Quick-Release Restraint Ring Mounting for Secure, Low-Stress Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Restraint rings used in facilities require secure anchoring but often intimidate patients in healthcare settings, necessitating a quick and easy attachment and removal mechanism to reduce stress and improve usability.
Innovation Solution
A kit comprising a restraint ring, a base, and a quick release, tamper-resistant fastener that allows secure anchoring and easy detachment from fixtures like beds, chairs, or walls, using a mechanism that can be actuated for secure and authorized release.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If restraint rings are securely anchored to furniture or fixtures, then reliability of restraint is improved, but device complexity and intimidation factor increase
Solution Approach 1:
The restraint system is divided into separate components: a base that attaches to the fixture, a restraint ring, and a quick release fastener. This segmentation allows the base to be securely anchored while the restraint ring can be quickly attached and removed via the fastener mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The quick release fastener introduces dynamic functionality to the otherwise static anchored base. The fastener enables rapid transition between locked and unlocked states, allowing the restraint ring to be securely attached when needed and quickly removed when not needed, reducing intimidation while maintaining reliability.
2Reliability
If restraint rings use secure anchoring mechanisms, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base is pre-attached to the fixture using secure anchoring mechanisms before the restraint ring is needed. This preliminary action ensures reliability is established in advance, allowing the restraint ring to be quickly attached and removed via the quick release fastener without compromising anchoring security.
Solution Approach 2:
The quick release fastener acts as an intermediary between the securely anchored base and the restraint ring. It provides a simple operating interface that enables rapid attachment and detachment while the complex secure anchoring mechanism remains hidden in the base, resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation.
3Reliability
If restraint rings are permanently attached to furniture, then reliability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the permanently anchored base from the removable restraint ring connected via quick release fastener. This segmentation allows the base to maintain reliable fixture anchoring while the restraint ring can be quickly attached and removed as needed, providing adaptability without compromising anchoring reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The quick release fastener transforms the static permanently-attached configuration into a dynamic system. The base remains reliably anchored to the fixture, while the fastener enables rapid state changes between attached and detached configurations, achieving both reliability and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention comprises a kit of a restraint ring, a base and a quick release, tamper resistant fastener. The base is adapted to attach to a fixture. The fixture may be a bed, chair, floor or wall. The base may be attached using tamper resistant fasteners. The base may be permanently attached or may be removably attached. The base is adapted to releasably receive the quick release fastener thereby attaching the restraint ring to the base.