for additional manipulation or rotation actions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a magnetic tool holder is used, then magnetic items can be easily accessed, but non-magnetic items cannot be accommodated
Solution Approach 1:
The housing design is universal and can accommodate any type of tool or object, whether magnetic or non-magnetic. The retention mechanism uses a resilient member that can hold various tool types securely, and the handle protrusion design ensures quick access for all tool types without requiring magnetic properties.
4Reliability
If tools are secured tightly in the housing, then tools are securely stored, but the user must exert significant force to extract them
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure is segmented such that only the handle portion of the tool needs to be grasped and extracted, while the main body remains housed. This segmentation reduces the extraction effort required, as the user only needs to overcome the retention force on the handle portion rather than the entire tool.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient retention member acts as an intermediary that provides secure retention during normal use but allows controlled extraction when the user applies force to the protruding handle. The resilient nature of the retention member provides a balance between secure storage and ease of extraction.
5Ease of operation
If the housing is designed for quick opening, then tools can be quickly accessed, but the housing may open accidentally
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient retention member acts as an intermediary mechanism that provides controlled release. It maintains secure retention during normal use but allows intentional extraction when force is applied to the protruding handle, while its resilient nature prevents accidental opening by requiring deliberate user action.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a quick-opening portable support for housing tools, gadgets or objects that secures an object (A) in a position where it can only be released by exerting a force on same that is generally opposite to the force of gravity, said force being transmitted not by the hand of the user, but by the same object to be extracted. Said support (1) comprises an external casing (2) intended to directly or indirectly house a segment of said object (A), which is immobilized in its position, and a releasing mechanism that controls the rotary, linear, circular or pivoting movement of a closing part or safety lock of the assembly, said mechanism being activated by the pressure that is exerted upon the object, said indirect pressure being translated into force and transmitted to said releasing mechanism by the same object.